Waters Wavelength

This week, Jon Hodges, head of trading and asset services for Apac at FIS Global, joins the podcast to talk about how firms in Asia-Pacific approach AI and data. 0:00 – Tony and Shen talk about having faith in humanity 9:30 – Jon Hodges, head of trading and asset services for Apac at FIS Global, joins and gives an overview of how he started his career in a structured credit hedge fund 13:00 – Lessons for start-ups 17:00 – Observations from tariffs 21:30 – How Asia-Pacific firms are ahead in adopting AI 24:00 – Data’s importance 27:30 – Snowflake’s dominance in the capital markets 29:00 – Asia vs. US and Europe 31:30 – FIS is investing more in AI