Python
Balyasny AM's CDO: Going Quantamental with Alternative Data
Carson Boneck shares his thoughts on Balyasny's efforts to marry the best of its fundamental and quant teams.
On Cobol and Legacy Systems: Covid-19 Turmoil Calls For Change
Financial industry experts say the time to start future-proofing was yesterday.
Ex-JP Morgan Trader Tackles Complex Computing with New Programming Language
Concurnas founder says his language will help traders work more easily with concurrent computing and offer a Python-like syntax with Java-scale performance.
Crédit Ag Taps AI to Lure Swaptions Business
The machine learning model predicts client demand with high accuracy, giving traders an edge in pricing.
Man Group's Numeric Leans on Python for New Research Platform
Man Group's Gary Collier discusses the hedge fund's strategy of adopting a single platform for its funds.
The Secret Source: Machine Learning and Open Source Come Together
A deep-dive into how capital markets firms are using open-source tools to experiment with machine learning.
JP Morgan Expanding Credit Tech Team
The bank is aiming to diversify and grow its credit trading technology team by 15 percent.
The New Oil Rush: An Examination of the Alternative Data Market
Banks are looking to cash in on the alternative data boom, but an in-depth investigation of the alternative data market shows that they may be in for an uphill battle to claim territory.
Market Cops Turn to Crime-Fighting Robots
An expanding use of artificial intelligence is taking over surveillance practices, but some believe there are limits to what can be achieved.
MUFG Investor Services Taps Point Nine's Middle-Office Platform to Help with Reg Reporting
The partnership is exclusive to MUFG and will also help Point Nine add pre-trade analytics to its offering.
Updata Charms Python Developers for Charting Tools
By making its charting tools compatible with Python, Updata will enable users to run proprietary code and third-party Python libraries in Updata's desktop.
Chicago Code: A Profile of DRW's Seth Thomson
Seth Thomson, CIO of DRW, talks to Waters about his career, innovation and how the firm has expanded into new asset classes, including cryptocurrencies.
The Balkanization of JavaScript
JavaScript has spawned many different frameworks and libraries—each with some cutting-edge functionality, and each with its own set of challenges. In this environment, CTOs must balance allowing freedom to experiment with new tools while making sure the…
TickSmith Unleashes Python API for Tick Data Access
TickSmith's new Python API is aimed at the needs of data scientists using open-source Python-based analysis tools.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 69: AQR's CTO, Neal Pawar, on Engineers & Open Source
Neal Pawar, AQR's CTO, joins Dan and Anthony to talk about attracting talent, the future of open source, and his love of Liverpool football club.
Axioma Adds Python, Web Services API to Portfolio Optimizer
The Portfolio Optimizer now supports most of the popular and basic programming languages.
Naming Rights: Grading Programming Language Names
What's in a name?
BlackRock's Godrich: OpenStack, Software-Defined Data Centers Increasingly on the Rise
The money manager's chief technologist sang the praises of open-source technologies at BST North America.
The Scripture of Python: An Inside Look at the Use of Scripting Programming Languages on Wall Street
Anthony speaks with 10 Wall Street firms to find out how they're using the Python scripting language.
And What Language Do You Speak?
Anthony says that firms need to worry about more than just the added benefits coding skill provides when recruiting new talent.
Xenomorph Includes Python in TimeScape
Scripting language integrated into data management platform.
