The digital transformation of financial markets has spawned incredible connectivity and efficiency, but it has also created plenty of challenges. Roland Chai, executive vice president for market technology at Nasdaq, joins the show to outline how new technologies are enhancing market resiliency -- even in the face of extreme volatility events like interest rate moves, wars, bank failures, the GameStop frenzy and the pandemic.

Roland explains how investors are leveraging algorithmic trading and other technologies to manage risk in globally connected markets and he also delves into numerous other areas where Nasdaq is expanding its suite of offerings, including cryptocurrency custody and the tokenization of carbon credits. And, of course … you can’t talk about technology these days without talking about artificial intelligence, so Roland covers that ground as well.

Key highlights

The impact of digitalization on markets in recent years - (5:28)
Maintaining market resiliency through extreme volatility events - (9:26)
How the speed of news and other information is reshaping markets - (11:02)
Should the use of circuit breakers be expanded? - (13:33)
Challenges presented by digital transformation - (17:43)
Artificial intelligence in markets - (20:14)
The people behind trading algorithms -  (24:17)
Areas where Nasdaq is expanding its footprint - (26:41)