President of Global Capital Markets, Donnelley Financial Soltns
Search every verified Craig Clay interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Craig Clay, President of Global Capital Markets at Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), has discussed the company's transformation from a financial printing business into a technology and software provider. In interviews, Clay stated that DFIN's spin-out from RR Donnelley in 2016 allowed the company to accelerate investment in software products, including Active Disclosure, a cloud-based financial reporting tool, and Venue, a virtual data room with built-in AI analytics. He described the company's focus on recurring revenue and security, noting that DFIN has implemented multi-factor authentication, encryption, and Type 2 SOC audits across its products. Clay has commented on market trends, stating that SPACs "rescued Wall Street from the COVID doldrums of 2020" and that they have "democratized access to late-stage venture companies" for individual investors. He expressed support for SEC scrutiny of SPACs, calling it "great because it means that the SEC is legitimizing and bringing confidence and transparency." Regarding the workplace, Clay said DFIN is "permanent work from home" and emphasized the importance of empathy and connection in combating the "great resignation," stating that "people work for people" and want to "feel valued." He also described the COVID-19 crisis as a "defining moment" that confirmed DFIN's transformation had succeeded.
“We were really excited to spin out of RR Donnelley to be a standalone company with no association back to the parent and really to accelerate and double down our investment which is helping again the same clients through their entire business life cycle from startup to initial fundraising to public listings to mergers...”
“Our product called Active Disclosure really allows companies to iterate and create an IPO and bring in an amazing amount of detail and working groups with multiple auditors, lawyers, underwriters all converging in this document with permissions, iteration, accept and reject features, connecting the financials to their...”
“We have an AI tool called Deal Maker that helps with post-merger integration by analyzing documents housed in virtual data rooms, assisting with HR, contracts, leases, and financial work, learning user preferences to provide targeted insights, and ensuring data security and privacy compliance like GDPR.”
“We are pushing security to the forefront with multi-factor authentication, watermarking, Type 2 SOC audits, born-in-the-cloud technology, anti-malware, encryption, and firewalls, making security a competitive advantage across all our products.”
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