By Lee Bray, Asia Pacific Head of Equity Trading, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The firm’s Asia Pacific equity trading team aims to have around 50% of trading automated with machine learning by the end of this year.

Editorial

Fixed Income Trading: Big Data Boost

By Carl James, Global Head of Fixed Income Trading, Pictet Asset Management. Access to more data is improving the efficiency and raising the sophistication of the buyside fixed income trade execution process.

Providers

VWAP Trap: Volatility And The Perils Of Strategy Selection

By Erin Stanton, Managing Director, Trading Analytics, ITG. Historical performance indicates that traders should reduce their use of VWAP strategies during spikes in market volatility.

Buyside

Limitations On The Use Of Artificial Intelligence

By Ambrose Tan, Head of Dealing - Asia Pacific, Aberdeen Standard Investments.The successful application of the latest technologies to trade execution requires clear and consistent rules.

Editorial

The Future Of Social Investing – And It Is Not About Blockchain

Tan T-Kiang, Chief Technology Officer, Grasshopper. AI and ML should be commoditised for the financial industry, but implementation suffers from technology weaknesses, data inadequacies and human inertia.