High-tech traders use social media to gain edge

By Simon Evans
Updated August 27 2014 - 4:13pm, first published 3:29pm
Monitoring social media platforms such as Twitter for material information can give hedge funds an advantage on the sharemarket.
Monitoring social media platforms such as Twitter for material information can give hedge funds an advantage on the sharemarket.

Hedge funds and high-frequency traders are ahead of regulators in both speed and back-room capabilities for deep analysis of information on social media networks, giving them an advantage over other players in the market, a leading Australian expert says.

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