Episodes 40
Avg. Duration 24m
Activity Highly Active
Since May 2020
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Acadia presents Ahead of the Curve, a podcast that provides unique perspectives and insights into the margin and collateral industry. Hosts from Acadia’s leadership team are joined by special guest speakers from across the industry to share topical perspectives and really get ‘under the skin’ of the issues that are transforming the sector.

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S1E35 SRTs, NBFIs, and Regulatory Focus? What’s Driving the Momentum

Mar 17, 2026 22m

In this episode, we explore the fast‑growing world of Synthetic Risk Transfers (SRTs) what they are, how they work, and why they have become an important capital optimisation tool for banks. Host…

S1E34 Artificial Intelligence and Tokenisation in Post Trade Solutions: Current Applications and Future Plans

Feb 03, 2026 45m

This episode of Ahead of the Curve offers a forward-looking perspective on how AI and tokenisation will redefine collateral management. Learn how Post Trade Solutions AI initiatives, from natural…

S1E33 Unpacking the Agenda with Scott O’Malia

Jul 22, 2025 42m

John Pucciarelli sits down with ISDA CEO Scott O’Malia for an in-depth discussion on the evolving landscape of the derivatives markets. Scott outlines the impact of recent geopolitical developments…

Risk Reimagined: The Rise of Open Source in Finance

Jul 07, 2025 18m

This episode dives into the evolving regulatory and modelling landscape in the UK for traded risk. Scott Sobolewski speaks with Xabier Anduagaand Joey O’Brien about trends in counterparty credit…

Navigating Complexity: FMS, Risk Management & the Power of Open Source

Jul 07, 2025 14m

In this compelling episode of Ahead of the Curve, Roland Stamm is joined by Maeve Gear from FMS-SG to explore the intricate world of winding down complex financial portfolios in the wake of the…

S1E35 Market Outlook 2025 - A focus on the OTC Derivatives landscape

Jun 24, 2025 32m

In this episode, industry experts explore key market developments shaping the financial landscape in 2025. The discussion covers the evolving ISDA SIMM model as it shifts from annual to semi-annual…

Ahead of the Curve: 2024 Year in Review – Open Source Risk Engine (ORE)

Jun 23, 2025 28m

Join Scott Sobolewski, Roland Stamm, and Joey O’Brien from Post Trade Solutions (formerly Acadia) Quant Services team, as they reflect on a transformative year for the Open Source Risk Engine (ORE).…

Navigating Counterparty Credit Risk & NBFI Oversight

Jun 17, 2025 18m

In this insightful episode, John Pucciarelli and Stuart Smith dive into two pivotal regulatory developments shaping the financial landscape. They explore recent guidance from the Financial Stability…

S1E33 ISDA SIMM 2.7: Challenges and Opportunities

Oct 29, 2024 22m

In this landmark episode of Ahead of the Curve, John Pucciarelli is joined by Stuart Smith, Co-Head of Business Development. This is Acadia’s first episode under the new LSEG Post Trade Solutions…

S1E31 Building a comprehensive market data utility for risk and pricing calculations

Sep 18, 2024 25m

In this latest episode of Ahead of the Curve, our host Scott Sobolewski chats with James Mac Hale – Head of Acadia Market Data about the monumental task of creating a centralised market data library…

S1E32 The Evolution of Model Validation: Why governance is essential

Sep 18, 2024 24m

Join our host Scott Sobolewski as he interviews Roland Stamm, Partner within Acadia’s Quantitative Services division on the important topic of model validation both for ISDA SIMM and complex internal…

S1E30 Unpacking the Agenda - Part 3

Jul 08, 2024 30m

Scott O’Malia, CEO at ISDA returns for a ‘threepeat’, his 3rd time on the podcast. He joins John Pucciarelli, Head of Industry Engagement at Acadia for a special 30th episode of Ahead of the Curve.…

S1E29 Counterparty Credit Risk – How Regulators are raising the bar in the wake of the Archegos default.

Jul 08, 2024 25m

In this episode of Ahead of the Curve, John Pucciarelli – Head of Industry Engagement and Stuart Smith, Co-Head of Business Development discuss the paper issued by the Basel Committee on Banking…

Harnessing counterparty credit risk using the open source risk engine

Jun 11, 2024 18m

Join our host Roland Stamm, Partner at Acadia’s Quantitative Services team alongside his colleague Joey O’Brien (Senior Consultant) as they explore the topic of Backtesting of Future Risk Factors.…

Super-charging ORE: How technology advancements have enabled improved run times using GPUs

Mar 25, 2024 11m

Eric Ehlers, Principal Consultant at Acadia makes his debut hosting Ahead of the Curve podcast alongside his colleague Zeyu (Jerry) Shen.They share their expertise in explaining how to speed up…

S1E24 Can Open Source Technology truly help to build the future of risk management?

Mar 25, 2024 17m

Join our host Stuart Smith, Co-Head of Business Development and Scott Sobolewski, Co-Head of Quantitative Services as they discuss the merits of using open-source software. Reviewing the incredible…

S1E26 Implementing Open-Source Risk Engine: Accessing online resources

Mar 25, 2024 21m

Our host Devin Cook is joined by Alexis David, both Senior Consultants within Acadia’s Quantitative Services team. They discuss the merits of Open-Source Risk Engine (ORE) and explain the myriad of…

S1E23 Upcoming Regulation: A 2024 Outlook

Feb 05, 2024 27m

John Pucciarelli, Head of Industry and Regulatory Strategy and Stuart Smith, Co-Head of Business Development at Acadia sit down to discuss the regulatory outlook for 2024. The pair dig into a 10 year…

S1E22 Basel III - Not the Endgame – A refreshing perspective

Dec 12, 2023 26m

John Pucciarelli, Head of Industry and Regulatory Strategy and Stuart Smith, Co-Head of Business Development at Acadia spend time in the studio discussing the potential impact of Basel III on banks…

S1E21 Completing the circle for fully automated collateral settlement

Oct 17, 2023 16m

In Episode 20 of Ahead of the Curve, Will Thomey and Richard Barton from Acadia discuss the merits of improving efficiency and fully automating the settlement of collateral. The launch of Settlement…

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