Beacon’s Neil Palmer, Co-Head of Quant Engineering, recently had the opportunity to sit down with Joanna Simpson at QuantMinds International in London. In this brief interview, he discusses the impact of risk in today’s markets on both hedge funds and
As financial markets, new asset classes, and regulations become ever more complex, so does managing the trade lifecycle. Hedge funds are increasingly trading more sophisticated derivatives and working to respond faster to capture market opportunities, and are looking for the
In today’s digital landscape, online systems may face relentless automated attacks that typically progress through four stages: Beacon Platform was designed from the ground up to withstand and counter these threats. With defense-in-depth as our guiding principle, we use strategies
Increasing competition in the hedge fund industry is encouraging funds to explore multi-asset, multi-strategy models that can return better risk-adjusted performance and can scale to meet the complexity this entails. Complications arise from trying to stitch together multiple legacy or
A recent project I worked on, enhancing Beacon’s regression testing process, called for the development of some new and enhanced features for Beacon’s Test Dashboards. Just four weeks into my time at Beacon, this was my first experience using the
Security incidents always present valuable opportunities for us to review and, where necessary, revise Beacon’s security and deployment processes. Deploying urgent and important updates, quickly, safely, and securely Getting urgent and important updates out to clients is a core requirement
The financial markets technology race is emphasizing the need for real-time data analytics. It has also become increasingly clear that legacy end-of-day approaches to trading book risk assessment are in urgent need of modernization. In this context, ActiveViam’s strategic partnership
Chartis Research, the leading provider of research and analysis on the global market for risk technology, has named Beacon Platform as a 2024 Category Leader for energy data management systems. Their Vendor Spotlight Report examines the tremendous growth of commercially
We recently celebrated Beacon’s tenth anniversary, which this year coincided with our annual Inspire conference, held on March 14th in New York City. It was very rewarding to hear about the many applications and tools that our clients, partners, and
The top themes at the E-world 2024 event in Essen, Germany last month were the energy transition and the security of supply. People who visited our booth at the show had deeper questions about Beacon’s capabilities in the areas of:
