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Topic: Building an analytics service for live trading

In this talk we will talk about the technical and functional challenges of building a centralised analytics service across various asset classes for live trading and back testing

Speakers:

Lionel Fafchamps, Software Developer
Lionel is a software developer working on trading frameworks at Squarepoint, focusing particularly on backtesting frameworks and service integration. Prior to this he worked in computer vision and research.  In a previous life he was a physicist at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, where he completed his PhD in 2015.

Mayghal Vijapura, Quantitative Developer 
Mayghal is a quantitative developer at Squarepoint working on real time risk systems for volatility strategies. Previously Mayghal has worked at a number of financial firms including JP Morgan and completed his BSc and MSc at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø in Maths. When he's not at work he can be found kicking away in the Tae Kwon Do dojo