Something for the Weekend: Trading on the Edge: Quantum, AI and the Next Wave of Market Innovation
How quantum computing as well as AI could soon reshape pricing, risk analytics and secondary-market liquidity From HSBC’s quantum-computing breakthrough in bond trading to OpenAI’s bid for an “AI USB-C,” this week’s developments reveal how data standards, regulation and faster language models are reshaping how markets discover liquidity, manage risk and govern emerging technologies. Here […]
Something for the Weekend – The Quiet Revolution
Something for the Weekend – The Quiet Revolution How Agentic Quant Research, Multi-Agent HFT and Reinforcement-Learnt Alpha Weighting are reshaping how markets trade: AI in Trading – 20th September 2025 Rebecca Healey September 20, 2025 While political headlines focus on US-UK trade pacts and big-ticket investments, a quieter but more profound shift is already underway […]
Always on Markets, Tokenisation, Deterministic Models & the Race for Sovereign Compute: AI in Trading – 14th September 2025
Always on Markets, Tokenisation, Deterministic Models & the Race for Sovereign Compute: AI in Trading – 14th September 2025 From secondary markets always-on, AI-driven era: OpenAI’s MCP plug-and-play promises; Nasdaq, Robinhood and BlackRock renewed push for tokenised shares and 24/7; Mira Murati’s deterministic AI improves reproducibility (just not yet accuracy); and the UK’s $2.5 […]
China’s AI transparency, tougher supervision, Palantir for Trading, T+1 regtech, and the MCP Buzz about Agents – This week’s AI In Trading – September 5
China’s AI transparency, tougher supervision, Palantir for Trading, T+1 regtech, and the MCP Buzz about Agents – This week’s AI In Trading September 5th 2025 I hope everyone is rested after the summer break. This week’s roundup tracks how AI is reshaping front-to-back trading workflows: China’s new AI transparency rules, the shift to real-time […]
Trading on the Edge: GPT-5, Regulation, Bots, Research Bias & Geopolitics Collide – August 22
Trading on the Edge: GPT-5, Regulation, Bots, Research Bias & Geopolitics Collide As GPT-5 becomes trading infrastructure, the FCA raises the bar on oversight, retail bots fuel fragile hype, AI-driven research risks echo-chamber bias, and geopolitics disrupts chip supply, trading desks must balance innovation with governance to turn systemic risk into competitive edge. I took […]
AI in Trading: Seven Days, Four Breakthroughs: The AI Week That Could Reshape Trading – August 11
AI in Trading: Seven Days, Four Breakthroughs: The AI Week That Could Reshape Trading From GPT-5’s leap forward to open-weights LLMs, Big Tech data grabs and mapping trading agents, August’s first week set yet another new AI pace for financial markets So, the plan was to take a break for August and then we […]
All Things AI in Trading: From Rulebooks to Real-World Readiness – August 4
All Things AI in Trading: From Rulebooks to Real-World Readiness AI in trading is no longer just a niche experiment – it’s becoming part of the market’s operating fabric. This week’s developments show that shift in motion: Europe’s EU AI Act has moved beyond transparency to a Code of Practice on safety, security, and governance; the SEC has launched a dedicated […]
Transparency, Talent, Trading Hours and the Future of AI Infrastructure – July 28
Transparency, Talent, Trading Hours and the Future of AI Infrastructure This week, AI in financial markets is one step closer to next week’s regulatory and operational tipping point. From the EU’s mandatory data disclosures to structural changes in talent development and market operating hours, here’s what I’ve learnt—and why I think it matters for the […]
All Things AI in Trading – July 21
All Things AI in Trading – 21st July 2025 Here’s what I’ve learnt this week How AI is reshaping markets, redefining finance infrastructure, and accelerating regulatory and governance shifts – from Claude’s institutional launch and tokenised collateral breakthroughs to the rise 24/7 trading and EU/UK AI compliance frameworks – here’s what I’ve learnt this week […]
All Things AI in Trading – July 14
All Things AI in Trading – 14th July 2025 – Here’s what I’ve learnt this week From AI transforming research to agents driving trades, the FCA sharpening Sandbox initiatives, the EU tightening rules for models like ChatGPT and Gemini—and all eyes now on the potential for global regulation – here’s what I’ve learnt this week […]