Data
Video: BP Energy Company's CRO on data and the impact of new fundamentals
Profound changes in energy market fundamentals are making historical data less and less useful, says Gary Taylor
Risk premia strategies – Lessons learned for the future
After a difficult 2018, investors are increasingly wary of risk premia, concerned that factors leading to underperformance might be a recurring problem. Imene Moussa, executive director at UBS, clarifies this issue
A helping hand – Addressing industry concerns
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s final revisions to the FRTB guidelines aim to address industry concerns around complexity and capital implications. A forum of industry leaders discusses whether the changes have been effective and how banks…
Libor will not transition quietly – What you need to know now
Liang Wu, vice-president of financial engineering and head of CrossAsset product management at Numerix, discusses the scope of the transition from Libor to alternative reference rates – also known as risk-free rates (RFRs), including their…
Artificial intelligence – Genuinely unintelligent without high-quality data
For over 10 years, Refinitiv has transformed unstructured content into high-quality, machine-readable data because even the smallest error can cause artificial intelligence massive problems.
Cleaning noisy data ‘almost 70%’ of machine learning labour
Quants flag signal-to-noise ratio as key to reducing overfitting risk
From DNA to DHA – Preparing for a new era of digital human augmentation
As technology increasingly permeates societies, cultures and everyday activities, its integration into people’s lives is having a profound impact on what is expected of people in the workplace. Deloitte examines this evolution of today’s workforce, the…
Machine learning governance
The ability of machine learning models to read great quantities of unstructured data, spot patterns and translate it into actionable information is driving a significant uptake in the technology. David Asermely, SAS MRM global lead, highlights the need…
New applications in Asia’s financial crime analytics
Financial crime is a fast-growing problem for Asia‑Pacific financial services firms. Working with outmoded systems and patched-up processes to detect, monitor and eliminate potential threats, banks are spending millions on sophisticated new solutions to…
A mystery: why did the NY Fed use a survey to get SOFR?
Almost a week later, still no word on why SOFR was set using a market survey instead of submissions