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SUMMARY:RCS Seminar: Downshifting: Computing for systematic trading at inst
 itutional and retail level
DESCRIPTION:Abstract \nFinancial trading has been transformed over the last
  30 years by the increased pervasiveness of automated trading systems. In 
 this talk Rob Carver will explain what these systems do\, and the challeng
 es of creating and running them in both an institutional and retail tradin
 g environment.\nBiography\nRobert Carver is an independent systematic futu
 res trader and writer. He is a visiting lecturer at Queen Mary\, Universit
 y of London\, and is research advisor to Stylus Capital\, a hedge fund tra
 ding digital assets. He is the author of four books: “Systematic Trading
 ”\,  “Smart Portfolios”\, “Leveraged Trading” and “Advanced F
 utures Trading Strategies”.\nUntil 2013 Robert worked for AHL\, a large 
 systematic hedge fund\, and part of the Man Group. He was responsible for 
 the creation of AHL’s fundamental global macro strategy\, and then manag
 ed the funds multi billion dollar fixed income portfolio. Prior to that Ro
 bert worked as a research manager for CEPR\, an economics think tank\, and
  traded exotic derivatives for Barclays investment bank. He spent his earl
 y career in the Middle East.\nRobert has a Bachelors degree in Economics f
 rom the University of Manchester\, and a Masters degree\, also in Economic
 s\, from Birkbeck College\, University of London.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/183739/rcs-seminar-downshifting-compu
 ting-for-systematic-trading-at-institutional-and-retail-level/
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LOCATION:213\, Huxley Building\, South Kensington Campus\, Imperial College
  London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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