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Winton Capital Management has launched an accelerator programme for financial technology startups – a rare example of a hedge fund publicly running such an initiative.
The hedge fund firm is offering 10 startups specialising in data management the chance to take part in a 10-week development programme at Winton Labs, an accelerator based at the firm's offices in Hammersmith, London.