Greene Street Talks

Billy is the co-founder & CEO of Upper90, a multibillion dollar hybrid credit investment firm. In this episode, Jesse and Billy trace his career through Goldman Sachs, Barclays, and Knight Capital, exploring the evolution of electronic trading, his instinct for aligning with technology and its builders, the power of tailoring stories to different audiences, and the insights that led him to rethink how growing companies can be financed.
The opinions expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of OneChronos or its affiliates.

Met Kinak is the Global Head of Equity Trading at T. Rowe Price and one of the industry's most influential voices on market structure. In Part 2 of this conversation, Jesse and Met explore market design, how T. Rowe Price has adapted to the rise of passive investing, the value of intellectual humility, and the leadership principles that help turn good ideas into meaningful change.

Met Kinak is the Global Head of Equity Trading at T. Rowe Price and one of the industry's most influential voices on market structure. In Part 1 of this conversation, Jesse and Met discuss his upbringing, formative influences, and the early stages of his career, from portfolio modeling to electronic trading, against the backdrop of a market undergoing its own transformation toward automation, algorithms, and electronic execution.

On this episode, Jesse sits down with Teddy Fusaro, President of Bitwise Asset Management, to discuss his career in ETFs, crypto asset management, and why relationship capital still matters in an increasingly electronic and digital world. The conversation explores Teddy’s transition from Operations into ETF portfolio management, what it was like navigating the rise and scrutiny of leveraged ETFs following the Global Financial Crisis, and how he helped scale Bitwise from an early-stage crypto startup into one of the largest crypto ETF issuers in the market today. Jesse and Teddy also dive into startup leadership, Bitcoin ETF competition, tokenization, market structure, and where traditional finance still gets things right.

The opinions expressed in this episode are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of OneChronos or its affiliates.

Allison Bishop is the President and co-founder of Proof Trading, a startup agency broker-dealer for US equities. In this episode, Jesse and Allison explore the benefits of a cross-disciplinary background, perseverance through adversity, cryptography’s role in communication and privacy, first-principles entrepreneurship, portfolio trading, new approaches to market design, and the Doppler effect in poetry.

Giuseppe Nuti is the head of the Electronic Trading Research Department at UBS Global Markets, one of the premier equities trading houses and providers of electronic execution services to global asset managers, investors and traders. In this episode, Jesse and Giuseppe discuss machine learning and quantum applications to algorithmic trading across capital markets, different market structures and how they tick, and Giuseppe's own career as a researcher, market maker, professor, manager and PhD student.

Peder Viervoll is the Head of Quantitative Trading at Norges Bank Investment Management, the largest single owner of equities in the world and the sovereign wealth fund of Norway. In this episode, Jesse and Peder dive deeper into trading, execution, automation and AI at Norges; how Norges sponsors innovation in execution, their partnership with brokers, and how positive results around innovation are reinforced and socialized. They also discuss Peder’s take on corporate culture as well as market structure evolution more broadly.

Peder Viervoll is the Head of Quantitative Trading at Norges Bank Investment Management, the largest single owner of equities in the world and the sovereign wealth fund of Norway. In this episode, Jesse and Peder discuss the history of Norges, catalyzed by the discovery of one of the world’s largest oil reserves, the structure of investment strategies, asset classes and trading within Norges and the role Norges has played for the people of Norway. They also discuss Peder’s own upbringing and how it has influenced him to push the boundaries of innovation across capital markets.

Mark Louka is an Executive Director in Systematic Equity Trading at JP Morgan Asset Management. His twin brother Rob Louka is Head of Trading for the Quantitative Equity Group at Vanguard. In this episode, Jesse discusses with Mark and Rob their impact on each other's careers and characters, culminating in each holding senior posts in systematic trading at two of the world's largest asset managers. They also discuss market liquidity dynamics, innovating in large organizations, machine learning, culture, market design, and the importance of diversity to build empathy.

Brian Levine was the Co-head of Global Equities Trading at Goldman Sachs. Throughout his career, he was razor focused on automation and improving the equities trading business through efficiencies. In this episode, our COO, Jesse Greif, discusses with Brian his career path, trading floor war stories, trader psychology and leadership lessons. They also discuss Brian’s transition to entrepreneurship and his recent post as CEO of Major League Pickleball.

Brian Levine was the Co-head of Global Equities Trading at Goldman Sachs. Throughout his career, he was razor focused on automation and improving the equities trading business through efficiencies. In this episode, our COO, Jesse Greif, discusses with Brian his career path, trading floor war stories, trader psychology and leadership lessons. They also discuss Brian’s transition to entrepreneurship and his recent post as CEO of Major League Pickleball.