We continue Gold for the 21st Century this week with Sunil Kashyap, Managing Director at FinMet Pte Ltd., Singapore. David Greely sits down with Sunil to discuss the role of gold in Asia, what the West can learn from it, and what new market infrastructure and technology can lead to smarter gold markets in Asia for the 21st century.
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We present a special mid-week episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from FIA’s BOCA50 – the International Futures Industry Conference.
SmarterMarkets™ returned to FIA Boca to be a part of BOCA50, the 50th anniversary of the International Futures Industry Conference. We partnered with the FIA to interview a wide-range of futures industry participants.
We asked them how long they’ve been coming to Boca, how the conference has evolved, and what keeps them coming back. We also asked them to share with us the big topics and issues they were at Boca this year to discuss with others and what new derivatives products and financial technology they were most excited about.
We’ve compiled a selection of those 9 interviews into this Special Episode of SmarterMarkets™. If you would like to listen to the full interviews, they are available on the SmarterMarkets™ Presents media portal.
Our guests in order of appearance in this episode are:
Walt Lukken, President & CEO, FIA
Alun Green, EVP, Managing Director, Futures & Options, Trading Technologies
Stuart Connolly, CEO, CloudMargin
Thomas Texier, Head of Clearing, Marex
Travis Schwab, CEO, Eventus
Ryan Moroney, CEO, CQG
Anthony Crudele, SVP, NinjaTrader
Alan Guarino, Vice Chairman, Korn Ferry
Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer, Abaxx Exchange & Clearinghouse
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This week, we kick off our new series Gold for the 21st Century with David Gornall. Gornall is Strategic Advisor for Precious Metals at Abaxx Exchange, Former Global Head of Precious Metals Trading at Natixis, and Former Chairman of the LBMA.
SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Gornall to discuss where gold market infrastructure is not keeping pace with the evolving use of gold, what it means for regional price discovery and trading, and what market infrastructure and regulatory changes are needed to allow gold to take its seat at the financial table and meet the demand for gold in the 21st century.
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We wrap up Carbon Frontiers 2025 this week with Belinda Ellington, Principal at Ellington Resolution, Senior Advisor at IETA, and Former MD, Global Head of Commodities Legal at Citi. David Greely sits down with Belinda to discuss the challenges that banks face in carbon markets and sustainable finance – and why establishing the legal nature of verified carbon credits is a critical step to getting carbon finance flowing.
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This week on Carbon Frontiers 2025, we welcome back Peter Fusaro, Founder of the Wall Street Green Summit. David Greely sits down with Peter to discuss where we are in carbon markets and the energy transition – and the other big issues on the agenda as we head into the 24th annual Wall Street Green Summit in New York City on March 18-19.
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