Castine Conversations

About Castine Conversations

We come across hundreds of interesting people and firms in the different projects that we undertake in the commission management and research management space. We thought others would be as fascinated as we are with them. This podcast introduces us to business leaders, entrepreneurs, and businesses around the globe who have special interest in commission management (aka CSAs and soft dollars), broker/producer compensation, research services (including full RMS, research discovery, compliance, budgeting, and payments thereof). Each person is unique in their background and offers their advice on getting started and how their business operates and grows. We hope you enjoy it! Castine works with over 50 brokers, 500+ asset managers, and 2000+ research providers with its solution suites. We have clients globally and support them with teams in London, Lisbon, Paris, New Jersey (USA), and Buenos Aires. Our solutions are cloud-based and are used by institutional and retail brokers, investment managers, research providers, and hedge funds worldwide.

Publisher

Castine LLC

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jun 2022

Latest episode

22 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Jul 2026

   Rudolf Siebel and Robin Hodgkins - The German Perspective on Research and CSAs

   In this conversation we meet Rudolf Siebel, a Managing Director at the BVI German Investment Funds Association. The German Investment Funds Association represents the interests of over 100 large German funds with almost E5 trillion under management; Rudolf is responsible for several different areas, including regulatory affairs, industry standards, and market research. He is a member of the European Commission Expert Group on European Data Space, has authored papers through that group a...

2. 

   17 Jun 2026

   Castine's Team Discusses the Unbundling Uncovered CSA Conference in New York - Key Takeaways

   In this conversation, several members of the Castine team discuss the key takeaways from the June 11, 2026 Unbundling Uncovered conference in New York. John McGough, Moe Ahmed, Tom Smith, and Robin Hodgkins represent teams from our Business Development, Implementation, and Sales teams and provide their insights on where the CSA market is headed globally, but with a special focus on where they're heading in the United Kingdom. We also cover the many comments about AI that surfaced during...

3. 

   27 May 2026

   Aaron Walter and Steve Stone - Global CSA Update

   In this conversation, Aaron Walter and Steve Stone discuss the status of CSAs from a global perspective with Robin Hodgkins, president of Castine. Topics include the current state of CSAs in the USA but focus more on how CSAs and "payment optionality" are being re-introduced to the United Kingdom. Where brokers and asset managers stand on rolling out CSAs, what actual and perceived hurdles exist, and when full use of CSAs is likely in the UK. Aaron Walter is the Head of Research Management at...

Who has been a guest on Castine Conversations

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• Bob Nowicki
• John McGough
• Pedro Fernandes
• Tom Smith
• Robin Hodgkins

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100

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Quality

16

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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