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title: Acuity Welcomes Alistair Hay to our Data Science Team!
description: Alistair Hay joins Acuity Trading’s Data Science Team for a one-month placement, exploring how our topic models co-integrate with equity price movements.
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# [Acuity Welcomes Alistair Hay to our Data Science Team!](https://acuitytrading.com/news-story/acuity-welcomes-alistair-hay-to-our-data-science-team)

 Written by [Acuity Trading](https://acuitytrading.com/news-story/author/acuity-trading) | May 7, 2025 8:00:00 AM

We’re pleased to welcome Alistair Hay to [Acuity Trading](https://acuitytrading.com/)! He joins our data science team in Spain for a one-month placement.

Alistair recently completed a Master’s in Finance from [HEC Lausanne (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)](https://www.unil.ch/hec/en/home.html), and arrives from Geneva to work closely with Acuity's Head of Data Science, [Ariel Duarte López, Ph.D.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arieldl/?originalSubdomain=es), on a cutting-edge research project that explores the intersection of natural language processing and financial markets.

Having developed a strong interest in financial data analysis, econometrics, and asset management during his studies, Alistair's focus will be on analysing the [co-integration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cointegration#:~:text=In%20econometrics%2C%20cointegration%20is%20a,i.e.%2C%20they%20have%20trends\).) between Acuity’s topic models and equity price movements.

This approach enables Acuity to identify whether certain financial news topics consistently move in tandem with specific equities - and importantly, whether those topics are driving price action or reacting to it.

*"During my time here, I hope to deepen my understanding of statistical methods applied to financial markets, particularly in time-series analysis and econometric techniques." *Alistair enthuses. *"I’m also keen to learn from the team’s expertise and contribute to research that generates new ideas using alternative data."*

Alistair's research will add valuable depth to our understanding of market sentiment and further refine the predictive capabilities of our AI-powered data products.

Welcome to the team, Alistair - we’re excited to have you on board and look forward to your contributions!

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