Judith is a Managing Director and Head Equities Quantitative Strategist for Scotiabank’s US Equities Sales and Trading. Prior to Scotiabank, Judith was a VP at Goldman Sachs and Citadel, after starting her career at Morgan Stanley.  Judith discusses how market makers leverage data to hedge trading risk. She delves into why market makers increasingly need to leverage fundamental data, in addition to traditional market data, to effectively hedge risk. Judith also alludes to the market making use cases for alternative data and explains why trading operations need to have complete control over their technology infrastructure, particularly regarding trade execution.