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At the Forefront Podcast
Launched in 2020, At the Forefront: Fintech Conversations is meant to help you stay informed as we highlight key industry developments and delve into the people, companies and thought processes that keep the capital markets and fintech industries humming.
Episodes
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At the Forefront, Episode 100: Tracing the Industry’s Biggest Conversations
In this milestone episode, released as Forefront celebrates its 10th anniversary, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden presents a highlight reel from six years…
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Episode 99: Putting Market Structure Change into Practice ft. FIX Trading Community
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by George Rosenberger, Americas Regional Committee Co-Chair at the FIX Trading Community and…
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Episode 98: Surveilling the New Capital Markets ft. Eventus
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Jeff Bell, Co-Founder of Eventus, which provides at-scale trade surveillance software across…
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Episode 97: Scaling a Market Maker Across Asset Classes ft. Old Mission
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Andrew Lekas, Partner at Old Mission, a global multi-asset market maker. Andrew traces the…
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Episode 96: Building a Scalable Outsourced Model for Emerging Managers ft. CAPIS & STP Investment Services
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Chris Hurley, Senior Vice President and Director of Institutional Sales at CAPIS, and Jeff…
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Episode 95: The Future in Focus ft. STA
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with Jim Toes, President and CEO of the Security Traders Association (STA), ahead of the…
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Episode 94: The Case for Active Management
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with David Choate, Chief Operating Officer at CAPIS, to discuss the long-term implications of…
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Episode 93: The New Shape of Financial Media
In this episode, Forefront Managing Partner Mark Dowd sits down with Ben Wood of InfoPro Digital (publisher of Risk.net, WatersTechnology and Chartis Research)…
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Episode 92: Modernizing Private Market Infrastructure ft. Corastone
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with Rashad Kurbanov, CEO of Corastone. Together, they explore the operational and…
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Episode 91: The Evolution of Trading Infrastructure ft. Pico
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with Ian McIntyre, Managing Director and Global Head of Market Data at Pico. Together, they…
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Episode 90: An Introduction to Open Finance ft. FDATA
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with Steve Boms, Executive Director of FDATA, the Financial Data and Technology Association…
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Episode 89: From Raw Data to Actionable Insights – Data Differentiation in ECM ft. CMG
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with William Wilson, Senior Securities Analyst at CMG, to explore what truly differentiated…
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Episode 88: Preparing For the Next Era of Oversight: Unifying Trade Surveillance and Best Execution Analytics ft. Trillium Surveyor & Tickrs Clearing
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with Melissa Watras, Director of Product at Trillium Surveyor, and Ann Cendejas, Chief…
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Episode 87: The Front Ends That Power Finance featuring Sebastian Good, Expero
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with Sebastian Good, CEO and Co-Founder of Expero, to discuss how the firm is helping financial…
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Episode 86: Turning Access into Impact with Andrew Kaufmann, Time to Give
In this episode, Forefront Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with Andrew Kaufman, Founder and CEO of Time to Give Network, to explore how his not-for-profit…
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Episode 85: Smarter Finance Through Agentic AI
In this episode, Forefront Managing Partner Eric Soderberg sits down with Bin Ren, Founder and CEO of SigTech, to discuss how artificial intelligence and human…
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Episode 84: Redefining the Market - STA's 92nd Annual Conference
STA President & CEO Jim Toes previews the 92nd Annual Market Structure Conference, covering tokenization, regulation, Women in Finance, and more.
