Waters Wavelength

Sara Dillon, FactSet’s head of private markets, joins the podcast to discuss the private markets and how firms are looking to pull together this disparate information to glean trading insights. Prior to joining FactSet last year, she had spent 17 years at General Atlantic, most recently serving as chief research officer. 1:15 When we talk about the private markets and private markets data, what ar...

This week, Josephine Gallagher, UK senior reporter at WatersTechnology, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They talk about the feature Josephine wrote about the proliferation of deepfakes (https://www.waterstechnology.com/management-strategy/4780806/the-proliferation-of-fake-information), and what it could mean for the capital markets. As firms increasingly turn to new and unique alternative data sour...

This week, Jonathan Kellner, chief executive officer, and Tom Fay, chief operating officer at the Members Exchange (MEMX), join Tony on the podcast. They talk about why there's a need for a new exchange in the US (https://www.waterstechnology.com/management-strategy/4082911/challenging-us-exchanges-will-be-uphill-battle-for-memx-experts-warn), the work that has gone into getting it off the ground,...

This week, Wei-Shen and Tony discuss the increase in data that firms will see coming to market as a result of 5G networks and IoT-connected devices. They talk about how firms might tackle this, following on from the current challenge firms face with alternative datasets. Then, they discuss some of the concerns surrounding the rollout of 5G and what that means for the future of financial firms and...

This week, Wei-Shen and Tony talk about how firms experiment with AI and ML and how firms should be more specific when they talk about these techniques. Then, they discuss the issue of gender and industry working groups, and what that might mean for the future. 1:30 – First, they talk about Hamad Ali’s Wells Fargo story. (https://www.waterstechnology.com/data-management/4714551/wells-fargo-exec-ba...

On the podcast this week, Wei-Shen and Tony briefly discuss the Waters USA conference. Then, Billy Hult, president of Tradeweb Markets, speaks with Duncan Wood, global editorial director for Infopro Digital, about the changing face of trading, how Tradeweb stacks up against the likes of tech companies like Bloomberg and Symphony, the dimming allure of exchanges, and much more. 3:00 – Billy joins t...

Prior to today, there have been two hosts of the Waters Wavelength Podcast: Dan DeFrancesco and Anthony Malakian. Now, we have a third: Wei-Shen Wong! Anthony, aka, Tony, will still co-host, but Wei-Shen, aka, Shen, will run the show from here on out. Here's to new beginnings! This week, Shen and Tony discuss Waters USA, which will be held on Dec. 2-3 at 1 Liberty Plaza Convene in Manhattan. They...

Giles Nelson, CTO of financial services for MarkLogic, joins the podcast to discuss data issues facing the capital markets, data warehousing, and Hadoop. 1:00 Giles Nelson joins the podcast. 2:00 Conventional approaches to managing data are stuck in the 1970s, according to Giles. 7:00 How to change hearts and minds. 15:00 Data warehouses—are they dead? 22:00 The balance between emerging technologi...

This week, Jonathan Clark, CEO of Luminex, and David Hagen, Luminex’s head of product, join the podcast to look at some of the challenges and opportunities that traders on the buy side face in today’s evolving, increasingly-automated market (3:30). Also, at the start, Anthony gives an update on the Waters Asia event taking place this week.

This week, Rich Newman, global head of the Content and Technology Solutions (CTS) group at FactSet, joins to discuss this idea of open data and delves into the world of alternative data. 2:30 Open data: why is it gaining traction and why is that important? 8:30 The alternative data space is vast, to say the least, but what is actually providing value? 11:00 One-stop-shop data providers versus more...

This week, Anthony and Josephine Gallagher, senior reporter for WatersTechnology, discuss the European consolidated tape and how it mirrors what we’re seeing in the US with the consolidated audit trail. https://www.waterstechnology.com/trading-tools/4495891/platos-planned-platform-could-serve-as-precursor-to-european-consolidated-tape https://www.waterstechnology.com/data-management/4520496/finra-...

Alison Singer, founder and president of the Autism Science Foundation, and Bryan Harkins, executive vice president at Cboe Global Markets, join the podcast (6:00) to discuss the Wall Street Rides FAR for Autism Research charity event, which was created by Bryan and his wife, Melissa. Alison and Bryan also talk about strides that have been made in the field of autism research and where more progres...

