Articles by Wei-Shen Wong
HKEx's Data Play Slowly Comes Together
The exchange is currently working on building its enterprise data bus for better internal data management, but Wei-Shen finds that the exchange is still short on long-term answers.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 210: What Was This Episode Even About?
This week, Tony and Shen just chat about random stuff. Tech talk will return in September.
Tradeweb Bolsters China Bond Market Access with Electronic CIBM Direct Trading Overlay
Officials say the move makes Tradeweb the only platform to offer electronic trading in Chinese bonds via two different channels.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 209: Previewing the Innovation Exchange
Wei-Shen and Tony are joined by Jo Wright and Max Bowie to discuss office-space issues, ESG's development, and innovation in Asia.
IHS Markit to Add About 1 Million Analyst Reports to its Data Lake
IHS Markit uses Google’s transformer-based model BERT and a combination of classification and extraction techniques to determine what the documents mean and summarize them.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 208: The Battle Between Innovation & Practicality
Wei-Shen and Tony discuss the constant push-pull between trying to create innovative new products for the future, while having to answer for today’s challenges.
BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank to Extend FX API for Indonesia and India
The two are working out the necessary regulatory, tax, and documentation needed to provide custody services for foreign exchange transactions in the two countries.
This Week: IHS Markit, Vela, Euronext, ASX, Essentia & More
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 207: Vaccine Tracking and Other Alt Datasets
Wei-Shen and Tony talk about alt datasets relating to the pandemic.
ActiveViam Embraces Python for its In-Memory Database
The vendor is building off its April release of an enrichment tool for Python notebooks.
Wavelength Podcast Ep. 206: Liquidnet's Simon Maughan
Simon joins to discuss some of the challenges that buy-side firms are facing in today's trading environment.
Bloomberg to Build Out ESG Indices Offering
The data giant is looking to seize on growing ESG demand in the APAC region.
Silent Eight Preps Transaction Monitoring Tool
The firm is testing the tool with a few clients before making it available to a broader audience.
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.
