Tag: Data Science

The State of AI in Financial Services

The State of AI in Financial Services

Join Mike Srdanovic, Chief AI Architect at Northern Trust, and Charles Morris, Chief Data Scientist for Financial Services at Microsoft as they explore the rapid advancements in AI technology and its impact on the financial services industry. Mike and Charles share a comprehensive overview of AI co-pilots and agents, regulatory challenges, and the evolving landscape of AI models, highlighting both current applications and future potential.

Key Highlights:

  • The ongoing adoption of AI in financial services and how it compares to other industries 
  • The role of co-pilot and agents and how they are enhancing productivity and revolutionizing workflows in the financial services arena 
  • The model ecosystem and the open source versus proprietary debate 
  • The challenges of regulation and safety 
  • The future of AI capabilities
  • And much more!

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Unpacking the Power of Data and AI in Finance with Carl Boneri

Unpacking the Power of Data and AI in Finance with Carl Boneri

Explore the intersection of finance, data, and artificial intelligence in this episode of Faster Forward, featuring Carl Boneri, Head of Engineering and Data Science, Front Office Analytics at Northern Trust.

Listen as Carl discusses his career path, the increasingly critical role that data, AI, and Machine Learning play in today’s world, the value derived from unlocking and organizing data to create actionable insights, the future of technology, and more. 

Key Highlights:

  • Carl’s career journey began in finance and led him to become a technical founder of a cognitive computing startup
  • Why Carl joined the Front Office Analytics team at Northern Trust
  • The view of data as a potential, untapped source of intelligence
  • Why organized data is crucial for AI success
  • How AI is transforming client service at Northern Trust
  • What excites Carl about the future of data and AI in finance
  • And much more!

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Improving Investment Decisions with Equity Data Science

Improving Investment Decisions with Equity Data Science

Data is the most valuable resource to asset managers but probably the most underutilized. However, cutting-edge data analysis solutions are more accessible and cost-effective than many managers realize. 

In this episode, Greg McCall, Co-founder, President & CFO at Equity Data Science, discusses his background as a portfolio manager which led to him creating Equity Data Science, and how EDS’s cloud-based analytics platform works to provide decision support tools to asset managers to improve investment decisions. Greg also discusses the ways that Northern Trust and EDS leverage their partnership to help move clients Faster Forward through the power of data science. 

Listen as Greg discusses:

  • His industry experience and how he became co-founder at Equity Data Science
  • How EDS’s platform brings their clients’ internal and external data into a single environment
  • Leveraging data science to make investment decisions repeatable and scalable
  • The EDS and Northern Trust partnership
  • The benefits of EDS’s cost-effective and fully configurable technology

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