Trive in South Africa

In this episode we speak to Prakash Bhudia, Chief Growth Officer at Deriv, and Julian Elliot, who is Senior Product Manager at Integral. The goal of our talk was to have a conversation about how AI is really being used, rather than speculative predictions about what could happen in the future. We talk about how Deriv and Integral are using AI internally, where it has and has not worked, and whether it is causing actual changes in behaviour among end traders. 

In this episode of the TradeInformer Podcast, we talk to James Hodgman, the Founder of The Upside Funding, and Mihai Gheorghian from Centroid Solutions. We talk about prop sustainability, hedging, trader behaviour and more.

In this episode we talk to Dany Mawas, the Co-Founder and CEO of Fortress Core. Based in South Africa for over a decade, Dany talks about goings on in the local market and wider African region, looking at why brokers fail there and what they need to know regulation-wise before starting. 

In this episode of the TradeInformer Podcast we speak to Obsero Founders Andy Francos and Mike Logue about SEO and marketing in the age of AI.  Andy and Mike have held senior marketing roles at IG Group and have a huge wealth of experience working at one of the largest brokers in the world. We talk about what changes LLMs have caused, how brands are responding, how to rank in LLMs, differences between search and LLMs, and a lot more. You can skip to individual questions below: 00:00 - Intro 02:34 - What is Obsero.ai? 04:05 - Why did Andy and Mike start Obsero? 05:20 - How have LLMs changed marketing so far? 09:14 - Did AI kill attribution? 16:04 - How are people using Google vs LLMs 21:10 - How do you know if you're ranking well in LLMs? 27:00 - Why good LLM rankings are not always positive 31:01 - Given LLM searches are tailored to the user, how do you know what people are seeing about your brand? 35:58 - What is good technical SEO to rank well in AI LLMs? 42:00 - Using Reddit to rank in AI search 44:13 - Finding AI search keyword volumes 48:00 - Will AI kill review websites? 51:35 - Do sites tank in LLMs like they do after Google updates? 54:45 - AI becoming a news source 01:01:02 - Are we at the end of the 'open internet'?

In this episode of the TradeInformer Podcast we speak to Stanislav Galandzovskyi, who recently left his role at NAGA, where he headed up paid marketing for more than 7 years. He has also worked with 7 prop firms and has a huge range of insights on how they work, trends in the industry, and more.

In this episode we speak to Ruben Abitbol from Prop Firm Match. Ruben started out as an options trader before moving on to work in risk management at the 5ers. Today he works at prop affiliate and technology company Prop Firm Match. We talk about risk management, prop clients, branding, what Prop Firm Match has planned, and more.

This time on the TradeInformer Podcast we speak to Debbie Georgiou, who has just joined Scope Prime. We talk about white labels, changes in trader behaviour, and how risk management teams are changing their activity using new technologies.

In this episode of the TradeInformer Podcast, we speak to Jon Alexander, CEO of prop firm Maven Trading. Jon explains how he ended up in CEO seat, talks through Maven's crazy growth since launch, and how the firm grew more after losing access to MetaQuotes than it did before.

In this episode of the TradeInformer podcast, we speak to Trive South Africa CEO Marius Grobler. We talk about what it takes to succeed in South Africa, what Trive has planned, and where other brokers go wrong in the country.

The Seychelles regulator has made some changes to the regulatory framework for brokers in the island. We talk to regulatory expert Nikolas Xenofontos, Managing Director at Salvus Funds, about why those changes were made, what they mean for brokers, and what the best options for brokers are today as a result.