At the beginning of August, PanXchange launched its industrial hemp exchange. Julie Lerner, founder and CEO of PanXchange, describes the thinking behind the venue and delves into the hemp market, looking at the challenges and opportunities that exist. 1:00 Julie talks about PanXchange and the market it serves. 3:00 She then explains why the 2018 Farm Bill was so important for the hemp industry and...

This week’s guest is Keith Lubell, CTO for Berkery Noyes, an M&A investment bank based out of midtown Manhattan. When it comes to talking innovation, Keith is one of my favorites to chat with. While fully invested in the day-to-day issues of technology, he always has an eye on new advancements and techniques. For this conversation, we look at Facebook’s Libra token and how regulators are setting t...

Brian Lichtenberger, cofounder and CEO of 7Park Data, joins to talk about challenges facing firms as they look to incorporate alternative data into their investment and risk management processes. Topics include where firms go wrong from a data management and strategy perspective, the need to fail fast, consolidation, the company's recent acquisition, and what led him and Alex Nephew to start the d...

After the Soviet Union broke apart, Roman Ginis and his family left Ukraine and came to America. He earned a Ph. D. in computer science from the California Institute of Technology, and then landed engineering jobs at Intel, IBM and BAE Systems. From there, he moved to Wall Street as a junior quant at UBS, developing execution technologies and quantitative analytics for electronic market-making for...

Anthony Malakian and Jo Wright walk through some of the changes that have taken place at WatersTechnology and what it will mean for the podcast—all good things…we hope!

Tony Amicangioli, founder and CEO of HPR, formerly known as Hyannis Port Research, joins the podcast to chat about his career. Amicangioli has had an interesting ride in the world of technology. A graduate of MIT, he was at BBN Technologies, one of the leading firms behind the development of the internet. Switches, gateways, routers and mobile networks—he was in the vanguard for those, as well. He...

This week, John Ramsay, chief market policy officer of IEX Group, the parent of the Investors Exchange (IEX), talks about the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Transaction Fee Pilot and why his company is supporting the regulator’s efforts, even as the likes of the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and Cboe Global Markets are taking the SEC to federal court over the proposal. 0:45 John...

This week, Gerard Francis, global head of enterprise data at Bloomberg, re-joins the podcast to discuss the alternative data space. 1:45 Why did the company launch the data website Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point? 3:45 Is there room for consolidation in the alt data space, or is the universe only going to continue to grow? 8:00 What types of alternative data have the most room for growth, and ho...

Pete Cherecwich, president of Corporate & Institutional Services (C&IS) at Northern Trust, joins the podcast to examine the challenges that firms face today when trying to offer convenience through technological innovation, while also making sure that these services are secure—the old security-versus-convenience debate, but on an enterprise scale. Also, Bloomberg intends to exit two key businesses...

This week, Simon Hazlitt calls in from London (11:00 min mark) to discuss where firms can get tripped up when migrating to the cloud. Hazlitt is the cofounder of Majede Asset Management. He retired from the firm at the end of 2016, but this year he decided to launch a cloud consulting business called Supl. This conversation comes on the heels of a deep-dive feature written by Anthony (5:30). Peopl...

This week, Anthony and James discuss some of the biggest stories to come out of this year’s FIA Boca event, including Christopher Giancarlo’s thoughts on tech at the CFTC (5:00), the slow evolution of the crypto space (9:00), and the DTCC’s progress on its new blockchain-driven Trade Information Warehouse (12:45). Additionally, the CAT NMS committee has proposed yet another delay in the rollout of...

On the podcast, Anthony and James look at a wide range of topics this week: 1:00 The winners of this year’s Women in Technology and Data Awards were announced on Friday. 2:45 The April issue of Waters magazine will feature a redesign: James explains what this will mean for subscribers. 8:15 Finra was named the plan processor of the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT). 11:00 James is heading down to FIA...

Gil Mandelzis joins the podcast this week. Gil founded Traiana back in 2000 and eventually became CEO of EBS BrokerTec. In 2017 he cofounded another startup called Capitolis. He talks about the differences in the startup world today versus two decades ago and looks at some of the challenges facing the FX market. But before that, some news. In the News: 1:00 The Members Exchange (MEMX) names Jonath...