GlobalTrading Podcast

Mike Wilkins, Head of Industry Solutions at R3, the enterprise blockchain solutions provider, talks to Shanny Basar, Senior Writer at Markets Media, about how blockchain is being used in institutional capital markets and the importance of interoperability in allowing frictionless movement between different parts of the digital asset ecosystem.

Wilkins has more than 20 plus years experience in capital markets technology including eight years at Fidessa, the financial technology vendor in Chicago. He also worked at a wealth management start up. so joining R3 at the beginning of 2022 allowed him to combine his interest in financial technology with a startup mentality. R3 was founded in 2014 by a consortium of global banks and its core offerings are Corda, a private permissioned distributed ledger technology platform, and Conclave, which allows confidential data sharing.

Natacha Dezert, Blockchain & Digital Assets Program Manager for BNP Paribas Securities Services, and Aman Mehta, APAC Sales Director and APAC Digital Assets Lead for BNP Paribas Securities Services, discuss how digital assets are changing the business of institutional investors with Markets Media Group Senior Writer Shanny Basar.

Laura Atherley, Managing Director - Head of APAC Senior Relationship Management at Citi, and Christine Inge, Head of Client Solutions Prime Services, Global Markets APAC, BNP Paribas, discuss the present and future of diversity & inclusion in financial services with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan.

Gemma Hagen, Director of Technology at Aspect Capital, speaks with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan about the challenges and opportunities associated with the buy side modernizing its technology.

Joe Schifano, Global Head of Regulatory Affairs at Eventus Systems, speaks with GlobalTrading Editor Terry Flanagan about the biggest themes in trade surveillance in 2021, and what to watch for in 2022.