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Everyone’s talking about AI-generated code. With generative AI entering the software lifecycle, code can now be produced, refactored and deployed in seconds. Various models and agents contribute to different layers...

There’s a popular story in commodities trading, and one that we’ve reported on quite a bit: that data is more democratised than ever. On the one hand, it definitely feels...

Commodities trading has long been underserved when it comes to technology and technical talent.  Kulwant Bhatia, a tech leader with over 15 years of experience in commodities, has worked across...

There’s a difference between building trading systems and using them, and few understand that better than Kulwant Bhatia. He began his career as a software engineer before pivoting to writing algorithms,...

There’s a new kind of unicorn in quant hiring: the 2-in-1 quant. Someone equipped with a PhD, who has deep modelling expertise, and the ability to write and maintain robust...

In many commodities markets, trading still happens over the phone. A squawk comes through: “Sep offered 703.” A trader glances up. That same contract was 711 just an hour ago....

We spoke with Navin Parasram, Head of Trading at Alpiq, a leading Swiss energy producer and service provider, about what good digital transformation should look like and what technologists and...

Back in the day, everyone relied on information from a handful of global weather providers. These were run by large national agencies that could afford to operate expensive supercomputers to...

From price forecasting and risk management to automating compliance and optimising execution, AI is reshaping how commodities trading firms operate. As adoption spreads, deeper questions are surfacing. Not just how...