GlobalTrading Podcast

Shilesh Shekhawat, MD, Head of Equities Electronic Execution Product, APAC at Citigroup Global Markets, speaks with Erin Stanton, Global Head of Portfolio and Trading Analytic Client Support at Virtu Financial, and Lily Xiong, Head of Corporate Access, APAC at BlackRock, about the variety of diversity and inclusion initiatives adopted by their firms, and their personal experiences with the programs. 

Thomas Kim, Chief Executive Officer of Enfusion, talks about the buy side's 'tech debt' problem -- that is, having to spend too much money on maintaining older legacy systems rather than replacing with newer, more nimble and flexible cloud-based technology. 

Rachel Chua, Credit Analyst at MarketAxess, discusses her career story, and the broader topic of empowering women in the workplace in Asia, with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan.

Ray Ross and Joe Wald, Co-Heads of Market Structure at BMO Capital Markets, discuss current developments in U.S. equity market structure with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan.

Included in the conversation was an update on SEC Rule 606(b)(3), about which Greenwich Associates recently published a report.  

Ed Duggan, Global Head of Electronic Trading & Head of Execution Services APAC at HSBC, and George Molina, Head of Global Emerging Markets Equity Trading at Franklin Templeton, discuss data and quantitative models in emerging markets equity trading with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan.

GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan speaks with Jerry Hanweck, VP Software Engineering, Information Solutions at Cboe, about the Cboe Theoretical Value, or “Cboe Theo,” a new options pricing model.

The Cboe Theoretical Value is a sophisticated, next-generation improvement of Cboe’s existing datasets, and forms a foundational element of Cboe Information Solutions’ options analytics product suite. This cohesive dataset helps customers better understand risk, access markets and make more informed trading decisions. Cboe Theo is now available via Cboe Hanweck here and will soon be used across Cboe’s global derivatives marketplace.

Gary Collier, CTO of Man Group Alpha Technology, and Hinesh Kalian, Director of Data Science, Man Group, discuss the state of data science on the buy side, spanning the evolution, current challenges and the future outlook.

The podcast is moderated by Global Trading Editor Terry Flanagan.

Dr. Murat Ulgen, Global Head of Emerging Markets Research at HSBC, discusses HSBC's newly launched EM Sentiment Survey with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan.  

LGIMA, FactSet, and Credit Suisse representatives discuss the 'new normal' of institutional trading desks operating on a decentralized and remote basis.