Chris  Bruner

Chris Bruner

Chief Product Officer, Tradeweb

Bio

Chris Bruner is Chief Product Officer at Tradeweb Markets, where he is focused on executing the firm's vision for entering new markets, expanding Tradeweb's ability to deliver cross-product capabilities across asset classes and client segments, and drive consistency in the firm's approach to the product implementation process across businesses. Prior to his current role, Bruner was Managing Director and Head of U.S. Institutional Fixed Income, where he led Product and Sales across all credit and rates products for the Tradeweb U.S. Institutional sector. Prior to this, Bruner was Head of U.S. Credit Product and was focused on advancing the development of the firm's product offering and building the firm's presence in credit markets globally. Previously, Bruner worked in a senior credit trading role at JP Morgan Chase, and has extensive experience in credit markets, technology and electronic trading. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Citadel Securities heading the Algorithmic Credit Trading business. Earlier, Bruner managed the FX Quant Advisory and Development team at UBS Investment Bank where he was instrumental in the development of electronic FX and derivatives markets. Bruner started his career in exchange traded derivatives with SBC O'Connor in 1994. Bruner holds a B.S. from MIT.

Talks

Collateral Mobility: Blockchain’s Second Killer App?

Panel
Tuesday, March 31st 2026
13:45 - 14:25
bema
Description

The global financial landscape faces a critical friction point: while trading has evolved into a 24/7 digital reality, the collateral powering those trades remains trapped in antiquated 9-to-5 settlement cycles. This panel brings together industry leaders from DTCC, Tradeweb, DRW, and Digital Asset to discuss the transition from "end-of-day" constraints to a real-time, interoperable financial operating system. We will explore how moving collateral 24/7 fundamentally reshapes risk management and slashes the massive "buffer" cash firms currently hold to navigate T+1 settlement gaps. Our experts move beyond the "back-office" label to demonstrate how automating clunky reconciliations and substitutions directly fuels front-office profitability and market access. By addressing the non-negotiable requirements of institutional privacy and formal governance, the discussion maps the practical infrastructure steps needed to bridge traditional bank ledgers with digital networks. From tokenized assets to the latest milestones in cross-border repo, this session cuts through the hype to address the "must-haves" for staying competitive in a high-speed market.