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Jeff Schmidt

Research Analyst at Blair William & Co/il

Jeff Schmitt is a Research Analyst at William Blair & Company, L.L.C., specializing in the financial services and technology sectors. He covers prominent companies such as Charles Schwab (SCHW), SEI Investments Company (SEIC), MarketAxess Holdings (MKTX), and Tradeweb Markets (TW), and his performance as a Wall Street analyst is ranked at 3.51 stars on TipRanks, with a success rate of 62% and an average return per recommendation of 7.6%—notably delivering his most profitable call with a 65.3% return on AMK stock from July 2022 to July 2023. Schmitt joined William Blair in 2014 after previous roles as Vice President in investment banking at Macquarie Capital and Fox-Pitt Kelton, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions in financial services, and he holds a B.S. in Finance with high honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; no specific FINRA registrations, securities licenses, or public recognition of additional professional certifications were identified. Schmitt is recognized for maintaining timely and data-driven research coverage, with recent highlights including strong Buy ratings on Charles Schwab and Hold recommendations for SEI Investments, reflecting a balanced and strategic analytical approach.

Jeff Schmidt's questions to NASDAQ (NDAQ) leadership

Question · Q3 2025

Jeff Schmidt inquired about the AxiomSL to Calypso cross-selling opportunities, asking if Nasdaq is approaching this differently than Thoma Bravo and if these opportunities are picking up under Nasdaq's leadership.

Answer

Adena Friedman, Chair and CEO, explained that Thoma Bravo had already created a data connector between AxiomSL and Calypso to ease implementation. Nasdaq continues to build these connectors and leverages holistic conversations with high-level clients (e.g., COO, Chief Risk Officer) to address broader needs across risk management, trading, regulatory compliance, and financial crime. Friedman noted that Nasdaq's ability to engage clients holistically, often prompting questions like 'what are other banks taking that I'm not?', significantly enhances cross-selling opportunities across the bank's operations, including wealth management.

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