Wei-Shen Wong, Asia Editor, and Anthony Malakian, Editor-in-Chief of WatersTechnology, record a weekly podcast touching on the biggest stories in financial technology.

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This week on the podcast, Clare Flynn Levy, founder and CEO at Essentia Analytics, joins to talk about her shift from the buy side to going “native”. Before that, Wei-Shen and Anthony talk about the WatersTechnology Innovation Exchange, which starts on September 9. To register for the three-week virtual event, click here.

* Clare joins the podcast and explains the reason for starting Essentia Analytics and what it means to “go native”. (5:30)

* Using analytics to trust your gut, or let you know if your gut is wrong. (15:00)

* How can understanding behavioral biases help push active managers forward? (16:30)

* Clare discusses how AI biases play into the fund management process. (32:00)

* For those on the buy side not using behavioral analytics, what’s holding them back? (38:00)

Contact Info: 

As is the case with everything we do, we'd love to get some feedback from our listeners.

Wei-Shen Wong: + 852 3411 4758;  [email protected]

Anthony Malakian: + 1 646 490 3973; [email protected]

Past 10 episodes:

Episode 201: Refinitiv Labs on Unstructured Data

Episode 202: Northern Trust’s Pete Cherecwich, Part 2

Episode 203: Finos’ Columbro on Open Source 

Episode 204: Nasdaq on Cloud Strategy

Episode 205: Just Talkin'

Episode 206: Liquidnet's Simon Maughan

Episode 207: Vaccine Tracking and Other Alt Datasets

Episode 208: The Battle Between Innovation & Practicality

Episode 210: What Was This Episode Even About?