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Modern Money SmartPod
From the team that produces Modern Money SmartBrief -- and more than 40 other newsletters for some of the most influential organizations in Finance -- it's the Modern Money SmartPod. This podcast features insights from key policymakers and C-suite executives from leading financial services firms. If you're looking for a fun and informative podcast that focuses specifically on the people, technologies and trends that are driving the future of financial services … this is it!
Episodes
Modern Money SmartPodLooking Ahead to FIA Expo
With the FIA’s Futures & Options Expo getting ready to kick off in Chicago, we caught up with Will Acworth, global head of market intelligence at FIA, to…
Modern Money SmartPodHow Technology Is Shifting the Exchange Landscape
Get an inside look at the technology powering today’s exchange-traded derivatives markets as we sit down with Sophie Marnhier-Foy, Vice President of Product…
Modern Money SmartPodCompute Futures Get Ready To Launch - with Peter Keavey from CME Group
With trillions of dollars flowing into AI infrastructure, market participants are looking for transparent ways to price their investments and manage risk. That…
Modern Money SmartPodSurveying the Derivatives Landscape - with Walt Lukken from the Futures Industry Association
A wave of innovation from the industry, accompanied by policy uncertainty and geopolitical flare-ups, made the summer of 2026 a busy one for the derivatives…
Modern Money SmartPodHow the Insurance Industry Is Leveraging AI - with Peter McMurtrie from West Monroe
Peter McMurtrie, a partner at West Monroe, stops by the show to discuss the evolution of AI in the insurance industry. Peter says the industry is currently…
Modern Money SmartPodThe State of the Financial Advisory Industry - with Ken Hullings from LPL Financial
Ken Hullings, EVP Client Success - Institution Channel at LPL Financial, stops by the show to discuss the state of the financial advisory industry and outline…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to FIA Boca - TT's Garrow Explains the Industry's Bifurcation of Interest in Prediction Markets
It's time to end our fantastic week at the Futures Industry Association's Global Cleared Markets Conference. And who better to help us bring this incredible…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to FIA Boca - Bloomberg's Sharaby Charts Growth in Indices and Data Services
Prediction markets have been a hot topic at the Futures Industry Association's Global Cleared Markets Conference ... and that has been music to the ears of…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to FIA Boca - HKEX's Yu Provides an Update on Retail Expansion, FIC Roadmap
Day 3 at the Futures Industry Association's Global Cleared Markets Conference kicks off with a conversation with Gregory Yu, Head of Markets at Hong Kong…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to FIA Boca: Robinhood's JB Mackenzie Predicts the Future of Prediction Markets ... Again
JB Mackenzie, Vice President and General Manager, Futures and Prediction Markets at Robinhood, makes a triumphant return to our FIA Boca lineup. During our…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to FIA Boca - Beudin Outlines Euronext's 3 Strategic Objectives
Day Two of our coverage from the Futures Industry Association's Global Cleared Markets Conference continues with this conversation with Euronext Chief…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to FIA Boca - Cboe's Dugan Offers Details on "Yes-No, Plus" Event Contracts
Day Two of our coverage from the Futures Industry Association's Global Cleared Markets Conference kicks off with this conversation with Meaghan Dugan from…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to FIA Boca - CoinFund's Perkins Details the TradFi-Crypto 'Dance Party' in Boca
After missing last year's FIA Boca, CoinFund President Chris Perkins is back this year and he is pumped up about many of the issues that are hot topics here at…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to FIA Boca - InCubEx's Scarbrough Discusses Thriving Renewable Energy Financial Markets
If you think policy moves by the Trump Administration have throttled the market for renewable energy certificates and other clean energy marlets, you are…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to FIA Boca - Blaugrund Outlines ICE's Moves to Grow New Markets
Day One of our coverage from the Futures Industry Association's Global Cleared Markets Conference concludes with this conversation with Michael Blaugrund, Vice…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to FIA Boca - Gulya Discusses SGX's Strategy Amid Global Uncertainty
Our coverage from the Futures Industry Association's Global Cleared Markets Conference keeps rolling along as we catch up with Bill Gulya, Managing Director…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to FIA Boca: NinjaTrader's Franchi Details the Growth of Retail Markets
To kickoff our week at the Futures Industry Association's Global Cleared Markets Conference, I connected with NinjaTrader Chief Executive Officer Marty…
Modern Money SmartPodWalt Lukken Previews FIA Boca 2026
In what is an annual tradition for this podcast, Futures Industry Association President and CEO Walt Lukken stops by the show to preview what's in store at the…
Modern Money SmartPodMaking Sense of the Tariff Mess with Marc Busch from Georgetown University
