Markets Media Group created the Neil DeSena Market Advocate Award in 2017 to honor the late electronic trading pioneer and all-around good guy. In this podcast, Carolyn Cushman DeSena, Neil's widow, and Rishi Nangalia, a close friend and former colleague of Neil, talk to GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan about the Neil DeSena they knew, and the legacy of the award. 

Gemma Hagen, Director of Technology at Aspect Capital, speaks with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan about the challenges and opportunities associated with the buy side modernizing its technology. 

Joe Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs at Eventus Systems, speaks with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan about the biggest themes in trade surveillance in 2021, and what to watch for in 2022.

Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of OTC Markets Group, speaks with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan about current topics in the trading of over-the-counter securities, including the focus on investor protection, the evolution of SEC Rule 2-11, and retail investors' interest in digital assets.

Aya Asunama, Sales Representative for MarketAxess in Japan, speaks with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan about her background, career, and accomplishments. Aya won Rising Star at Markets Media Group's 2021 Women in Finance Asia Awards. 

Matthew Nelson, Vice President, Buy-Side Strategy and Business Development at Broadridge, and Ignatius John, former president of Alpha Omega (now a Broadridge business), speak with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan about how Financial Information eXchange (FIX) has evolved to be used for post-trade matching, and the NYFIX Matching solution. 

Rob Gouley, Principal, Trading at OMERS, and Eric Stockland, Managing Director, Global Markets at BMO Capital Markets, speak with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan about how sell-side brokerage firms can use small-scale experiments to test new exchange order types.

Klug discuss the fintech firm's past, present and future, and its core mission to optimize capital markets, with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan.

Packy Jones, Executive Chairman at JonesTrading, and Soumit Roy, Director of Research at JonesTrading, discuss JonesTrading's research offering with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan. Jones and Roy discuss the background and history of research at JonesTrading, how the agency broker differentiates its research offering, and what lies ahead. 

Kathy Matsui, former vice chair of Goldman Sachs Japan and a longtime champion for women's advancement in the workplace, speaks with Nasrine Ghozali, Chief Risk Officer for Oasis Management, a member of the Women in Finance Asia Awards Advisory Board.