Yarden Jacobson

Principal Software Engineer Man Group

Yarden is the Head of Order Management and Analytics at Man Group, leading the firm’s Man‑wide multi‑asset OMS and analytics platform. He joined in 2018 to deliver a real‑time PnL and exposure system for Front Office Technology and has since built teams and scalable systems that power data‑driven trading workflows; in 2021 he initiated the development of a greenfield Man OMS programme and assumed his current role in October 2025. Previously, as co‑founder and CTO of a startup, he built high‑scale, low‑latency, machine‑learning–enabled, event‑driven platforms and self‑service analytics.

Main Day 1 | 22nd April

12:35 AI in Action Panel: Harnessing AI: How can buy side firms embed AI intelligence into infrastructure and workflows to move from pilots to production at scale?

AI in trading is shifting from static analytics to adaptive, goal-driven systems that can plan, reason, and act. For technology leaders, the opportunity lies in building the data pipelines, interoperability layers, and governance frameworks that allow these agents to operate safely at scale. This panel will explore how buy-side firms are integrating AI into core workflows, the infrastructure required to move from pilots to production, and what it means for future skills, system design, and operating models.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Yarden.

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