Finance & Data

Despite years of hype, only now does a new study suggest machine learning can crack trading, raising further questions for the future of finance and the part humans will play.

For finance analysts, data has always held intrinsic value. But there's never been so much of it.

Might market analysts succeed in putting Twitter to a more lucrative use than its owners?

Finance is a latecomer to the crowdsourcing game, but the benefits it brings are already on show.

Neudata provides hedge funds with metadata about the vast array of alternative data sets.

Traders are using AI and algorithms to exploit the market in new ways.

A rare interview with the man building a blockchain for 80 banks.

Tech firms seem better at raising funds from investors than generating profits from their services. They're overvalued, and a correction is coming soon.

Robots and Artificial Intelligence taking people's jobs is a well-worn narrative. But an equally worrying trend in the age of big-data concerns is access to information, which in the world of capital markets decides who makes money and who doesn't.

Innovative storage solutions, from DNA to silica glass recordings, could ensure we never enter a digital dark age.