Building signals that trade themselves

There are trading signals in production at Man Group right now — running real capital — that were researched, backtested, and proposed by AI. Tushara Fernando shares what made that possible inside a regulated investment firm: a governed skills framework and core data layer that taught Claude Code how Man Group's quants have worked for decades, now scaled across ~750 developers and quants and 100+ skills. Walk away with the governance model that lets compliance say yes to AI on your most load-bearing workflows.

Tushara Fernandoguest

May 21, 202620mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 21, 2026
Duration: 20m
Channel: Claude
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

There are trading signals in production at Man Group right now — running real capital — that were researched, backtested, and proposed by AI. Tushara Fernando shares what made that possible inside a regulated investment firm: a governed skills framework and core data layer that taught Claude Code how Man Group's quants have worked for decades, now scaled across ~750 developers and quants and 100+ skills. Walk away with the governance model that lets compliance say yes to AI on your most load-bearing workflows.

SPEAKERS

Tushara Fernando
guest
Head of Data and AI at Man Group (alternative investment manager), focused on applying AI/agents in institutional asset management with strong governance and lifecycle management.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Claude, featuring Tushara Fernando, Building signals that trade themselves explores man Group scales AI trading signals through governed skills marketplace foundation Man Group uses AI to assist systematic trading by generating, backtesting, writing up, and productionizing trading signals, with humans reviewing outputs due to high financial stakes.

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