Industry Leaders Series
Gender Diversity: The Need for Early Intervention – Diane Saucier, Hitachi Vantara
In order for gender diversity in financial services to really flourish, future generations of women need to have access to the resources to build the right skillset earlier than college or high school. In this video, Hitachi Vantara Senior...
New Product, New Exchange, and Equities on the Way for MIAX
MIAX has done nothing but make moves of late. The exchange group launched options on SPIKES (a volatility index based on options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust), opened the U.S. options industry’s 16th exchange (MIAX Emerald), announced it...
Collateral Management: Doing More, Spending Less – Steve Husk, CloudMargin
In Q1, Deutsche Bank announced it would be integrating CloudMargin’s technology into its collateral infrastructure. Why are big banks shifting to a cloud-native collateral system? In this video, CloudMargin CEO Steve Husk talks about what...
Algos and Execution: How Do You Roll? – Thomas Ascher, Quantitative Brokers
Quantitative Brokers spent 2018 building out its global footprint. With offices globally now, the firm offers 24/7 high touch support for its low touch offering - algorithms for best execution. In this video, Quantitative Brokers Executive Chairman Thomas Ascher talks...
Bridging the Gap Between OTC and Exchange-Traded – Brad Levy, IHS Markit
There still exists some polarization between listed derivatives markets and OTC markets. In this video, Global Head of Loans at IHS Markit and CEO of MarkitSERV Brad Levy talks about why the gap between the two is slowly closing and the...
Adding More Flexibility and Choice – Andrew Whyte, FIS
It was a big year for FIS as the company brought two of its business lines together. In this video, FIS Group President of Post Trade Services Andrew Whyte talks about client trends and the firm’s roadmap for 2019. Produced by Mike...
Trends in Surveillance and Market Risk Analysis Platforms – Travis Schwab, Eventus Systems
In this video, Eventus Systems CEO Travis Schwab talks about what clients are requesting in the regulatory technology space as well as Eventus’ plans for 2019. Eventus’ Validus platform was recently recognized at the 2019 RegTech Insight...
The Thorny Speed Bump Question
If the industry can agree on one thing, it’s to disagree about speed bumps. In this video, Chicago Trading Company Head of Market Structure and Electronic Trading Strategy Steve Crutchfield talks about why he is in favor of ICE’s recently...
Addressing (Legacy) Risk – Rob D’Arco, Rival Systems
One of Rival Systems’ big pushes in 2018 was developing value-at-risk (VaR) functionality for its platform. The rollout was a success, with one client successfully using Rivals VaR calculations to settle a debate with its clearing firm.In this...
Making an Independent FCM a Global Ag Powerhouse – Gerry Corcoran, R.J. O’Brien
It is not easy being a futures commission merchant (FCM) in today’s environment but R.J. O’Brien, the oldest and largest independent FCM, is thriving, bringing in record revenues of $600 million in 2018. In this video, R.J. O’Brien Chairman...
Crypto Exchanges: A Centralized Future? – Colleen Sullivan, CMT Digital
In the world of crypto trading there are decentralized exchanges (DEXes) and centralized exchanges. It is not entirely clear which exchange model is likely to win out in the future, or if there will be a winner at all. In this video, CMT...
An Operating System for Capital Markets – Mazy Dar, OpenFin
When Mazy Dar worked for a firm in the credit default swap trading space, he became familiar with the challenges posed by application deployment in financial services. It was his experience then that made him realize capital markets could take...
Finding the Perfect Matching Engine – Jim Downs, Connamara Systems
Jim Downs spent nearly 20 years as a market maker on the CBOE floor. His background in electrical engineering helped him build software for his trading activities. That knowledge of trading systems he used as the foundation of his software...
Changing Interest Rate Trading Market Structure – Andy Ross, CurveGlobal
In this video from JLN’s Industry Leader Series, CurveGlobal CEO Andy Ross talks about the shift away from LIBOR and how CurveGlobal is changing the dynamics of interest rate derivatives trading. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian...
More Cloud, More Services – Lars Ottersgård, Nasdaq
Nasdaq has been in the process of migrating all of its technology into one holistic tech stack called the Nasdaq Financial Framework. In this video, Nasdaq’s Executive Vice President and Head of Market Technology Lars Ottersgård provides an...
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