Technology
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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...
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...
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...
The Crystal Ball – Ed Boyle
Ed Boyle, BOX Options Exchange "The successful firms in this industry looked at the history, saw the change coming, and reacted by getting ahead of it." Ed Boyle believes that everyone has access to a crystal ball. The trick, however, is to make sure it is tuned to...
Clearing Today and Tomorrow – Craig Donohue
Craig Donohue - OCC "When we first came into the industry, clearing, I guarantee you, was not sexy at all." When you are faced with a difficult decision, picture this: you're sitting at Thanksgiving dinner, the family is gathered around the table, and grandma comes in...
Trading Tech 300 Program Overview
An overview of the Trading Tech 300 program, a collaborative effort of the Pathway to Adventure Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Chicago financial district. Similar Talks Connect With Us If you like what you see here and are interested in becoming...
Agents of Change – Sam Mele
Sam Mele, Firm58 With change, there will be opportunities. The rise of electronic trading in the 1990s forever changed the way transactions in the financial industry were completed. During the earliest days on Wall Street, trades were concluded with a handshake....
The Need for More Than Speed – Ben Van Vliet
Ben Van Vliet, IIT - HFT Change is a proxy for opportunity in the financial markets. Technology has significantly changed the state of the financial industry. Several years ago, the financial industry was more about groups of individual traders - it thrived on whether...
Exchange Innovation: The Need to Think Outside the Box – Hirander Misra
Hirander Misra, CEO GMEX The key to that is how technology is used. All too often in the exchange space, we've been doing the same thing we've essentially been doing for many many years and we haven't really seen a change. Hirander Misra, CEO of GMEX, compares the...
Business Relationships 101 – Tom Kadlec
Tom Kadlec, ADM Investor Services This is a customer-relationship business. Build relationships. Pick out people you can observe that have presence. There are several factors that help drive businesses, including interest rates, risk management, technology and...
The Why & How of Technology – Veronica Auggustsson
Veronica Augustsson, CEO, Cinnober If you don't know the technology, you don't really know what you can achieve. It's when you combine the business knowledge and the technology that you achieve something special. Veronica Augustsson, CEO of Cinnober, discusses the...
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