Bquant Enterprise: Data Science for Financial Markets
Join us at our virtual forum on 6 October as we discuss how businesses can embrace the benefits of technology and quantitative analysis using BQuant Enterprise, a turnkey data-science platform specialized for financial markets. Our experts will introduce how Bloomberg data and analytics — cleaned, normalized and linked for use by data scientists and quants — can help buy-side firms generate alpha and add value for clients. For more information about Bloomberg’s BQuant Enterprise, please click here. Additionally, we will have an exclusive interview with Hideyuki Eda, Deputy Manager, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co, where we will discuss more about our partnership. Read the official press release here. Agenda:
- A look at Bloomberg's BQuant Enterprise
- Exclusive client interview with Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co
- Featured use cases for:
- Credit: Credit Rating Prediction using Machine Learning
- Equity: Enhanced Quantamental Investing - Machine Learning Factors
- ESG: Custom ESG Scoring Framework - BQuant in the Cloud: A look Under the Hood - Take a look under the hood at the technology that is used to build Bloomberg's data-science platform, including:
- BQuant cloud architecture and how we use Kubernetes to scale data science models
- Managing and protecting data governance controls and user privileges
- Technologies specifically developed for mapping, joining and aggregating across Bloomberg data sets
- How BQuant can connect into cloud-based data storage and data leaks
Speakers
Hideyuki Eda
Deputy Manager
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co
Hideyuki leads Digital Transformation (DX) initiatives in the area of investment management at Tokio Marine, a Japan-based global insurance group. At his company, he engaged in investment portfolio management and managed investment activities of foreign subsidiaries. He is passionate about broadening his horizon through collaborating with others, creating innovative ideas, and accelerating digital transformation of the financial industry.
Emiliano Santi
Global Head of Data Analytics
Bloomberg L.P.
Emiliano Santi leads the Data Analytics team at Bloomberg. The team comprises several Bloomberg products and services, including Bloomberg Query Language (BQL), BQuant, App Portal, the Desktop Build Group, and the API business.
Previously, he was Managing Director as Head of Bloomberg EMEA Core Terminal Business. Prior to this, Emiliano was the Head of Product Development for Emerging Markets, overseeing product development for local markets globally.
Ben Clarke
UK & Ireland Desktop Build Group Team Lead
BLOOMBERG/ LONDON
Ben Clarke is the UK & Ireland Desktop Build Group Team Lead at Bloomberg, leading a team of financial application developers and specialists to help Bloomberg clients in developing quantitative research via BQuant, Bloomberg's python-based data science platform.
Ben's team works very closely with the BQuant product development team, helping to shape the future direct and go to market strategy across the region - with a particular focus on factor scoring, relative valuation analysis, asset allocation and research management workflows. Ben also manages the Excel/ VBA development team.
He joined Bloomberg 10 years ago and has worked in London and Hong Kong.
Nelson Zhao
Quant Solution Specialist Team Lead
Bloomberg
Nelson Zhao heads the Desktop Build Group Team at Bloomberg, overseeing the roll-out of BQuant. Nelson leads a cross-regional team of 12 pre-sale quant solutions specialists to assist clients in ASEAN, India, and Japan with onboarding their workflow to BQuant.
Nelson is a CFA charterholder, and he has Juris Doctor degree and Bachelors of Business Administration degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Ian Hummel
Bloomberg CTO Office
Bloomberg L.P.
Ian Hummel is a Technical Product Manager for BQuant Enterprise working within the Office of the CTO. As part of his role in the Office of the CTO, he oversees strategic initiatives at the intersection of machine learning, big data, and cloud computing. Previous to Bloomberg, he led product initiatives in online marketing, identity federation, and enterprise search. He has a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Boston University and an MBA from INSEAD.
Nikin Raval
Asia Equities Workflow Specialist
Bloomberg L.P.
Nikin is an Equity Market Specialist for S.E. Asia specializing in Equity Derivatives. He joined Bloomberg In August 2019. Nikin works with the Sales and Product Teams at Bloomberg to help clients fully exploit the Bloomberg Offering in the Equity and Derivatives space. He also works with the Sales teams to provide solutions needed to address the complex needs of clients.
Nikin trains clients in the Bloomberg Product Suite as well as guiding them towards the most suitable product or function for them. Nikin has a decade of Equity Derivatives Trading Experience at Barclays in London and Maybank in Kuala Lumpur. He has a Bachelors's and Masters in Economics from Cambridge University, UK.
Justin Lun
Quantitative Solutions Specialist
Bloomberg L.P.
Justin Lun is the Quantitative Solutions Specialist based in Hong Kong. He helps lead the adoption of Bloomberg's Quantitative Research Platform and respective quantitative products in Greater China across buy-side institutions. He advises and works with customers on generating investment ideas, adopting systematic investment tools, and building various research processes.
Yves Tran
Quantitative Developer
Bloomberg L.P.
Yves Tran currently works as a Quant specialist covering the Singapore region where for the past three years, he helped the buy-side industry to generate investment ideas through quantitative solutions with the Bloomberg platform.
He previously worked as rapid application developer in Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Bank in New York and Hong Kong, as well as a technical lead of SGCIB in-house order management system in Montreal.
Yves has a Masters degree in Financial Engineering from the Ecole Superieure d'ingenieurs Leonard de Vinci.
James Richard Barrett
Quantitative Solutions Specialist
Bloomberg
James R. Barrett, CFA is a Quantitative Solutions Specialist based in Hong Kong. He worked in banks and hedge funds for over ten years before joining Bloomberg in 2017 to promote a more systematic approach to investing for our buy-side clients in North Asia. He specialises in automating fundamental investment research processes such as valuation, factor scoring and portfolio construction.
Clara Murata
Quantitative Solutions Specialist
Bloomberg
Clara is a Quantitative Solutions Specialist based in Japan. She focuses on delivering quantitative desktop/enterprise workflow solutions to buy-side clients.
Previously, she was looking after a wide range of buy-side client as a Bloomberg Terminal Salesperson.