RavenPack Symposiums

4th Annual RavenPack Research Symposium: Reshaping Finance with Alternative Data

June 16, 2016

You will find below this short event highlights video the recordings and access to the slides of all sessions

Reshaping Finance with Alternative Data

Agenda

10:00 AM Introduction: Reshaping Finance with Alternative Data
Armando Gonzalez, CEO, RavenPack

10:15 AM Machine Learning, News Analytics, and Stock Selection
Yin Luo - Managing Director, Global Head of Quantitative Str - Deutsche Bank

11:00 AM News, Networks, and the Incorporation of New Information into Price
Ned Smith - Associate Professor of Management & Organizations - Northwestern Univ. Kellogg School of Management

11:30 AM Exploiting Alternative Data in the Investment Process
Peter Hafez, Chief Data Scientist, RavenPack

1:00 PM Panel Discussion: Artificial Intelligence: Will It Deliver On Its Promise for Finance?
Moderator: Garrett Nenner, Lead Project Manager / Business Analyst - E-Trading, Cash & Trading Technologies - Gravitas Technologies

Panelists:
- Rahul Jaising, Director, Head of Quantitative Prime Services, Americas, Barclays Capital
- Gordon Ritter, Senior Portfolio Manager, GSA Capital
- Stuart Farr, President, Deltix

2:00 PM News Sentiment Analysis and Stock Selection Strategies
Gordon Ritter - Senior Portfolio Manager - GSA Capital

2:30 PM Introduction to Transactional Data from Online and Offline Purchases
Anita Absey - SVP - General Manager Consumer Insight - Return Path

2:55 PM The Future of Investing in the Data Economy
Michael Beal - CEO - Data Capital Management

3:25 PM Creating and Using Information through Predictive Analytics in Finance
Graham Giller - Office of Chief Data Science Officer - J.P. Morgan

3:55 PM Panel Discussion: Disrupting Finance: The Impact of Alternative Data in Financial Markets
Moderator: Armando Gonzalez, CEO, RavenPack

Panelists:
- Matt Ober, Co-Head of Data Strategy, WorldQuant
- Leigh Drogen, Founder and CEO, Estimize
- Eric Weinberg, President of Field Operations, Return Path
- Yin Luo, Managing Director, Global Head of Quantitative Strategy, Deutsche Bank




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