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Waters Wavelength

WatersTechnology

Wei-Shen Wong and Anthony Malakian discuss the hottest financial technology topics in the capital markets every week.

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00:25:41

Episode 319: Bloomberg IB chat and operational...

Waters Wavelength ·

2025/05/30

Tony and Shen discuss Bloomberg’s addition to IB chat, common threads in our Voice of the CTO series, and op resiliency. Our Bloomberg story: https://www.waterstechnology.com/data-management/7952434/bloomberg%E2%80%99s-chatbots-streamline-external-data-sharing-otc-trading Our Voice of the CTO series: https://www.waterstechnology.com/topics/voice-of-the-cto

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00:27:06

Episode 318: Hamilton Lane's Griff Norville

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2025/05/22

This week, Hamilton Lane's Griff Norville joins to discuss how the asset manager is tackling private markets data.0:00 – Eliot joins Tony on the podcast 3:10 – Griff Norville, head of technology solutions at Hamilton Lane, joins the podcast 4:40 – Private markets data extraction 6:10 – Data storage issues 8:40 – Tackling standardization 11:00 – The dual role of being an asset manager and a data provider 15:40 – Are attitudes changing around this data? 20:00 – The expanding tech landscape

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00:39:18

Episode 317: Bitdefender and Transilvania Quantum

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2025/05/15

This week, Bitdefender’s Adrian Coleșa and Transilvania Quantum’s Sorin Boloș join to discuss security vulnerabilities in quantum computing0:00 – Tony is back! 3:30 – Adrian Coleșa, Senior Security Researcher at Bitdefender, and Sorin Boloș, quantum software engineer at Transilvania Quantum, join the podcast 8:00 – How the partnership between Bitdefender and Transilvania Quantum began 12:00 – Research into QC as a potential target 14:00 – Why attack a QC 19:30 – Who bears the onus 23:30 –

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00:43:20

Episode 316: Finbourne Technology’s Toby Glaysher

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2025/05/09

This week, Toby Glaysher, chairman at Finbourne Technology, joins the podcast to discuss the asset servicing industry.0:00 – Reb and Shen rant about using ChatGPT for academic projects 12:00 – Toby Glaysher from Finbourne joins the podcast and gives an overview of his 36 years of experience in the asset servicing business 16:30 – Fund accounting is a good introduction to the investment lifecycle 19:00 – A potential zero fund accountant environment 23:00 – The impact tariffs have on asset

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00:24:45

Episode 315: Company names and the loans market

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2025/05/01

This week, Reb, Nyela, and Shen talk about unimaginative company names and then address some challenges in the loans market. 0:00 – Reb goes on a rant about company names 9:00 – They discuss the challenges in the loans market 14:00 – Identifiers are so esoteric

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00:30:58

Episode 314: Capco’s Bertie Haskins

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2025/04/25

Bertie Haskins, executive director and head of data for Apac and Middle East at Capco, joins to discuss the challenges of commercializing data. 0:00 – Reb and Shen discuss Reb’s potential as the next host 3:00 – Bertie Haskins from Capco joins the podcast 5:30 – Four key areas around commercializing data 12:30 – Is the problem with how firms define the CDO role 16:00 – Strategies to commercialize data 19:30 – Understanding the data roadmap 24:00 – Steps to create new data products 26:30 –

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00:36:21

Episode 313: FIS Global’s Jon Hodges

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2025/04/17

This week, Jon Hodges, head of trading and asset services for Apac at FIS Global, joins the podcast to talk about how firms in Asia-Pacific approach AI and data.0:00 – Tony and Shen talk about having faith in humanity 9:30 – Jon Hodges, head of trading and asset services for Apac at FIS Global, joins and gives an overview of how he started his career in a structured credit hedge fund 13:00 – Lessons for start-ups 17:00 – Observations from tariffs 21:30 – How Asia-Pacific firms are ahead in

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00:36:15

Episode 312: Jibber-jabber

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2025/04/11

Tony, Reb, and Nyela talk about tariffs (not really), journalism (sorta), and pop culture (mostly).

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00:24:21

Episode 311: Blue Ocean’s Brian Hyndman

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2025/04/03

Brian Hyndman, CEO and president at Blue Ocean Technologies, joins to discuss overnight trading 0:00 – Nyela and Reb talk about Reb’s start at WatersTechnology 5:00 – Brian joins the podcast and walks through his background and the beginnings of Blue Ocean ATS 8:00 – How market data works for BOATS 9:00 – Obstacles for exchanges entering the overnight space 15:00 – Moving to MEMX Technologies’ platform 17:00 – Competition from other ATSs 20:00 – The growth of real-time information and its impact

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00:32:09

Episode 310: SigTech’s Bin Ren

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2025/03/27

This week, SigTech’s CEO Bin Ren joins Eliot to discuss GenAI’s progress since ChatGPT’s emergence in 2022, agentic AI, and challenges with regulating AI. 0:00 – Wei-Shen and Tony discuss their bar trivia adventures 5:30 – Bin Ren, CEO of SigTech, joins Eliot on the podcast 7:00 – Agentic AI 10:30 – Next steps in GenAI 15:00 – Is AI impossible to regulate? 23:30 – The understanding gap between tech and finance teams

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00:22:23

Episode 309: FIA Boca

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2025/03/19

This week, Tony and Nyela discuss Nyela's week spent in Boca Raton, Florida covering the FIA Boca conference as well as the current developments around 24/7 trading in US equity markets.0:00- Tony and Nyela discuss the beginning of baseball season in the United States 3:25- They discuss what happened last week at FIA Boca

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00:37:24

Episode 308: Arta Finance’s Caesar Sengupta

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2025/03/13

Caesar, who previously spent 15 years at Google, joins to discuss Arta’s goal of putting a private banker in everyone’s pockets. 0:00 – Reb and Shen talk about cat punches and Reb’s profile on CME’s Terry Duffy https://www.waterstechnology.com/trading-tech/7952311/exclusive-terry-duffy-on-cmes-cloud-future-takeover-targets-and-candy 7:00 – Caesar Sengupta, co-founder and CEO of Arta Finance, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast 10:00 – Big Tech’s challenges in trying to get deep into finance and the

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00:34:08

Episode 307: The shrinking OMS landscape

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2025/03/07

This week, Tony and Nyela discuss FactSet’s recent acquisition of LiquidityBook and what it could signal for trading technology. https://www.waterstechnology.com/trading-tech/7952274/factset-liquiditybook-the-buy-side-oms-space-continues-to-shrink 0:00 – Tony and Nyela discuss the year's Best Picture Oscar winner 3:30 – They discuss the evolution of the OMS space

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00:31:50

Episode 306: Reykjavik and market data

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2025/02/27

Reb is back on the podcast to talk about her trip to Reykjavik, as well as two market data reports released this month.0:00 – Reb talks about her travels to Iceland 14: 00 – They discuss market data fees

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00:45:40

Episode 305: Cato Institute's Jennifer Schulp

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2025/02/12

Jennifer joins Eliot on the podcast this week to discuss the changing agenda at the SEC under Paul Atkins, crypto regulation, and the status of the Consolidated Audit Trail. 00:00 Tony and Shen discuss the Super Bowl and Tony's close encounter with a pizza cutter 13:00 Jennifer Schulp, director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute, joins Eliot on the show 16:00 Core focuses of the SEC going forward 23:00 The Uyeda interim administration 28:00 The new crypto agenda 32:00 "Minding

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00:28:29

Episode 304: Nice Actimize’s Lee Garf

Waters Wavelength ·

2025/02/06

Lee joins to discuss changes in communication platforms over the last few years. 0:00 – Tony and Shen discuss their favorite desserts 4:30 – Lee Garf, general manager for financial markets compliance at Nice Actimize, joins Nyela on the show 5:30 – They discuss regulatory fines from 2024 and what it means for 2025 9:30 – The role of cloud 11:00 – Nice Actimize’s approach today 13:00 – How Nice Actimize is approaching AI 18:00 – The AI training process and financial lingo 25:30 – Predictions for

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00:47:09

Episode 303: AggKnowledge’s Dan Entrup

Waters Wavelength ·

2025/01/29

This week, Dan Entrup, co-founder of AggKnowledge and the creator of the It’s Pronounced Data newsletter joins Tony on the podcast. They discuss private markets data, artificial intelligence, and more.00:00 Wei-Shen and Tony ramble on about Lunar New Year traditions 9:05 Dan Entrup, co-founder of AggKnowledge and the creator of the It’s Pronounced Data newsletter, joins the show 11:06 Dan’s career and the origins of AggKnowledge 15:33 The origins of the It’s Pronounced Data newsletter 20:42 The

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00:45:36

Episode 302: Connectifi’s Nick Kolba

Waters Wavelength ·

2025/01/23

This week, Nick Kolba, CEO and co-founder of Connectifi, joins Tony on the podcast. They discuss interoperability, the FDC3 standard, and the challenges of starting a company. 4:30 – Nick joins Tony on the podcast 11:30 – Desktop containers and interoperability 15:30 – Things should just work 19:00 – Limitations of the FDC3 movement 27:30 – You need tech that can support the transformation of data 28:30 – AI and its irrelevance to structured data 38:30 – Unexpected challenges of starting a

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00:46:36

Episode 301: SIX’s Javier Hernani

Waters Wavelength ·

2025/01/16

This week, Javier Hernani, head of securities services at SIX, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss the key takeaways from shortening the settlement cycles in the US, Canada, and Mexico, and the landscape for what needs to happen for Europe, UK, and Switzerland’s own move to T+1. 7:30 – Javier gives an overview of his role and dislike of the term “post-trade” 12:30 – The key takeaways from North America’s move to T+1 16:30 – What was the total investment in moving to T+1 21:00 – An

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00:24:33

Episode 300: A reflection on our humble beginnings

Waters Wavelength ·

2025/01/09

Happy New Year, dear listeners. This week, Tony and Shen reflect on how this podcast started, the guests we’ve brought on, the changes in music (and co-hosts), and the topics we’ve covered and will be covering looking ahead.

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