Alphacution Riffs Ep 3 – Proprietary Trading, Extreme Automation

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This episode of Riffs represents a case study on proprietary trading (including market-making and high-frequency trading) – using our ongoing analysis of Virtu Financial, including its recent acquisition of KCG Holdings. Here, we begin to frame our broader research on what asset managers – including hedge funds – spend on technology as well as the migration of automation along the entire strategy spectrum.

More details about the publication of Alphacution’s asset manager technology spending study – “The Context Machine” – coming up in Episode 4.

Enjoy…

Director’s Cut with “Public Service Announcement”:

By Paul Rowady|2020-12-03T21:38:04-05:00April 11th, 2018|Video|

About the Author: Paul Rowady

Paul Rowady is the Director of Research for Alphacution Research Conservatory, a research and strategic advisory platform uniquely focused on modeling and benchmarking the impacts of technology on global financial markets and the businesses of trading, asset management and banking. He is a 30-year veteran of the proprietary, quantitative and derivatives trading arenas. Contact: feedback@alphacution.com; Follow: @alphacution.