From Artificial Intelligence to Trading Intelligence
Aiden is an AI-based electronic trading platform that uses the computational power of deep reinforcement learning in its pursuit of improved trading results and insights for clients.
Our Commitment to Innovation
In partnership with our clients, RBC's long term vision and commitment to AI is driving future innovation.
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Unlocking and harnessing the power of state-of-the-art AI technology to create meaningful solutions for our clients.
What Makes Aiden so Powerful?
A proprietary global framework with four key components enables Aiden to continuously learn from its experiences in the market and adjust dynamically to trading conditions in real-time. Aiden is proactive – it can anticipate changes in the market and respond to them leveraging its framework.
Deep Neural Network
Centralized Learning
Robust Reward System
Exploration
Unique Features
- A next-generation, AI-based electronic trading platform using Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Real-time learning on an action by action basis
- Dynamically adjusts to actual market conditions
- Discovers new trading relationships through data
Powerful
Can better address increasingly complex, fluid markets to solve for client objectives.
Adaptive
Responsive to market changes in real time.
Proactive
Aiden can anticipate events and take calculated action.
Advances in AI
While AI has been in existence for over 50 years, it has only recently – with the development of Reinforcement Learning - advanced to a state where it has the potential to make a significant impact in optimizing electronic trading. RBC identified Deep Reinforcement Learning from the start as the most applicable AI science to apply to a trading platform aimed at delivering best possible execution quality. Deep Reinforcement Learning allows Aiden to execute actions against goals without the need for continuous manual optimization.
Evolution of AI: Creating New Opportunity
With scientific advances and improved data processing technology, commercial applications of Artificial Intelligence have started to develop in recent years. Deep Reinforcement Learning algorithms are highly suited to managing complex data relationships such as in trading, and have the potential to scale to address problems that were previously unsolvable.
FIRST GENERATION
Robotics & Expert Systems
SECOND GENERATION
Supervised & Unsupervised Learning
THIRD GENERATION
Deep Reinforcement Learning
AI is part of the fabric of RBC
"Aiden is a big scientific milestone, demonstrating that new technology based on reinforcement learning can succeed in complex environments."
Foteini Agrafioti
Head/Co-Founder | 
Bringing Advanced AI to Capital Markets
RBC established a world-class AI research institute: Borealis AI
- Founded in 2016 to pursue cutting-edge research
- Focused on responsible AI, reinforcement learning and natural language processing
- Over 100 researchers and engineers led by top academics in several fields of research
- Solving for financial industry challenges, aiming for transformational solutions for businesses and individuals
- Collaborates with academia and scientific communities for knowledge sharing and broader application of solutions for real-world impact
The best scientific talent
A long-term commitment to AI
Close partnership with clients
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Sales & Trading
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