Alpha is often discussed as if it exists independently. In portfolio management, it does not. Alpha exists within constraints.Within volatility.Within explicit risk budgets. In a recent Wall Street Oasis Speaker Series session, Sandeep Varma led a discussion on how factor models are applied inside real-world hedge fund and asset management workflows. His words are based on a … Read more
At the Hedgeweek Funds of the Future US Summit in New York, Equity Data Science (EDS) led a workshop titled AI-Driven Risk Management: Strengthening Investment Teams in Volatile Markets. The session brought together portfolio managers, risk officers, and technologists to discuss how hedge funds are evolving their risk management frameworks and using artificial intelligence to … Read more
Introduction In a recent webinar co-hosted by MSCI and EDS, industry experts gathered to explore how investment managers can turn market turbulence into opportunity. The session featured distinguished speakers Mark Carver, Managing Director at MSCI; Sandeep Varma, Co-Founder and CEO at EDS; and Benjamin Lieblich, Chief Data Scientist at EDS. They provided invaluable insights … Read more
Practical Application for Fundamental Hedge Funds In a recent webinar co-hosted by MSCI and Equity Data Science (EDS), experts from the investment management industry, including EDS client Chris Greenfield, Head of Trading at Broad Bay Capital, Benjamin Lieblich, Chief Data Scientist at EDS, and Mark Carver, Managing Director at MSCI, gathered to discuss current market … Read more
In a recent Fundamental Edge webinar, our Chief Data Scientist Ben Lieblich shared a comprehensive overview on equity risk models.
EDS Chief Data Scientist Ben Lieblich recently sat on a panel, along with Snowflake’s Bryan Lenker and FactSet’s Kellyn Cochell, discussing data trends among investment teams and how cloud-enabled capabilities can power quantitative research and investment analytics workflows. For quantitative researchers and investment managers, streamlined access to data, integrated workflow tools, data transformation and sharing … Read more
On January 31, our President and Co-founder Greg McCall sat on an Institutional Investor’s Automating Alpha panel entitled “Building an Investment Idea Factory with Research Management Systems (RMS)” about how technology can help investors maximize successful decision-making within their investment process. He was joined by Northern Trust Asset Servicing’s Head of Investment Data Science Paul F. … Read more
A panel discussion the Northern Trust Capital Markets Summit.
Robust data analytics solutions are more accessible and cost effective than many believe
By Paul Fahey, Head of Investment Data Science Solutions at Northern Trust, Joshua Rand, Managing Director at Essentia Analytics and Greg McCall, Co-Founder at Equity Data Science (EDS)
On March 31, our Co-founder and President Greg McCall sat on a nicsa strategic leadership forum panel entitled “Preparing for Disruptors”
On February 9, our President and COO Greg McCall sat on an Institutional Investor’s Automating Alpha panel entitled “Green Machine: Applying Advanced Technologies to the ESG Investment Process” about how technology can help investors maximize the inclusion of ESG within their investment process. Four main points stood out.