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Wei-Shen Wong
Wei-Shen joined WatersTechnology in June 2016, becoming the publication’s first full-time Asia-based reporter. Based out of Hong Kong, she writes for both Waters and Inside Data Management magazines, as well as the four subsites of WatersTechnology.com—Sell-Side Technology, Buy-Side Technology, Inside Reference Data and Inside Market Data. Prior to joining WatersTechnology, she was a journalist at Star Media Group in Malaysia. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Auckland.
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Wavelength Podcast Ep. 205: Just Talkin'
This one is more of a therapy session for Wei-Shen and Tony. No tech on this one, folks.
oneZero Expands into Institutional Market
The vendor has been adding members to its team with buy-side and wholesale broking backgrounds.
Brave New Coin Eyes Structured Products
The company aims to have a principal-protected structured income product by mid-September.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 204: Nasdaq on Cloud Strategy
Nikolai Larbalestier, head of cloud strategy at Nasdaq, joins the podcast to talk about cloud computing and cloud adoption.
The Need for a Designated Crypto Asset Regulator
Senior academic says a new taxonomy—and a new regulator—is needed to determine whether crypto assets should fall under existing financial frameworks.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 203: Finos’ Columbro on Open Source
Gabriele Columbro, founder and executive director of the Fintech Open Source Foundation (Finos) joins the podcast to talk about open source technology.
TradingScreen Continues OMS Expansion on the Buy Side
Vendor firm will release enhancements to allocation, pre-trade compliance, and reporting and analytics in September.
Northern Trust to Add Options and Derivatives Outsourced Trading Capabilities
The custodian bank will receive and transmit European listed options and derivatives orders from buy-side clients.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 202: Northern Trust’s Pete Cherecwich, Part 2
Pete Cherecwich, president of asset servicing at Northern Trust, is back on the podcast to discuss outsourced trading.
Dow Jones Equips Developers with Sample Codes
The financial information giant launched a recent blueprint, Covid-19 Timelapse, a dashboard that tracks the pandemic's impact on individuals, industries, and regions.
Refinitiv Labs Preps for SentiMine Release
About two dozen Refinitiv clients have early access to the tool.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 201: Refinitiv Labs on Unstructured Data
Sanjna Parasrampuria, head of Refinitiv Labs in Asia discusses the technology behind sifting through unstructured data.
Bloomberg Tackles Remote Implementations in APAC with New Tech
The vendor has added several video conferencing platforms in the past few months to better support clients.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 200: The Reunion Special
Previous hosts of the podcast, Dan DeFrancesco and James Rundle join Wei-Shen and Tony this week to celebrate the occasion.
This Week: Vanguard, OneMarketData, SS&C, Xignite, Esma, SimCorp, Nasdaq
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 199: Working Through Covid-19
Marshall Saffer, vice president and head of Americas sales at Hazeltree, discusses how Covid-19 has affected the treasury management space.
Asset Control to Add Data Model Customization to Ops360
The vendor is also incorporating micro frontends, as well as exploring the use of machine learning in the future.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 198: DTCC’s Peve on DLT
Jennifer Peve, managing director of business innovation at the DTCC, discusses the DLT projects the firm is working on, and how the technology has evolved over the last four years.
JP Morgan AM to Add Chinese, Japanese to Proprietary NLP Tool
The asset manager could one day make its Textual Analytics tool, which reads millions of documents to derive insights, available to the market at large.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 197: A Look at Innovation
Benjamin Quinlan, CEO and managing partner at Quinlan & Associates discusses innovation and technology hype.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 196: Bloomberg’s Gerard Francis, Part 3
Bloomberg’s Gerard Francis is back on the podcast to discuss cloud computing and accessibility of data.