Quants

  • Case Study with Spheria Asset Management: Raising the Bar on Real-Time Analytics and Trade Automation with FlexTRADER EMS

    Although developing advantageous data projects requires considerable effort,
    the rewards typically include significantly reduced trading costs, enhanced
    trader effectiveness, and increased overall returns. Taking a strategic
    approach can help realize these benefits, while managing the costs involved.
    By some estimates, the difference between making even small improvements,
    versus not doing so, can be hundreds of millions of dollars.

    By Matthew Halicki October 6, 2020 Case Studies

  • Building Next-Gen Data Strategies to Boost Trading Success

    Although developing advantageous data projects requires considerable effort,
    the rewards typically include significantly reduced trading costs, enhanced
    trader effectiveness, and increased overall returns. Taking a strategic
    approach can help realize these benefits, while managing the costs involved.
    By some estimates, the difference between making even small improvements,
    versus not doing so, can be hundreds of millions of dollars.

    By Matthew Halicki September 9, 2020 Whitepapers

  • Alt Data: A Work in Progress

    Banks and investment firms have increased their consumption of alternative data sets, but there are still challenges around selecting the most relevant data for trading purposes, according to panelists at a recent industry fintech conference.

    By Ivy Schmerken December 13, 2018 Insights

  • Algo Development 2.0 Looks to Open Source, Cloud & Big Data

    In the next five to 10 years, don’t be shocked if hedge funds begin to outsource their algorithms to a team of quants coding in Python using the cloud and open source tools.

    By Ivy Schmerken July 11, 2018 Insights

  • Quants, Compliance and the Buy-Side OMS

    OMS Challenges for the Buy-Side As hedge funds turn to a more active, quant-style of trading, they often need to run pre-trade compliance checks on hundreds if not thousands of names within seconds. But what …

    By Flex Advantage March 13, 2015 Insights