{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f96e67a0ba69a1929848dde/617fab4c76fb34001333ef7a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Michael Watson Episode","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f96e67a0ba69a1929848dde/1616765260682-0d4d68ecc51c5cb7f223c5f8e5bea356.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode I spoke to Michael Watson, founder of Chained Metrics (<a href=\"https://chainedmetrics.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://chainedmetrics.com</a>, discord channel: <a href=\"https://discord.gg/pXs9bJpE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://discord.gg/pXs9bJpE</a>) and&nbsp;former Managing Director in Equities Engineering at Citadel.</p><p><br></p><p>In our conversation, Michael and I talk about the engineering challenges faced by a major hedge fund trying to remain competitive with alternative data, before then going on to explore his new project which sees him moving company KPIs onto the blockchain.</p><p><br></p><p>Separately, I will be speaking at the HFM European Quant Summit on Wednesday 17th November alongside Rani Piputri discussing Acquiring and Combining Alternative Datasets - https://www.hfmeuquantsummit.com/agenda</p>","author_name":"Mark Fleming-Williams"}