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Risk Markets Technology Awards 2021: Buy-side market risk management product
Buy-side market risk management product of the year: Qontigo

A hellish week for hedge funds will be remembered for how much damage Reddit traders caused by chasing a handful of the most-shorted names in the $43 trillion U.S. stock market.

The new offering blends existing Axioma risk models into a single, nuanced risk assessment.

Against the backdrop of positive vaccine developments and upbeat Chinese data, the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rebounded from the previous day’s loss to close 0.29 per cent or 8.17 points higher at 2,814.12.

Analytics | Portfolio Risk Management
Why markets hope Trump’s deadlock with Congress may yield a bigger stimulus after Election Day
According to Olivier d’Assier at financial intelligence and risk firm Qontigo, a Biden presidency and a Republican Senate would be “the best case for markets” among a range of outcomes.

“Top-line market volatility has indeed declined but remains high relative to history. In fact it would have to go down another 30 percent just to get to the long term median level,” said Melissa Brown, global head of Applied Research at Qontigo.

Rising volatility and correlation could trip markets, according to Olivier D’Assier, head of applied research for Asia-Pacific at Qontigo.

“Investors view data breaches as the cost of doing online business,” said Olivier D’Assier, head of applied research for Asia-Pacific at Qontigo GmbH.