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the better part of the last year, you know tariffs implemented by the Trump administration have wreaked havoc on…
Modern Money SmartPodIntercontinental Exchange Unveils Reddit Signals and Sentiment Tool
Intercontinental Exchange is launching the Reddit Signals and Sentiment Tool. The tool is designed to offer investors actionable insights about topics and…
Modern Money SmartPodEuronext's Darriet Discusses the Road Ahead for Repo Clearing
Regulatory changes and shifting market dynamics are shining a spotlight on repo clearing. Amid all the changes, Yama Darriet, Head of OTC and Repo Expansion at…
Modern Money SmartPodAmperon CEO Sean Kelly Discusses What's Next for US Energy Prices
With rising energy prices making headlines, Amperon Co-Founder and CEO Sean Kelly stops by the show to discuss the strategies utilities, policymakers and…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to IDX: SGX's Judge Touts Expansion In Emerging Market Currencies
Matt Judge, European Head of Sales for Singapore Exchange (SGX), helps power our road trip to the International Derivatives Expo (IDX) in London across the…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to IDX: ICE's Edmonds Weighs In On Treasury Clearing, Tokenization
Our road trip to the International Derivatives Expo continues with this conversation with Chris Edmonds, President of Fixed Income and Data Services at…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to IDX: CME Group's Sammann Optimistic Amid Market Volatility
Fresh off his panel at the International Derivatives Expo in London, Derek Sammann, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Commodities Markets at CME…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to IDX: ICE's Rhodes Discusses Innovation Amid Regulatory Divergence
Day Two of International Derivatives Expo kicks off with a conversation featuring Chris Rhodes, President of ICE Futures Europe. Fresh off his appearance on…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to IDX: Trading Technologies' Green Outlines Tech Trends and 24/7 Trading
Alun Green, EVP and Managing Director of Futures and Options at Trading Technologies, joins the show from the International Derivatives Expo in London to…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to IDX: Cboe's Saroukhanov Discusses Growth in Europe's Options Markets
Iouri Saroukhanov, the Head of European Derivatives at Cboe Global Markets, checks in from the International Derivatives Expo to provide an update on the the…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip to IDX: Euronext's Alliot on Enhancing Access to European Markets
Charlotte Alliot, the Head of Financial Derivatives at Euronext, joins the show from the sidelines of the International Derivatives Expo in London to discuss…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: FIA's Walt Lukken Previews IDX 2025
With some of the biggest names in the financial services industry gathering in London next week for the International Derivatives Expo (IDX), Futures Industry…
Modern Money SmartPodFutures for Kids: Raising Funds and Having Fun
Usually, when guests on this show discuss forwards, futures and options, we're talking about financial derivatives products. But for this episode, we are…
Modern Money SmartPodServiceNow's Ryan Clare on Capital Markets Tech: What's Now and What's Next
Technology has long been a key component of any operations strategy in financial services. But the recent rise of AI is changing the operations landscape at a…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: Anthony Attia Recaps a Busy Week in Boca for Euronext
We wrap up our road trip to the International Futures Industry Conference via a conversation with Anthony Attia, the Global Head of Derivatives & Post Trade at…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: Robinhood's JB Mackenzie Tries to Predict the Future of Prediction Markets
The puns were flying around fast and furious on the final day of the 50th annual International Futures Industry Conference as JB Mackenzie from Robinhood…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: CME Group's Julie Winkler Discusses Data Trends and the Continued Rise of Retail
The continued growth of retail trading has been a hot topic this week at the 50th annual International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Florida. CME…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: ICE's Stuart Williams Dives Into the Data Side of Market Growth
Data has been woven into the DNA of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) since its inception. And as markets continue to expand at a rapid pace, managing the…
Modern Money SmartPodFTSE Russell's Creighton Delves Into Digital Assets And 0DTE Options
To kick off the second day of the International Futures Industry Conference, Shawn Creighton, the Director of Index Derivatives Solutions at FTSE Russell…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: SGX's Bill Gulya Shares Big Futures News from Boca
It's Day One at the International Futures Industry Conference and Bill Gulya, Managing Director and Head of the Americas at Singapore Exchange (SGX), kicked…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: FIA's Walt Lukken Outlines What to Expect at Boca 2025
In what has become an annual tradition for this podcast, Futures Industry Association President and CEO Walt Lukken stops by the show to preview what's in…
