Market News

Hello Quants? Innovation Calling

Quant funds have had a rough go of things lately. Investing in the era of the pandemic has renewed talk of “paradigm shifts” and “new normals”. It is worth asking the question: Can historically-steeped, factor-based quant

Market News

The Machine + Person Approach

In 2020 and 2021 quant funds have had a tough time of it, as algorithms struggled to navigate the whipsaw conditions created by the pandemic and has managers revisiting the Person + Machine question. The pandemic has led to significant dispersion of

SFS: Scientific Financial Systems raises its first round of funding

Scientific Financial Systems (SFS) has closed its first round of funding to accelerate the growth of its next generation product Quotient. "This round has come from private investors who understand the market and can see how Quotient fits into the future of

Quant and Finance

Quant techniques are becoming the industry mainstay

As founder of Scientific Financial Systems I monitor the market quite closely. It is important to match our product development plan to changes in evolving industry. From day one we have built are business around the belief that quant techniques will