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Episode 83: CAPIS Acquires TD Securities' Plan Sponsor Services
In this episode, Forefront VP and Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by David Choate, Chief Operating Officer at CAPIS, and Tim Conway, Director of Plan…
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Episode 82: The Trade Surveillance Revolution
In this episode, Forefront VP and Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Martina Rejsjö, Head of Product Strategy at Eventus, and Vinod Jain, Strategic…
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Episode 81: The Evolution of AI for Financial Research
In this episode, Forefront VP and Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Mike Conover, Founder and CEO of Brightwave — the AI-powered research platform…
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Episode 80: 24/5 Trading
Forefront's Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Rob Cope, Head of Business Development at Trillium Surveyor and John Willock, Head of Strategy at Blue…
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Episode 79: Building Brands, Harnessing Data, Navigating M&A
In this special CMO Edition of the podcast, Forefront co-Managing Partner Eric Soderberg sits down with Mireille Adebiyi, Chief Marketing Officer at Regnology…
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Episode 78: Partnering for Crypto Trading Efficiency
In this episode of At the Forefront, we're joined by John Fennell of EDX Markets and Gordon Wallace of BlockFills to discuss how their firms ongoing…
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Episode 77: Mastering the LinkedIn Algorithm in 2025
In this special CMO Edition, Forefront VP and Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with Amanda Perrucci, Forefront’s Head of Digital, to discuss the latest…
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Episode 76: Jim Toes, STA
In the latest edition of our At the Forefront: Fintech Conversations podcast, we sat down with President and CEO of STA Jim Toes to discuss key market…
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Episode 75: Jake Claver, Digital Ascension Group
Managing Director of Digital Ascension Group Jake Claver sits down with VP and Head of Content Sam Belden to discuss about navigating digital asset portfolio…
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Episode 74: Bryan Gibbs, CAPIS
In this episode, Sam Belden, VP and Head of Content at Forefront, sits down with Bryan Gibbs, SVP and Director of Transition Management at CAPIS, to break down…
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Episode 73: Tony Acuña-Rohter, EDX Markets
In the latest edition of our At the Forefront: Fintech Conversations podcast, industry expert and CEO of EDX Markets Tony Acuña-Rohter discusses EDX Markets's…
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Episode 72: Linda Middleditch, Regnology
Regnology's Chief Product Officer Linda Middleditch joins to discuss the company's latest offering, Regnology Granular Data Model (RGD) and how these models…
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Episode 71: Saeid Kian, Ribbon
Tune in to hear from Ribbon Co-Founder and CEO Saied Kian on the shortcomings of the inheritance process and how his platform is filling those gaps in…
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Episode 70: Chris Hurley, CAPIS
The latest episode of "At the Forefront: Fintech Conversations" featuring CAPIS' SVP and Director of Institutional Sales Chris Hurley is now live! Tune in here…
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Episode 69: Innovating the ATS Landscape
In this episode of "At the Forefront: Fintech Conversations", we're joined by Khody Azmoon, Co-Founder and CEO of Blox Markets, a retail-focused US equities…
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Episode 68: Shelley Magee, ActiveViam
In the latest episode of "At the Forefront", our VP and Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Shelley Magee of advanced analytics and data solutions provider…
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Episode 67: Press Releases: A Secret Weapon in Your Marketing Mix?
In the latest CMO edition of "At the Forefront", Managing Partner Eric Soderberg and EVP Jed Hamilton explore how press releases can make an impact beyond…
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Episode 66: The Future of Bond Trading
In today's episode of At the Forefront, we welcome Jonathan Birnbaum (Founder and CEO of OpenYield), Marty Mannion (Managing Director and Co-Head, TD…
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Episode 65: The Need for a Credit-Sensitive Reference Rate
In this episode of At the Forefront, we sit down with AFX CEO John Shay and Marco Macchiavelli, Assistant Professor of Finance at UMass Amherst for a…
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Episode 64: Optimizing LinkedIn Ads for B2B
In this episode of At the Forefront, Account Manager Lindsey Patterson is joined by AJ Wilcox, Founder of B2Linked, to discuss all things LinkedIn Ads for B2B…
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Episode 63: Corporate Social Responsibility and Wall Street Rides FAR
In this episode of At the Forefront, our VP and Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with Account Manager Lindsey Patterson to discuss Forefront’s corporate…
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Episode 62: Be Next
In this special CMO Edition of our At the Forefront podcast, Co-Managing Partners Eric Soderberg and Mark Dowd discuss Forefront's recently launched "Be Next"…
