Articles by Wei-Shen Wong
Regulators must find a balance with artificial intelligence
There's rapid digital transformation underway in the industry and regulators must get with the game plan while not over-regulating the use of AI.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 238 (Trying to get back on track)
Wei-Shen and Tony talk about how the pandemic has changed their habits and how they’re trying to do something about it.
ASX automates corporate actions with issuer forms
The exchange group has completed the multi-year program aimed at standardizing data capture and message delivery using the ISO format.
Former Standard Chartered CDO details AI in capital markets and regulators’ approach
Waters Wavelength Podcast Interview Series: Shameek Kundu, now head of financial services and chief strategy officer at AI startup firm Truera, talks AI, the state of the art of infrastructure, and how regulators are keeping a keen eye on the space.
Deutsche Bank leverages AI for securities services
The bank’s client segmentation offering creates more targeted post-trade offerings, while its prediction engine can help reduce settlement failures.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 236 (Market data, ESG, and interoperability)
Wei-Shen and Tony talk about WatersTech’s three biggest stories of the week.
One step closer: How exchanges are seeking tighter relationships with clients
Increasingly, exchanges are trying to get closer to their customers, in a bid to better understand how they use market data. This move may come at the expense of data vendors that are being gradually squeezed out of the exchange-client relationship.
Shorter settlement cycles could hit non-US firms hard
As efforts continue to shorten the settlement cycle for US securities to T+1, market participants in Asia worry about the potential implications.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 235 (Privacy and hybrid remote work)
Wei-Shen and Tony discuss the trade-offs between privacy and remote working and some of the concerns app interoperability could bring about.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 234 (Vaccine shots and anxiety)
Wei-Shen and Tony once again talk about mental health at the workplace and how firms should encourage their staff.
What can HKEx’s Synapse learn from watching ASX’s game of Chess?
HKEx is looking to leverage smart contracts for its Synapse platform. Sell-side participants are generally positive as to the reasoning behind the build, but observers warn the ambitious project still has challenges to overcome.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Asian exchanges
Keiren Harris, a strategy-based market data consultant and founder of DataCompliance, joins the podcast to talk about exchanges in Asia and their data strategies.
Ping An Asset Management zooms in on NLP models for sentiment analysis
The asset management arm of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China is enhancing its NLP models to solve complex, non-linear challenges such as overfitting.
People Moves: Bitvore, KX, Wolters Kluwer, Neuravest & more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Elizabeth Pritchard (pictured), who joins Bitvore as CEO.
This Week: JP Morgan, Deutsche Börse, Refinitiv, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 232 (AI networking and virtual conferences)
On this episode of the Wavelength Podcast, Wei-Shen brings on Annie Wu, who works on all of WatersTechnology’s events, to chat about the challenges of running a virtual event.
Is history repeating itself?
Broadridge’s acquisition of Itiviti presents many opportunities but also raises many questions about the combined company’s future. For a glimpse into that future, Wei-Shen Wong takes a look into Itiviti’s past.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Dealing with Gen-Z
Robert Wigley, chairman at UK Finance, joins the podcast to talk about how companies can appeal to new and young talent.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Bloomberg on FRTB
Bloomberg's Eugene Stern and Brad Foster discuss data challenges relating to the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB).
Bridging the gap: Broadridge looks front-to-back with acquisition of Itiviti
The deal signals a transformative move for Broadridge into the front-office space to help clients simplify their front-to-back technology stack. But some industry observers are skeptical about how it will achieve this.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 229 (World Backup Day)
On this episode of the Wavelength Podcast, Wei-Shen and Tony discuss their backup data habits.
