Jennifer joins Eliot on the podcast this week to discuss the changing agenda at the SEC under Paul Atkins, crypto regulation, and the status of the Consolidated Audit Trail. 00:00 Tony and Shen discuss the Super Bowl and Tony's close encounter with a pizza cutter13:00 Jennifer Schulp, director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute, …

Miranda Priebe, senior political scientist at RAND, discusses US strategy towards Europe and Asia and how to manage relations with Russia and China. She talks about changes to US posture towards Europe and Russia following the Ukraine war, NATO strategy, how to manage the Russia-China relationship, and potential changes to US posture in Asia, parti…

Should your home have a sprinkler system installed? Well, the organization likely responsible for your local building code thinks so. But mandating sprinklers in every single family home would be expensive, and this wouldn’t be the first time that regulators failed to sufficiently account for costs and tradeoffs. Join Paul Matzko and Peter Van Dore…

Lee joins to discuss changes in communication platforms over the last few years. 0:00 – Tony and Shen discuss their favorite desserts4:30 – Lee Garf, general manager for financial markets compliance at Nice Actimize, joins Nyela on the show5:30 – They discuss regulatory fines from 2024 and what it means for 20259:30 – The role of cloud11:00 – Nice …

Oona Hathaway, professor of international law at Yale University, addresses President Trump’s plans to expand US territory into Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada. She discusses international law, the causes of the decline in interstate war, the difference between norms and laws, the problem of enforcement, tensions between norms against conqu…

This week, Dan Entrup, co-founder of AggKnowledge and the creator of the It’s Pronounced Data newsletter joins Tony on the podcast. They discuss private markets data, artificial intelligence, and more.00:00 Wei-Shen and Tony ramble on about Lunar New Year traditions9:05 Dan Entrup, co-founder of AggKnowledge and the creator of the It’s Pronounced D…

This week, Nick Kolba, CEO and co-founder of Connectifi, joins Tony on the podcast. They discuss interoperability, the FDC3 standard, and the challenges of starting a company. 4:30 – Nick joins Tony on the podcast 11:30 – Desktop containers and interoperability15:30 – Things should just work19:00 – Limitations of the FDC3 movement27:30 – You need t…

Sam Bresnick, Research Fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, discusses artificial intelligence in the context of the US-China relationship. He explains how AI will be used by states in coming years and compares different obstacles and advantages that both the US and China have in their competition to develop…

This week, Javier Hernani, head of securities services at SIX, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss the key takeaways from shortening the settlement cycles in the US, Canada, and Mexico, and the landscape for what needs to happen for Europe, UK, and Switzerland’s own move to T+1. 7:30 – Javier gives an overview of his role and dislike of the…

Obituaries for the late President Jimmy Carter have been filled with profuse praise for his post-presidential philanthropic work. But Carter wasn't just good once he left office; he was one of the most underrated presidents in US history. As Paul and Peter discuss, his administration enacted policies that deregulated a swath of industries from truc…

Happy New Year, dear listeners. This week, Tony and Shen reflect on how this podcast started, the guests we’ve brought on, the changes in music (and co-hosts), and the topics we’ve covered and will be covering looking ahead.By WatersTechnology

Julia Gledhill, Research Associate for the National Security Reform Program at the Stimson Center, discusses the “permanent war economy” and ongoing efforts to increase military spending. She also talks about perverse incentives for defense contractors, the myth that military spending is properly construed as a jobs program, and the lack of strateg…

Anatol Lieven, Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, discusses how the international politics of the Ukraine war have changed since Trump’s election win, how to move towards negotiations to end the war, and the various issues - from territory to NATO membership - to be resolved in any peace deal. Show N…

Eliot talks to Carlo di Florio, president of financial services advisory company ACA Group, about the SEC’s key decisions this year, as well as the future of the regulator with current SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s tenure at the helm of the top US financial services regulator coming to an end in 2025. di Florio joined the SEC in the aftermath of the 200…

Joshua Landis, professor of Middle East studies at the University of Oklahoma, discusses the recent rebel advances in Syria, the causes and conditions that paved the way for the fall of the Assad regime, the many mistakes of US policy since the start of the civil war, and the regional politics wrapped up in Syria’s future. Hosted on Acast. See acas…

Reb and Shen discuss Reb’s article about how generative AI will impact the market data industry and how that will also creep into the reference data space. Reb also details a market data framework by Substantive Research, the drama around reference data identifiers, and a preview of her next story.https://www.waterstechnology.com/emerging-technolog…

Tony and Wei-Shen talk about five essential things you need to know when interacting with us as a source. 1. On the record/on background/off the record2. Don’t be a drone3. Give tangible examples 4. We may need help understanding the subject matter5. Why you want to talk to the mediaBy WatersTechnology

Stephen Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University, discusses the foreign policy implications of Trump’s victory, the extent to which it represents a rejection of “Liberal Hegemony,” and why Trump failed in his first term to set U.S. foreign policy on a new course. He also discusses the bureaucratic challenges of reforming for…

