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Dr. Richard D. Bateson: Expert in Quantitative Finance, AI, and Complex Financial Markets

Dr. Richard D. Bateson is a preeminent authority on quantitative finance, artificial intelligence (AI), and systematic trading. With a unique career spanning senior hedge fund leadership and a foundational doctorate in Physics from Cambridge, he provides expert witness testimony on technically complex financial disputes.

Core Expert Specialisms:

AI & Systematic Trading: Proprietary technology, strategy development, and performance of algorithmic and machine learning systems. Dr. Bateson provides forensic analysis of proprietary algorithms and source code to compare and evaluate investment strategies.
Hedge Fund & Investment Management: Governance, trading practices, valuation, and institutional standards of care.
Financial Derivatives & Structured Products: Pricing, risk management, and market practice across asset classes.
Complex Market Misconduct: Analysis of practices in algorithmic trading, alternative data usage, and market manipulation.

Expert Witness Experience:

Instructed as an expert since 2017 on landmark UK and US cases, including:

Bridgewater Associates v. Tekmerion (proprietary technology misappropriation).
The UK's first major AI/machine learning case (The Lawyer's Top 20 Cases of 2020).
Further instructions on hedge fund IP, valuation, and shareholder disputes.

Professional Background:

Founder & CEO of Bateson Asset Management (FCA-regulated AIFM). Former Head of the $5bn AHL Dimension fund (Man Group), Managing Director at RBC, and CEO of $2bn hedge fund MGIM. Holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Cambridge University.

Publications & Authority:

Author of "Quantitative Hedge Funds" (World Scientific, 2022) and the best-selling textbook "Financial Derivative Investments" (Imperial College Press, 2011). Also authored over 25 peer-reviewed papers in top physics journals during his prior research career.

Dr. Bateson is currently preparing an updated edition of "Quantitative Hedge Funds" and is under commission to author a new book on bonds and bond markets, further extending his published authority in finance.

• Dr. Richard D. Bateson's Curriculum Vitae

• Expert Witness Services

• American Arbitration Association Employment Arbitration Tribunal Final Award in the case of Bridgewater Associates -v- Tekmerion (Minicone & Squire)

Quantitative Hedge Funds: Discretionary, Systematic, Ai, Esg And Quantamental

Richard Bateson

If you're intrigued by the inner workings of hedge funds, investment techniques and technologies they use to source investment alpha, this book is for you. Focusing on the author's three decades of trading experience at leading banks and hedge funds, it covers both discretionary and computer-driven strategies and perspectives on AI-based and quantamental investing using new alternative data, which includes numerous examples and insights of real trades and investment strategies.

Financial Derivative Investments: An Introduction To Structured Products

Richard Bateson

This book provides an invaluable introduction to the fast growing world of derivative investments and the technology used in their design, pricing and structuring, providing a comprehensive overview of structuring and trading products based on the author's extensive international experience in structuring investment products.

Related areas of expertise

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI / ML) Banking - Banks (General) Blockchain Technology Cryptocurrency (Crypto) - Digital Currency Financial Planning Information and Internet Technology Intellectual Property Copyrights Mutual Funds Private Equity Financing Securities Damages Securities Litigation Stocks / Bonds