The HC Insider Podcast: Trading Data
Commodities trading has always been about having an informational edge. About having better data.
With digitalisation, data is now produced in exponentially larger quantities and so has our capacity to process it. Traders are spending millions on collating and analysing it.
Why are they doing this? Can it lead to a lasting competitive edge? Or should we be sceptical given the monumental costs and challenges in applicability and implementation. What does this mean for the role of a commodity trader?
Alex talks to Paul Chapman from Human Capital.