CTO Interview: Today, Mark and Henry are joined by Karan Sood,
CEO of Vest Financial. He discusses:
- An overview of your background in the financial technology
space - What is Vest?
- Who is the Vest target consumer?
- Can users choose between custom portfolio overlays and
pre-designed protection packages? - Are these algorithmically generated or designed by humans
behind the scenes? - Does Vest charge commissions or is there an annual fee?
- How does this platform differ from TradeLegs?
- How did Vest become involved with the CBOE?
- Vest also launched some targeted "buffer indexes" with the
CBOE, tell us about those.
Hot Topics in Tech: IEX asks for SEC exchange approval on merits
of its application - IEX on Monday urged regulators to give the
green light to its application to become a fully-fledged exchange
outside of a broader debate that its plan has sparked about stock
trading rules. CME calls time on New York open outcry options floor
- The move follows the closure last year of its open outcry futures
pits in Chicago and New York.
The Inbox: Listener questions and comments
- Question from JCrow - Refresh my memory. Why the heck can they
not update OI more often than once a day? Is it a technical problem
or something else?
