Latest Episodes
May 11 2026
The Payments Shake-Up: Regulation, Real-Time, and Reinvention
Financial Markets Insights
In this episode of Financial Markets iNSiGHTS, host Tina Kane speaks with Christian K. Schwarz, Managing Director at valantic FSA, about how Europe’s payments landscape is being reshaped as instant payments become mandatory and financial institutions face mounting pressure to modernise legacy infrastructure. They discuss the scale of regulatory change, the challenges of transitioning to real-time, 24/7 processing, and how workflow orchestration can help banks meet new requirements without replacing core systems. The conversation also examines growing competition from fintech challengers, the erosion of traditional revenue streams such as FX, and the strategic risks facing banks that fail to adapt....
April 29 2026
Speed Is Solved. Certainty Is Not – The Hidden Risk Layer Behind Modern Financial Markets
Financial Markets Insights
In this episode of Financial Markets iNSiGHTS, host Tina Kane speaks to Kevin Formby, VP of Finance and Capital Markets Solutions at Keysight Technologies, about the growing importance of observability, precision measurement and time accuracy in modern trading infrastructure. They explore how, despite ever-increasing speed and shrinking latency, many firms still don’t have a full picture or understanding of what is happening inside their systems. Kevin explains why measuring speed - rather than latency-related outcomes - creates an “illusion of control,” and how hidden inefficiencies across complex, fragmented infrastructures can impact performance, fairness and resilience. The conversation delves into the...
March 2 2026
From Fragmentation to Finality in Frontier Market FX
Financial Markets Insights
In this episode of Financial Markets iNSiGHTS, host Tina Kane speaks with Emmanuel Ashirifi, founder and CEO of Sika Financial Group, about the challenges of FX liquidity - and efficient settlement - in emerging and frontier markets. They discuss how fragmented, manual settlement processes impact working capital liquidity, strain national foreign exchange reserves and impact cross-border trade flow. Emmanuel explains why extending mature-market models isn’t the right approach in these markets, and how purpose-built settlement infrastructure reflecting the particular nuances of less developed economies can bring greater trust, transparency and resilience to trading and supply chain lifecycles, and better meet...
December 9 2025
How AI Is Reshaping the Market Data Backbone
Financial Markets Insights
In this episode of Financial Markets iNSiGHTS, host Clive Posselt speaks with Philip William, Chief Product Officer at AiMi, about how firms are rethinking this challenge through automation and agentic AI. They explore why manual interpretation still dominates despite decades of trading automation, how trust and auditability shape adoption, and why freeing specialists from low-value triage work is now a resilience strategy - not a cost one. Drawing on deep experience with global trading firms, Philip explains how AI-driven “digital analysts” can help firms keep pace with rising change volumes, tighter resources and expanding market hours. The conversation sheds light...
October 9 2025
From Code to Culture: Building Real Capability in Financial Technology Teams
Financial Markets Insights
In Financial Markets, where technology moves fast and precision is critical, training is more than onboarding, it’s how firms build lasting capability. In this episode of Financial Markets iNSiGHTS, host Tina Kane speaks with Michael Clarke, CEO of Mallon Associates, about the evolving role of practitioner-led learning in shaping productive, resilient technology teams. Together, they explore why traditional, off-the-shelf courses often fall short in complex financial environments, how hybrid working challenges institutional knowledge and why real-world capability, not generic KPIs, should define success. Drawing on decades of partnership with global financial institutions, Michael shares how embedding training within live client...
September 11 2025
Trading Technology Evolution – From Build vs Buy to 24/7 Markets
Financial Markets Insights
From retail execution to institutional connectivity, the evolution of trading and market data technology is reshaping how financial firms operate. In this episode of Financial Markets iNSiGHTS, host David Berney sits down with Debbie Kaye, Head of UK Trading at Iress, to share her perspectives on how trading desks and market data platforms are adapting to meet evolving regulatory, technology and global financial market drivers like 24/7 trading. This episode explores the unique role of the UK’s RSP (Retail Service Provider) network, the rise of cloud-native connectivity hubs, balancing real-time and historical data demands and the growing influence of AI,...
