Ideal Prediction Names Walter Bell as New CTO

Ideal Prediction, a trade analysis and data science platform of capital markets, has announced on Monday the appointment of Walter Bell as its new chief technology officer (CTO).

Bell is bringing around 20 years of capital markets experience to the company from his roles in multiple giants.

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He will also oversee the company’s global systemically important bank (G-SIB) clients.

Commenting on his new role, Bell said: “Bank compliance teams are demanding increasingly sophisticated services for monitoring their human and algorithmic trading. I’m excited about Ideal’s ability to use our knowledge of the intricacies of FICC trading to independently deliver advanced Analytics Analytics Analytics may be defined as the detection, analysis, and relay of consequential patterns in data. Analytics also seeks to explain or accurately reflect the relationship between data and effective decision making. In the trading space, analytics are applied in a predictive manner in an attempt to more accurately forecast the price. This predictive model of analytics generally involves the analysis of historical price patterns that are used in an attempt to determine certain price outcomes. Analyt Analytics may be defined as the detection, analysis, and relay of consequential patterns in data. Analytics also seeks to explain or accurately reflect the relationship between data and effective decision making. In the trading space, analytics are applied in a predictive manner in an attempt to more accurately forecast the price. This predictive model of analytics generally involves the analysis of historical price patterns that are used in an attempt to determine certain price outcomes. Analyt Read this Term to firms using modern and flexible technology.”

A capital markets veteran

Prior to his new role, Bell was the FICC eTrading strategist at Bank of America. He also spent over three-and-a-half years at Credit Suisse in multiple roles, managing technology teams in eFX development, cross-asset trading, and global arbitrage trading.

He is a Cornell graduate and spent the early years of his career at Intelligence Markets, Alexa Internet, and Broadway Technology.

“Walter is one of the best inventors I’ve met in my career. His expertise in systems architecture and algorithmic trading is a powerful, rare combination. As Ideal’s CTO, he will evolve Ideal’s products and, most importantly, help our clients to successfully mitigate risk and improve profitability,” John Crouch, founder and CEO of Ideal Prediction, added.