At the Forefront Podcast

Launched in 2020, At the Forefront: Fintech Conversations is meant to help you stay informed as we highlight key industry developments and delve into the people, companies and thought processes that keep the capital markets and fintech industries humming.

At the Forefront Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Forefront Communications, with 97 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Forefront Communications hosts At the Forefront Podcast, a business show with 97 episodes published.

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  Episode #98

  Episode 98: Surveilling the New Capital Markets ft. Eventus

  Oct 1, 202632 minS1

  In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Jeff Bell, Co-Founder of Eventus , which provides at-scale trade surveillance software across all lines of defense through its Validus platform. Jeff traces Eventus' practitioner-led roots back to his own years on the sell side, where seeing trade surveillance rules implemented and enforced firsthand shaped a founding philosophy built around speaking clients' language and understanding not just the letter of a regulation, but its underlying intent.

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  Episode #97

  Episode 97: Scaling a Market Maker Across Asset Classes ft. Old Mission

  Sep 24, 202626 minS1

  In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Andrew Leis, Partner at Old Mission , a global multi-asset market maker. Andrew traces the firm's evolution from a niche ETF and cross-border arbitrage shop into a business spanning futures, options, fixed income, currencies and crypto, and the two dig into what actually drives a market maker's decision to expand into a new asset class or venue.

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  Episode #96

  Episode 96: Building a Scalable Outsourced Model for Emerging Managers ft. CAPIS & STP Investment Services

  Sep 10, 202634 minS1

  In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Chris Hurley, Senior Vice President and Director of Institutional Sales at CAPIS , and Jeff Hooks, Senior Vice President of Relationship Management and Client Experience at STP Investment Services . CAPIS provides outsourced and supplemental trading services across global equities, fixed income and derivatives; STP offers technology-enabled investment operations, fund administration and compliance solutions. Together, they discuss why emerging managers are increasingly outsourcing execution and operations rather than building that infrastructure in-house.

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  Episode #95

  Episode 95: The Future in Focus ft. STA

  Aug 13, 202613 minS1

  In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with Jim Toes, President and CEO of the Security Traders Association (STA), ahead of the organization's 93rd annual Market Structure Conference this October in Washington, D.C. Jim shares what's shaping this year's event, themed "The Future in Focus," and how STA's grassroots roots continue to drive its mission of education, advocacy and community.

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  Episode #94

  Episode 94: The Case for Active Management

  May 28, 202620 minS1

  <p>In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with David Choate, Chief Operating Officer at CAPIS, to discuss the long-term implications of passive investing on public markets, capital formation and price discovery. Building on several recent op-eds published in Institutional Investor and Traders Magazine, Dave shares his perspective on how passive investing, tax policy and market structure changes are reshaping the role of active management across the financial ecosystem. </p>

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