Asia is becoming structurally easier to access. AI is becoming structurally embedded in trading desks.
In this episode of FinTech Focus TV, recorded in our studio, Toby Babb sits down with Rob Lane (LSEG), Himesh Soneji (Tech Advocates) and Asim Farooq (Proprietary Trading Firm) to unpack what global markets could look like in 2026.
We explore the growing accessibility of Asian markets, the shift in liquidity across regions, the rise of zero-DTE options, cost discipline inside multi-strategy hedge funds, and the reality of AI in portfolio construction.
Is AI replacing traders? Not quite.
Is Asia becoming strategically unavoidable? Increasingly so.
If you work in capital markets, trading infrastructure, quantitative finance, market data, or infrastructure, this episode offers practitioner-level insight into how global trading is evolving, and what it means for firms building for 2026.
Listen now to understand where markets are actually heading.
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