NLP and News Sentiment Applications in Finance - Jefferies Asia Forum

Head of Quantitative Research, Marko Kangrga will be presenting NLP and News Sentiment Applications in Finance at the Jefferies Online Asia Forum.

The Jefferies Asia Forum is an opportunity to learn and understand global trends that are impacting investors and the international economy.

In his session, Marko will demonstrate how RavenPack helps buy-side clients leverage NLP to sort through the noise and identify relevant signals to manage risk and formulate alpha generation strategies.

He will show how NLP fits within the alternative data landscape and demonstrate how events and sentiment extracted from thousands of news sources can be tailored to specific use-cases, like:

• ESG applications
• Insider transactions
• Factor modelling
• Forecasting the U.S. elections.

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Previously, as the head trader/investment analyst at an event-driven hedge fund in New York, he was responsible for macro research, idea generation and risk management. Marko has experience in utilizing quantitative methods in portfolio construction, developing hedging strategies and trading structured derivative instruments. He earned a B.S. degree in Finance, summa cum laude, with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Evansville in 2008.