Wavelength Podcast Episode 160: Pete Cherecwich of Northern Trust
Pete talks about privacy and convenience—and where firms tend to get tripped up when walking this balance beam.
James Rundle, WatersTechnology’s editor, and Anthony Malakian, editor at large, record a weekly podcast touching on the biggest stories in financial technology.
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Pete Cherecwich, president of Corporate & Institutional Services (C&IS) at Northern Trust, joins the podcast to examine the challenges that firms face today when trying to offer convenience through technological innovation, while also making sure that these services are secure—the old security-versus-convenience debate, but on an enterprise scale. Also, Bloomberg intends to exit two key businesses and WatersTechnology has a new reporter.
Pete Cherecwich
1:00 Pete joins the podcast
2:30 Security versus convenience
4:00 The problem with trying to monetize internal data
5:30 Navigating convenience and functionality
10:00 Changing the culture and organization
13:30 The problem with tech disintermediation
15:30 The blockchain question
18:30 Is an industry data utility the right answer?
20:30 GDPR
23:00 Security best practices
24:30 Northern Trust is partnering with Bloomberg to offer custodial data
27:00 C&IS’ product roadmap for 2019
In the News
30:00 Some big, exclusive news: Bloomberg intends to exit its Sell-Side Execution and Order Management Solutions (SSEOMS) and its Know-Your-Customer (KYC) businesses, which includes Entity Exchange and Entity Intelligence.
36:00 Introducing WatersTechnology’s newest reporter, Rebecca Natale!
Contact Info
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Anthony Malakian, editor at large: @a_malakian; anthony.malakian@infopro-digital.com
James Rundle, US editor: @JimRundle; james.rundle@infopro-digital.com
Rebecca Natale, staff reporter: @rebnatale; rebecca.natale@infopro-digital.com
Past 10 episodes:
Episode 150: Bill Murphy of Blackstone Group
Episode 151: Examining the MEMX Announcement
Episode 152: Initial Margin Tech & Investment Theory
Episode 153: Nasdaq's Lars Ottersgård
Episode 154: Bryan Cross, UBS Asset Management
Episode 155: Martin Boyd of FIS; A Look at the CAT
Episode 156: Gil Mandelzis, Capitolis
Episode 157: FIA Boca Preview & Other News
Episode 158: Giancarlo’s Swan Song; Crypto Madness; DTCC/ASX Blockchains
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