Waters Wavelength Podcast: Bloomberg’s Tony McManus
Tony McManus, global head of enterprise data division at Bloomberg, joins the podcast to talk about the importance of data in the context of AI and GenAI.
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Tony McManus, global head of Bloomberg’s enterprise data division, joins the podcast this week. They discuss Bloomberg’s approach to AI and GenAI from a data perspective, getting the infrastructure and architecture right to leverage these technologies, and the skills necessary for graduates interested in joining Bloomberg.
5:30 – Tony McManus joins the podcast and gives an overview of his role
10:30 – How Tony keeps up with everything
14:00 – They discuss the biggest challenges from a data perspective
16:00 – What ‘data quality’ means
18:00 – Cloud’s role in evolving access to data
22:30 – Getting the foundations right
28:00 – How Bloomberg deals with point-in-time data
31:00 – The interconnectedness of data
36:30 – Skills and talent necessary for Bloomberg
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Wei-Shen Wong: + 852 3411 4758; wei-shen.wong@infopro-digital.com
Anthony Malakian: + 1 646 490 3973; anthony.malakian@infopro-digital.com
Past 10 episodes:
Episode 274: The issue with corporate actions
Episode 275: Bill Murphy on getting the foundations right
Episode 276: Dos and don’ts for PR People, Part Four
Episode 277: BMO on market structure
Episode 278: Tim Baker on Cuip lawsuit, data copyrights, and innovation in market data
Episode 279: Looking into the EU regulatory landscape
Episode 280: An exploration of the DeFi world
Episode 282: Broadridge’s Joseph Lo on GPTs
Episode 283: S&P’s CTO on AI, data, and the future of datacenters
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