Modern Money SmartPodICE's Paul Hamill Outlines What's Next for US Treasury Clearing
The SEC might have delayed the implementation of its US Treasury clearing mandate, but that doesn't mean market infrastructure experts will be taking much of a…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: CoinFund's Chris Perkins Discusses Advancements in Crypto, Web3
Sponsored by ION Markets With Bitcoin soaring to new heights, the 49th annual International Futures Industyr Conference is the perfect time to check in with…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: Google Cloud's Rohit Bhat Outlines the Past, Present and Future of Cloud Technology in Capital Markets
Sponsored by ION Markets Our road trip to the 49th annual International Futures Industry Conference has come to an end. But before we said goodbye to Boca, we…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: FTSE Russell's Shawn Creighton on the Growth in Digital Assets and 0 DTE Options Trading
Sponsored by ION Markets Shawn Creighton, director of index derivatives solutions at FTSE Russell, joins the show at the 49th annual International Futures…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: ICE's Chris Edmonds Talks AI and Other Data Trends in Capital Markets
Sponsored by ION Markets It's no surprise that an industry veteran like Chris Edmonds, president of fixed income and data services at Intercontinental…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: Nasdaq's Magnus Haglind On How Cloud Technology Will Boost the Market Capabilities of AI
Sponsored by ION Markets If you are going to talk about cloud technology and capital markets, sooner or later you are going to end up talking about artificial…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: SGX's Ivan Han on Managing Risk Within Asia and Around the World
Sponsored by ION Markets Our road trip to the 49th annual International Futures Industry Conference continues as we hear from Ivan Han, deputy chief risk…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip: FIA's Walt Lukken Previews What's In Store for Boca 2024
With the 49th annual International Futures Industry Conference getting underway today in Boca Raton, Florida, Futures Industry Association President and CEO…
Modern Money SmartPodNasdaq's Roland Chai Discusses The Tech That Manages Risk And Volatility
The digital transformation of financial markets has spawned incredible connectivity and efficiency, but it has also created plenty of challenges. Roland Chai…
Modern Money SmartPodFIA Boca Day 3: Wrapping Up The Week With FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken
Our third and final day of coverage of the International Futures Industry Conference … aka ... FIA Boca. And since we are closing the book on yet another Boca…
Modern Money SmartPodFIA Boca Day 2: Regulators Mount Up, Crypto Conversations Continue, CoinFund President Chris Perkins
We're back for another day of coverage from the International Futures Industry Conference … or as it’s more commonly known: FIA Boca. Day 2 just wrapped up, so…
Modern Money SmartPodRoad Trip! - Day 1 at FIA Boca - Walt Lukken, Exchange Leaders and CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger
It’s March ... so that means it’s time for another Road Trip! This episode comes to you from sunny Boca Raton, Florida, where we’re excited to bring you our…
Modern Money SmartPodCloud Computing Continues to Reshape Capital Markets
When cloud technology was first introduced in markets, many people in the financial services sector were hesitant. There were concerns about security and even…
Modern Money SmartPodICE's Larry Lawrence Discusses the Data Powering Sustainable Finance
The rise of ESG investing has investors clamoring for accurate and transparent data. Larry Lawrence, Head of Sustainable Finance - US at…
Modern Money SmartPod5 Questions to Ask Before Buying Carbon Offsets
If you're a business leader looking to offset the emissions from your organization's operations, how exactly do you go about doing that? And in a world where…
Modern Money SmartPodRegulating In Uncertain Times
Some regulators in the world of finance take office during periods of relative market calm. Other regulators ... not so much. When Commissioner Summer…
Modern Money SmartPodEarly Lessons Learned From The FTX Meltdown
With the fallout from the meltdown of Sam Bankman-Fried and his FTX empire still unfolding in the markets, exchange leaders and other executives from the…
Modern Money SmartPodBNEF's Demôro talks global climate investing trends and COP27
In 2021, there was roughly $785 billion deployed at the global level for energy transition technologies. And despite questions being asked about ESG…
Modern Money SmartPodCapital Comes Together To Combat Climate Change
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last year or so, you’ve probably heard about all the money that’s either already been deployed or is on its way…
Modern Money SmartPodCME Group's Tim McCourt talks Event-based contracts and Ether options
Tim McCourt, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Equity and FX Products at CME Group, joins the show to talk about the launch of Event-based contracts…
Modern Money SmartPodThe tax credits that shape the Inflation Reduction Act
Lauren Collins, a partner at Vinson & Elkins, joins the show to explain how the tax incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act stand to not only boost the…