The Assets that Matter

Can we replicate the way a discretionary trader reads the news, to harvest alpha from the FT when it's in a machine-readable form? Our latest research looks at how equities specialists can use FT news data to create systematic trading strategies for large-cap US stocks.

In this post we explore why boards must look to prioritise professional development to help avoid large-scale corporate governance failures. 

Can we get a computer to read news and distill market insights from it? Our recently published research focuses on use cases for macro investors for the FT's machine-readable news.

As Boards look to refresh their perspectives and react to the changing social and business enviroment, we discover how Boards are working to increase the inclusion of younger board members from a broader pool of talent.

In this post we explore how boards have brought the importance of ESG to the forefront of their common business goals.

What does it take to build better boards? The latest Longitude research report explores the scale in which boards appoint members from diverse backgrounds and how boards directors are embracing an evolution in their role and responsibilities.

We examine how unique FT stories and relationships between journalists and organisations can be harnessed in the context of making better investment decisions.

In this post we determine which types of FT articles are most tradable and suggest ways to monetise this information using FT article metadata.

Students and faculty alike will be finding it a serious challenge to maintain a sense of stability in this crisis. The FT has a wide variety of digital tools and multimedia content to support remote learning. Read on to find out more.