Rob Park, No. 16 in the 2016 Trading Technology 40 ranking, oversees the systems of IEX Group as it aspires to disrupt the stock exchange business and reduce market complexity.
The most powerful woman in the global hedge fund industry launched her own firm earlier this year. She is bullish on the long-run prospects for systematic trading strategies.
Despite concerns raised by Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys over the past year, trading technology marches on, and it is being applied in other, constructive ways.