This week, Tony and Shen discuss the first article from the Voice of the CDO series, as well as their thoughts on the Jake Paul v. Mike Tyson fight.https://www.waterstechnology.com/data-management/7952103/chief-data-officers-must-get-it-done-but-differ-on-what-that-meansBy WatersTechnology

This week, Steve Grob, founder of Vision57, joins Tony on the podcast. Together, they chat about interoperability and the future of the OMS. 5:00 – Steve joins the podcast. They kick things off with firms’ appetite for AI9:00 – Rubbish in, rubbish out13:00 – Fix the standardization and availability piece15:30 – The state of the interop movement20:3…

Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Brandan P. Buck, research fellow at the Cato Institute, discuss the impact of foreign policy in Trump’s electoral victory, whether Democrats will rethink their foreign policy agenda following their losses, what changes Trump might make with respect to the wars in…

This week, James Leong, CEO of Grasshopper, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss the market reforms the Singapore Exchange and the Monetary Authority of Singapore are considering.9:30 – James joins the podcast and gives an overview of Grasshopper and its journey since 200612:00 – They discuss why the SGX and the MAS are looking at market ref…

Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute, discusses America’s new regime of high protective tariffs under the Trump and Biden administrations and assesses what may be to come on trade policy under a future Trump or Harris administration. He discusses the overly expansive authorities presidents have to impose tariff…

This week, Tony and Reb discuss the industry's reaction to the FDTA proposed rules around identifiers, what that could mean for the ongoing Cusip lawsuit, and the Opera.By WatersTechnology

This week, Shen speaks with James Crosby, co-founder and CEO of data management provider Fencore. They discuss the evolutionary nature of the buy side’s approach to technology platforms and data and how it has come full circle. 9:30 – James joins, and we discuss the buy-side operating model14:30 – How it has evolved16:30 – Are we repeating old mist…

Alex Yu-Ting Lin, Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Notre Dame’s International Security Center, explains how China’s concerns about status interact with smaller regional states and how that in turn helps shape the US-China rivalry. He examines how states use information warfare to delegitimize adversaries’ foreign p…

There is substantial overlap between the Biden and Trump administrations on economic policy. Both presidents have favored protectionist industrial policy and higher import tariffs. Yet these policies would not only fail to return America to the economy of the early 20th century; they would harm most ordinary American workers and consumers in the at…

Tony and Wei-Shen get a little philosophical in this episode. Tony tries to articulate an idea, and then it becomes about what it takes to be a good journalist versus what it takes to be a good columnist.By WatersTechnology

This week, Nyela brings on Valerie Bannert-Thurner, EVP and chief revenue officer for the financial technology division at Nasdaq. They talk about Nasdaq’s approach to fintech and its strategy moving forward. 6:00 – Valerie joins Nyela on the podcast and talks about Nasdaq’s evolution12:00 – What makes up fintech at Nasdaq15:30 – The Street’s deman…

Dov Levin, Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Hong Kong, examines the effects of whataboutism - essentially, charges of U.S. hypocrisy - on Americans’ foreign policy views. He explains his survey experiments to test the effectiveness of whatbaoutism on US public opinion and how it might shape policy. He also discuss…

After a brief introduction from Wei-Shen and Tony, Nyela Graham joins the podcast to discuss her week spent in Austin, Texas, covering the World Financial Information Conference (WFIC), arguably the world’s largest conference dedicated solely to financial data-related issues.Nyela talks with Tony about the panels that received the most attention, t…

Hello, dear listener. It’s your favorite host, Wei-Shen, writing this. Let’s be honest. My co-host, Tony, and I have not given this podcast the love it deserves. We realize that and are looking to change and improve on it to give you a better listening experience with more episodes—and more importantly, more guests and analysis—on a regular basis.T…

Peter Harris critiques America’s grand strategy of primacy and advocates for a move to restraint that necessarily includes wholesale reforms to domestic as well as foreign policy. He explains why primacy has persisted despite the wisdom of retrenchment and how decades of an expansive foreign policy has shaped American politics, culture, and institu…

Daniel DePetris and Jennifer Kavanagh of Defense Priorities discuss the latest iteration of the Axis of Evil threat, this time in reference to China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran, and argue their relationship is misconstrued and overhyped. They discuss threat inflation, the relationship dynamics among these four powers, including China and Russia’…

This week, Brian O’Neill, COO for transformation, technology & operations, and global head for group transformation at Standard Chartered, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss a cloud-first and a cloud-value strategy, monitoring cloud costs, and maintaining resiliency.5:30 – Brian joins the podcast and gives an overview of his background and…

The Stimson Center’s Senior Fellow Dan Grazier and Research Associate Julia Gledhill analyze U.S. defense spending and explain how the Pentagon is creating “a budgetary time bomb set to explode in the next twenty years.” They discuss several examples of failed over-budget weapons acquisition programs and warn that future such fiascos are now in the…