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 adopting AI

24:00 – Data’s importance

27:30 – Snowflake’s dominance in the capital markets

29:00 – Asia vs. US and Europe

31:30 – FIS is investing more in AI