Current Use of Artificial Intelligence in Asset Management and Trading
Artificial Intelligence offers a plethora of opportunities in the context of trading in financial assets, ranging from profit optimisation ("finding alpha") over efficient portfolio management ('smart beta'), process automation to cost reduction. As always, the devil lies in the detail, and the hunt for new data in light of unstable signals, ever-changing market conditions and the omnipresent need for explainable AI offer new challenges to hedge funds as much as to individual investors.