Introduction
Kenanga Group, Kuala Lumpur, took this amazing initiative to familiarize its clients & employees with the Algorithmic & Quantitative Trading domain.
Nitesh Khandelwal and Prodipta Ghosh conducted the one-day workshop about 'Knowing The Concepts & Practical Implementation of Algorithmic Trading' on behalf of QuantInsti & sharing their experience with them!
Session Highlights
Some of the highlighting sessions included:
- Algorithmic and Quantitative Trading, History and Automation
- Network Infrastructure and Connectivity
- Algorithmic Trading Strategies & Demonstration of a strategy
- Risk Management for Algo Trading
- Industry forecast and growth projections
Speaker
An electrical engineering graduate from IIT Kanpur with a postgraduate degree in Management from IIM Lucknow, Nitesh Khandelwal started his career in the Banking sector on the treasury side. After a brief stint in a proprietary trading firm as a lead, he co-founded iRage in Mumbai. Today, iRage is a leading player in the Algorithmic Trading space in India. Later, when Nitesh moved to Singapore, he set up a trading business to trade across the global exchanges.
In 2016, he shifted his focus to QuantInsti as its CEO. QuantInsti continues to work towards bringing knowledge and access to scientific & technology oriented trading to the masses across the globe and has already been helping its users from 130+ countries in achieving the same.
Prodipta Ghosh (Vice President, QuantInsti)
Prodipta is a seasoned quant and currently leads the Fin-tech products and platforms development at QuantInsti as its Vice President.
He has spent more than a decade in the banking industry – in various roles across trading and structuring desks for Deutsche Bank in Mumbai & London, and as a corporate banker with Standard Chartered Bank. Before that, Prodipta worked as a scientist in India’s Defence R&D Organization (DRDO).
About Kenanga Group
Kenanga is a 40-year-old financial Group in Malaysia with extensive experience in equity broking, investment banking, listed derivatives, treasury, corporate advisory, Islamic banking, wealth management and investment management.