Wednesday, September 2nd 2020

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How will digital innovation impact the future of trading?

This week’s must read

Future of Trading: The best of people and machines | Refinitiv Perspectives

What’s the role of humans in the future of trading? A Refinitiv series on trading desk innovation examines AI, data analytics and human intuition.

Today’s technology will become the new normal of doing business. But it won’t make people obsolete. The financial companies that will find the right way to make machines and people together will succeed in this digital age.

This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from Refinitiv on how digital innovation impact the future of trading.

Michael Chin @Refinitiv

Thought Leadership

The beginning of a deep learning trading bot — 95% accuracy is not enough

Ok, my friends, the objective is to develop an elaborate trading system that is capable of outperforming the market consistently. In the end, we will have a production-ready application and I’ll…

Will AI be able to outperform consistently the market? The article explores how a trading system based on AI and deep learning can predict the trends in price changes.

Jan Schmitz @Lab1886

negotiating-digital-transformation-in-the-trading-environment

Companies tend to focus on their top-tier suppliers, but the real risks come lower down.

The shift to digital has the capacity to transform how trading services are delivered. As a result banks, fintechs, and various companies are coming together to discuss how to realize the potential that digital transformation offers.

Denis Waechter @IPC

Diversity and inclusion from a head of trading’s perspective - The TRADE

Dan Nicholls, head of trading at Federated Hermes International, writes about his approach to hiring traders amid the search for a more diverse trading desk.

What will be the consequences of the pandemic on the management of savers and retirees? Should we move towards a better diversity of thought?

Dan Nicholls @Federated Hermes – International for The Trade

The Transformation Roadmap for Energy Trading Organisations | Publicis Sapient

A global health emergency and a collapse in crude oil prices have ratcheted up the pressure to address the sector’s three critical challenges: efficiency, agility and growth. Read our full POV here.

Even without the pressure of Covid-19, Commodity and energy trading groups have a long way to go if they are to use digital business transformation.

Joe Tabita @Publicis Sapient

This week’s Consulting News

Bank of New York Mellon cuts stakes in Johnson & Johnson |

Bank of New York Mellon Corp decreased its position in shares of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) by 5.4%

| PageOne

EY appoints 73 new partners despite COVID-19

Strong client demand across a range of advisory services has seen big four consultancy Ernst & Young appoint 73 new partners despite the COVID-19 recession.

| Hannah Wootton @The Australian Financial Review

IDnow acquires Wirecard Communication Services

/PRNewswire/ -- IDnow, a leading provider of Identity Verification-as-a-Service solutions and Wirecard Communication Services GmbH announce the signing of an...

| PRNewswire

Capco joins Deloitte as a partner of InsurTech firm Instanda

Insurance software provider Instanda has inked partnership agreements with two heavyweights in the consulting industry: Capco and Deloitte.

| Consultancy.uk

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