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The Power of the People
Julie Armstrong - ChartIQ Chief Revenue Officer Microsoft acquired LinkedIn for more than $26 billion in 2016 and the platform now has more than 500 million users. Need any more proof of the power of networks? In this video, ChartIQ Chief Revenue Officer Julie...
Change the Game – Tom Sosnoff
Tom Sosnoff - tastytrade The U.S markets are the global hub of liquidity. That’s why they’re so wonderful. So when you get truly liquid markets, you have very accurate expected value. In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago,...
From Sports To Business In An International Arena – Veronica Augsustsson
Veronica Augustsson - Cinnober “The financial ecosystem is created by business people and it will be changed by technology. It is with technology that we will make a safer world, a better world, a more efficient world that we can trust even more.” Veronica Augustsson,...
Attention To Detail: High Performance Requires Hard Work – Rolf Andersson
Rolf Andersson, Goldman Sachs “I can’t stress enough the importance of being really good at software in one form or another, whether it’s managing, running projects or sponsoring projects.” Rolf Andersson of Goldman Sachs is a software architect, and he says that...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Blockchain But Were Afraid to Ask – Johan Toll
Johan Toll, Nasdaq “Instead of having the financial economy we see today with a lot of intermediaries, local custodians and global banks, this could all be replaced by a peer-to-peer community. It’s a massive revolution that probably will happen to our financial...
Is FinTech a Threat to Banks? – Evelin Kaup
Evelin Kaup, Nordnet “Yes, fintech is a threat to banks. It’s disturbing the industry – but for the better. It’s speeding up the banks so they need to adapt faster, and we need to run faster to stay around.” Evelin Kaup of Nordnet said the question of whether fintech...
The Origin and Global Leader of Transaction Technology – Peter Fredriksson
Peter Fredriksson, Baymarkets “The market has moved from transaction to a lot of other parts of the transaction chain – to pre-trade, post-trade, clearing and post-clearing.” Peter Fredriksson, CEO of Baymarkets, says OM, the company that eventually became Nasdaq OMX,...
Financial Services Disruption: the Rise of Bitcoin and Blockchain – Sandra Ro
Sandra Ro, CME Group There is this big debate as to whether bitcoin is a currency or a commodity. I would argue that it is its own category. Sandra Ro is a veteran in the world of bitcoin and blockchain, which simply means that she has been following the...
Reminiscences (and Prognostications) of a Futures Operator – Don Wilson
Donald Wilson, DRW Trading Group "My focus was on combining the disciplines of trading and risk management with quantitative research and computer science." Donald Wilson, CEO of DRW Trading Group, gives his story of how he found his way into the financial industry,...
Selling Change to Giants – Christian Nentwich
Christian Nentwich, Duco Many technology companies never make it over the first hurdle. They get so fixated on their technological achievement that they never find a business problem to solve. The financial marketplace is in the midst of a technology-led...
In Pursuit of Happiness – Simon Puleston-Jones
Simon Puleston Jones, CEO of FIA Europe Try to find someone who does things right that you really aspire to be over the course of your career. Simon Puleston Jones, CEO of FIA Europe, gives advice for balancing personal life with career life. Jones begins his...
How a Hedge Fund Guy Saves Kids One Limb At A Time – Mead Welles
Mead Welles, co-founder, A Leg To Stand On One of the best investments you'll ever make is doing something for somebody else. One never really knows where their career path may take them. While working for Octagon Asset Management, Mead Welles found himself traveling...
My Road and the Industry Challenge – Terry Duffy
Terry Duffy, President and Executive Chairman, CME Group Take a deep look at where you could possibly go...and if you don't do that and take the near-sighted approach, you'll be sorry. When starting your career, it's best to think about where each opportunity can take...
Profiles in Risk: Vision and Discipline – Joseph Niciforo
Joseph Niciforo, HC Technologies If you don’t have disciplined risk management, you’re not going to be in the game. After earning a law degree in 1988, Joe Niciforo turned down a six-figure offer to join a big law firm, opting instead for a salary at 30 percent of...
Innovation in the Futures Industry – Julie Winkler
Julie Winkler, CME Group "You can't keep doing the same thing. You need to figure out different ways to innovate, different ways to collaborate...and by doing so, that's how you come up with some breakthrough innovations." Einstein's definition of insanity was...
Trading with a Creative Mind – Matt Scharpf
Matthew Scharpf, Vice President Sell Side Business Development, Eurex You're filling your toolbox...You're not going to need it today or tomorrow, but one day it's good to have. Matthew Scharpf, vice president of sell side business development for Eurex, gives a...
Start Your Career with Confidence – Kapil Rathi
Kapil Rathi, BATS What are your opportunities? You’re starting with a clean slate. You haven’t done anything wrong to anyone — yet. Nobody hates you day one. I call it the honeymoon period. If you're starting a new job, have your house in order, literally. Kapil...
Lessons from the 4-Minute Mile – Lee Hodgkinson
Lee Hodgkinson, Euronext Everything is possible; nothing is easy. Roger Bannister, Clarence "Captain" Birdseye and Fedex founder Fred Smith all have one thing in common - they each proved that something previously declared "impossible" was not impossible, just really...
Finding your First/Next Financial Job – Paul McCormick
Paul McCormick, Opening City Doors There is a mismatch between the way companies like to hire people and the way graduates and young professionals like to get hired. Paul McCormick has represented a half dozen of the biggest names in the banking world in his 30 years...
Hit By A Brick: How Setbacks Shape Your Career – Lisa Dunsky
Lisa Dunsky, OCC Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. It's sometimes hard to see what challenges and setbacks will do for your career, but in this very personal and articulate presentation, Lisa Dunsky, senior compliance...
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