Alliance Bernstein
Factor timing: scant upside, big downside
Stock selection trounces “tempting” factor timing in study
AllianceBernstein digs into its own data, looking for alpha
Firm combs through information about its portfolio managers for signs of bias and bad habits
Volatility trap: how gamma roused a market monster
Rates market is exposed to some of the same factors that caused equity volatility to explode in February
Quants turn to machine learning to model market impact
JP Morgan, Bloomberg and Portware among those applying AI to long-standing problem
Progress checked: buy side still struggling to join up analytics
Firms see benefit in linking performance attribution and risk, but differences in approach are a constraint on headway
Asset manager of the year: AllianceBernstein
AllianceBernstein reduces costly operational blunders by bringing risk to the fore
Buy side is the barrier to all-to-all credit trading, says AB chief
Switzer calls current pre-trade transparency technology "awful"
AllianceBernstein credit aggregator tackles bond illiquidity
Internal liquidity aggregator helps cut credit trading costs
Ex-Goldman oil trading head seeks to serve 'the little guy'
HudsonField’s Freeman sees opportunities for non-banks in energy lending
Asset managers advance operational risk programmes
Independent asset management firms catching up with bank- and insurance-owned peers
All-to-all liquidity 'is not the panacea' – FIA panel
New trading venues seen as an alternative to dealer liquidity in OTC markets
Investors have ‘no incentive’ to use swap futures, says Wallin
Real money firms have enough collateral to stick with swaps, buy-side exec argues
FSA specialist takes over compliance at Axa IM
Murdoch joins London investment manager
