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As Hong Kong’s financial sector navigates rapid technological change and increasing market competitiveness, hedge funds are embracing cloud technology to accelerate their trading strategies development, scale their operations, and unlock new source of alpha. In 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS) deepened its partnerships with hedge funds across the region, as more firms – from systematic traders to fundamental managers – recognize cloud computing as essential for maintaining their competitive edge.
As the hedge fund industry continues to grow rapidly—driven by new market entrants, evolving client demands, and the accelerating pace of technological change—it has become more critical than ever for firms to embrace innovation. Hedge funds that invest in advanced technologies and data-driven strategies are better positioned to capture new opportunities, manage risk effectively, and sustain their competitive advantage in an increasingly dynamic landscape.
AWS Recognized as Best Cloud Hosting SolutionThis year, AWS was named “Best Cloud Hosting Solution” at the 2025 HFM Asia Services Awards, an accolade judged by leading hedge fund executives across Asia and organized by With Intelligence HFM, the industry’s trusted authority in asset management. This recognition reflects the trust our customers place in AWS, as well as our commitment to delivering secure, resilient, and innovative cloud solutions tailored to the evolving needs of hedge funds.
Delivering Value Through Customer ObsessionAt AWS, our approach starts with our customers and works backwards from their business needs. Our global infrastructure supports millions of active customers and over 140,000 partners in more than 200 countries and territories. In Hong Kong, AWS is trusted by leading financial institutions to modernize legacy systems, unlock new value from data, and ensure compliance with evolving regulations.
Our customer-obsessed culture drives us to invent and simplify—delivering services that accelerate digital transformation while optimizing cost, scalability, and operational resilience. By leveraging AWS services, hedge funds can rapidly prototype new investment strategies, automate data management, and harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to achieve differentiated outcomes.
Empowering the Financial Community Through Thought Leadership
AWS Hong Kong regularly convenes industry leaders to share best practices, discuss regulatory trends, and co-create solutions to the financial sector’s most pressing challenges. Since early 2025, our team has hosted a series of high-impact events—including the AWS Hong Kong Summit, Generative AI Techfest and workshops tailored for quant developers, and a keynote panel on “AI Applications & Compliance Challenges” at the HFM Hedge Fund COO Summit.
Through these forums, we gather first-hand feedback from industry professionals, helping us refine our offerings and address real-world pain points. Our recent workshop on generative AI (GenAI) in factor modeling, for example, provided practical guidance for portfolio managers seeking to leverage cloud-based AI workflows for automated investment signal generation and risk analysis.
Security, Compliance, and Strategic Partnerships
Security and compliance remain top priorities for Hong Kong’s hedge funds. AWS offers the most comprehensive suite of security and governance tools in the industry, built to help customers meet local and global regulatory requirements. Services such as Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Bedrock provide controlled environments for AI development and deployment—enabling hedge funds to innovate while maintaining robust model risk management and data protection.
Recognizing the diversity of the hedge fund ecosystem, AWS works closely with strategic partners to deliver integrated solutions that address the full spectrum of operational needs, from high-performance computing to secure data lakes and real-time analytics. Our targeted go-to-market programs and educational initiatives help funds of all sizes and types to build cloud literacy and accelerate their digital transformation journeys.
Driving Innovation for the Next Generation of Investment Strategies
AWS continues to invest in next-generation cloud and AI infrastructure, exemplified by the launch of custom silicon chips such as Trainium2 and advanced services like Amazon Bedrock. Our latest solution for factor modeling leverages Amazon Bedrock for advanced sentiment analysis and automated data labeling, enabling a seamless workflow from data ingestion to strategy development and deployment.
This architecture empowers hedge funds to process both structured market data and unstructured information—such as news feeds and social media—at scale, supporting multiple concurrent factor mining processes and rapid strategy iteration. By reducing the time from discovery to implementation, AWS is enabling customers to capitalize on market opportunities and deliver superior outcomes for investors.
Committed to Customer Success and Industry Leadership
At AWS, our mission is to enable our customers’ long-term success. Our recognition as “Best Cloud Hosting Solution” is a milestone, but it is our daily commitment to customer obsession, continuous innovation, and operational excellence that sets us apart.
As Hong Kong’s hedge funds accelerate their cloud transformation, AWS stands ready as a trusted partner—delivering secure, innovative solutions that drive growth, resilience, and industry leadership.
To learn more about how AWS empowers Hong Kong’s financial services community, visit aws.amazon.com/local/hongkong.