AI

  • A Year in Review: Top Blogs in 2023

    While the hottest topic in financial technology for 2023 was undoubtedly the rise of ChatGPT and large language models, other topics like consolidation of the buy-side trading desk, and the impact of T+1 on the sell-side remained in serious contention

    By Ivy Schmerken December 13, 2023 Insights

  • AI and Machine Learning Gain Momentum with Algo Trading & ATS Amid Volatility

    With the hiring of data scientists, advances in cloud computing, and access to open source frameworks for training machine learning models, AI is transforming the trading desk. Already the largest banks have rolled out self-learning algorithms for equities trading.  

    By Ivy Schmerken July 13, 2020 Insights

  • Is Remote Work Leading to a Paradigm Shift on the Trading Desk?

    Given the market’s resiliency and traders working from home during the COVID-19-fueled volatility, some market observers have questioned the centralized trading desk mentality that has been pervasive on Wall Street.

    By FlexTrade Insights May 19, 2020 Insights

  • AI: Natural Language Processing and the Battle for Unstructured Data

    Increasingly banks are turning to the field of natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning to extract valuable information from voice, documents, and audio to boost productivity on trading desks.  It’s all part of a broader push to gain efficiencies by training machines and bots to analyze language, capture insights, and replace manual tasks and drive workflows further downstream.

    By Ivy Schmerken September 5, 2019 Insights