Episodes

  • 24: Carbon Markets Reimagined: Path to Integrity and Impact in Climate Finance

    24: Carbon Markets Reimagined: Path to Integrity and Impact in Climate Finance
    Dec 17 2024
    In this episode of Financial Markets iNSiGHTS, host Tina Kane is joined by Hirander Misra, Founder and CEO of ZERO13, an AI-enabled and blockchain-powered platform revolutionising carbon markets. Hirander shares insights into how traditional and decentralised technologies support greater innovation in, and alignment of, global capital markets and high integrity climate projects, the transformative potential of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, ratified (finally) at the 2024 COP29 meeting, and challenges and opportunities in accelerating and scaling climate finance solutions. They discuss how the combination of innovative technologies, industry collaboration, harmonisation of rules and standards and greater corporate governance will transform carbon markets and drive impactful change with respect to narrowing the climate financing gap, particularly with respect to projects in the Global South.
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    39 mins
  • 23: Balancing Risk and Innovation in Global Financial Systems

    23: Balancing Risk and Innovation in Global Financial Systems
    Dec 3 2024
    In this episode of Financial Markets Insights, host David Berney speaks with Jen Nayar, President and CEO of Sterling Trading Tech. They discuss Sterling's evolution, from its trading platform origins to advancements in risk and margin systems and order management solutions. Jen shares insights into trends such as the rise in traded options, expanding global markets, and the increasing complexity of multi-asset class trading. She also highlights Sterling's future plans, including European expansion and leveraging AI for efficiency.
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    17 mins
  • 22: Exploring the Future of Capital Markets infrastructure

    22: Exploring the Future of Capital Markets infrastructure
    Nov 6 2024
    In this episode of Financial Markets iNSiGHTS, host Clive Posselt talks with Ollie Cadman, CEO of AiMi, about the future of Capital Markets infrastructure. Ollie highlights how the ongoing stream of platform and interface changes combined with the lack of standardisation challenge the industry, and how AI and automation can streamline processes while staying ahead of mandatory changes to critical trading and data infrastructure. Ollie also shares AiMi's vision for a dynamic, data-driven, and digital future for Capital Markets infrastructure that adapts to market demands, balancing innovation with robust control measures, and explores how these advancements are set to reshape the trading landscape.
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    22 mins
  • 21: The Path to UK T+1 Accelerated Settlement

    21: The Path to UK T+1 Accelerated Settlement
    Oct 14 2024
    In this episode, FMi podcast host David Berney is joined by Andrew Douglas, Chair of the Accelerated Settlement T+1 Task Force Technical Group. They discuss the journey to T+1 settlement in the UK, background of the Task Force and establishment of the Technical Group to deliver T+1, and insights from the US market's transition in May 2024. Andrew outlines potential challenges, explores collaborations and talks about the importance of industry participation in this significant financial industry project.
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    24 mins
  • 20: Carbon Credits Markets

    20: Carbon Credits Markets
    Sep 24 2024
    In this episode of our In Conversation With… series, host David Berney is joined by Tokenovate’s CEO and Founder, Richard Baker, to discuss the complexities and advancements in the carbon credit market. They delve into the structural challenges, the role of Tokenovate, the importance of standards, and the future of carbon trading.
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    29 mins
  • 19: Resolving the Reference Data Challenge for Global Derivatives Data

    19: Resolving the Reference Data Challenge for Global Derivatives Data
    Sep 3 2024
    In this episode of our In Conversation With.. series, David Calver, Chief Product Officer of FOW, discusses his extensive career in economic and macroeconomic data, and his current role at FOW. The conversation elaborates on the distinction between reference data and market data, emphasising its importance in front end discover and execution through to regulatory reporting, and the challenges of sourcing, standardising and normalising data across multiple global exchanges. David also talks about a new online FOW solution which will bring together reference data, market insights, industry intelligence and event information in one place, simplifying user access across the end to end transaction lifecycle.
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    18 mins
  • 18: Decoding Low Latency Trading Challenges

    18: Decoding Low Latency Trading Challenges
    Aug 5 2024
    In this episode, host David Berney is joined by Peter Lawrey, CEO and Founder of Chronicle Software to discuss the complexities and solutions of low latency trading. Peter shares his experiences from working with top investment banks, his transition to consulting, and the evolution of his company. He also explains the importance of reducing accidental complexity in software, provides tips for optimising low latency trading systems, and offers insights into the future of AI in financial markets.
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    27 mins
  • 17: Tokenisation, blockchain and smart contracts

    17: Tokenisation, blockchain and smart contracts
    Jul 16 2024
    In our latest ‘In Conversation With…’ podcast episode, featuring Richard Baker, Founder and CEO of Tokenovate and host David Berney, they discuss the different types of blockchain technologies, focusing on the Bitcoin protocol and the Ethereum network, and their respective strengths and challenges.

    They also explored the readiness of the financial services industry to embrace blockchain and tokenisation, and the potential shift towards blockchain-based financial market infrastructure and the tokenisation of various asset classes over the next decade.
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    20 mins