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Episode 61: Kirill Bensonoff, New Silver
Kirill Bensonoff, CEO and Co-Founder of New Silver, a fintech providing fast, convenient and flexible capital to real estate investors, joins to discuss the…
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Episode 60: Cross-Border Payments, FX & The Impact on Global Commerce
In the latest episode of At the Forefront, our VP & Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Steve Dooley of Convera to discuss Convera’s Fintech 2025+ report…
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Episode 59: Shifting the Landscape – Gearing Up for STA's 91st Annual Market Structure Conference
In this episode of At the Forefront, our VP & Head of Content Sam Belden is joined by Jim Toes of Security Traders Association and Jim Hyde of NYSE to discuss…
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Episode 58: Exploring Insurance's AI Future with Ronan Donohue, Q4 Capital Advisors
In this episode of "At the Forefront", Q4 Capital Advisors' Ronan Donohue returns to the podcast to discuss the benefits of AI for insurance firms. Ronan and…
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Episode 57: David Emero, n-Tier
In this episode, n-Tier's Dave Emero and Forefront's Sam Belden sit down to discuss the impact of the forthcoming SEC Rule 13f-2 and how n-Tier can help firms…
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Episode 56: The Ins and Outs of Internal Communications
In this episode of At the Forefront, Managing Partner Eric Soderberg sits down with Account Executive Alexandra Benavides to discuss how and why B2B fintechs…
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Episode 55: LinkedIn Ad Trends for B2B Fintech Marketers
In this episode of our At the Forefront podcast, Forefront SAE Lindsey Patterson joins VP and Head of Digital Amanda Perrucci to discuss how B2B fintech…
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Episode 54: Jeffrey Estella, Estella LLC
In the latest episode of At the Forefront, Estella LLC Principal Jeffrey Estella returns to the podcast to discuss LSEG’s decision to sunset its REDI EMS and…
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Episode 53: Steve Bonanno, BXS
In this episode of At the Forefront, VP and Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with BXS CEO Steve Bonanno to discuss Rule 605 reform – the mistakes firms are…
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Episode 52: Media Relations in the Digital Age
In this CMO Edition of our At the Forefront podcast, VP and Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with SAE Sam Raffalli to discuss how PR professionals can most…
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Episode 51: SEO Basics for B2B Fintechs
In this episode of At the Forefront, our VP and Head of Content Sam Belden joins SAE Victoria DaSilva to discuss SEO basics for B2B fintech firms. Tune in for…
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Episode 50: Ronan Donohue, Q4 Capital Advisors
In this episode of At the Forefront, Q4 Capital Advisors Founder & Managing Partner Ronan Donohue joins our Head of Content Sam Belden for a discussion on how…
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Episode 49: Supporting the B2B Fintech Buyer's Journey
In this CMO Edition of At the Forefront, Forefront VP and Head of Content Sam Belden sits down with SVP CJ Lengua to discuss our recent Marketing Insights…
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Episode 48: Glendy Kam, Tassat
In this episode of At the Forefront, Tassat CPO Glendy Kam joins VP and Head of Content Sam Belden to discuss why the potential of blockchain is so much bigger…
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Episode 47: Mastering B2B Fintech Email Marketing with Jay Schwedelson
In this CMO edition of "At the Forefront", marketing expert and Subjectline.com founder Jay Schwedelson joins our VP and Head of Digital Amanda Perrucci for an…
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Episode 46: James St. Clair, ViewTrade
In this episode of At the Forefront: Fintech Conversations, ViewTrade President – Brokerage Services James St. Clair sits down with Forefront SVP CJ Lengua to…
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Episode 45: Linda Middleditch, Regnology
In this episode of our At the Forefront: Fintech Conversations podcast, Regnology CPO Linda Middleditch discusses the future of regulatory reporting: how…
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Episode 44: Jeffrey Estella and Michael Cashel
Industry consultants Jeffrey Estella and Michael Cashel discuss key capital markets initiatives and observations for 2024, including new regulatory priorities…
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Episode 43: Celebrating Women's History Month
In celebration of Women’s History Month, we’re shining a light on talented woman professionals in the capital markets, financial services and B2B fintech…
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Episode 42: A Walk Down Hidden Road with Michael Higgins
In this episode of At the Forefront, Michael Higgins, Global Head of Business Development at Hidden Road Partners, sits down with Forefront SVP CJ Lengua to…
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Episode 41: 4 Essential Email Marketing Tips for Fintech CMOs
In this episode of At the Forefront, Senior Account Executive Victoria DaSilva discusses 4 essential marketing tips for B2B fintech CMOs looking to inspire a…