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Conference:
Day 1
29th November
Day 2
30th November
Day 3:
1st December
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Meet our sponsors
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Capital Fund Management
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Founded in 1991, CFM is a Quantitative & Systematic Trading firm based in Paris, with offices in New York and Tokyo. As of July 2010, CFM manages US$3.1 B on behalf of institutional investors. We employ 105 professionals including 34 researchers (mostly PhD’s in physics) and 45 IT engineers. Our trading approach researches price and fundamental data to isolate statistically significant signatures that drive asset allocation, trading and order execution. Stratus, our Quantitative & Systematic Trading fund, combines 3 proprietary strategies. The proprietary trading models trade liquid, listed and exchange-traded securities and derivatives through electronic networks.
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Capital IQ
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Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's business, delivers comprehensive fundamental and quantitative research and analysis solutions to over 4,300 leading investment management firms, investment banks, private equity funds, and other firms worldwide.
Its solutions are based on the Capital IQ Platform, Compustat, ClariFI, and Alphaworks products, and offer an array of powerful applications for desktop research, screening, real-time market data, backtesting, portfolio management, financial modelling, and quantitative analysis.
To request a demonstration or receive a free trial, please contact Capital IQ at:
T: +44 (0)20 7176 1233
E: sales@capitaliq.com
Or for more information, please visit Capital IQ's web site at www.capitaliq.com
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DE Shaw & Co
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The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than 1,500 employees; offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; and approximately $21 billion in investment and committed capital as of July 1, 2010.
The firm has a significant presence in many of the world’s capital markets, investing in a wide range of companies and financial instruments within both the major industrialized nations and a number of emerging markets.
Since its founding in 1988, the D. E. Shaw group has focused on achieving attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors through a multidisciplinary approach that emphasizes collaboration among all business units. Widely recognized as a pioneer in computational finance, the firm has a 21-year track record in quantitative investment strategies, with a complementary strategic focus on qualitative investment strategies, including activities in both public and private markets.
D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C. (“DESIM”) operates the D. E. Shaw group’s benchmark-relative institutional asset management business. DESIM applies the D. E. Shaw group’s quantitative models and foundations, and computational techniques to construct benchmark-relative equity strategies for both separately managed accounts and commingled funds.
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TOBAM
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TOBAM is a full-service asset management firm established in Paris, France. TOBAM’s flagship Anti-Benchmark® strategies, supported by original research and a mathematical definition of diversification, provide clients with diversified core equity exposure. In addition to publishing the Maximum Diversification® Index series, TOBAM’s Anti-Benchmark ® methodology has been applied successfully to other asset classes. With top tier institutional clients in Northern Europe and around the world, TOBAM continues to develop its global platform.
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Lyxor Asset Management
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Lyxor Asset Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Société Générale Group, is a specialised provider of advanced investment solutions. We focus on offering innovative sources of performance with a maximum of safety, liquidity and transparency, adapted to our clients’ risk/return profile.
The competitive advantage of Lyxor derives from a unique business model set at the convergence of leading edge capital markets techniques and asset management framework.
With over EUR 89.1 billion* in assets under management, Lyxor has established itself as a worldwide niche player in three major growing investment specialties: index tracking (ETFs), structured & quantitative management and alternative investments. Lyxor has continuously pioneered new types of ETFs, broadened the structured products market, launched innovative quantitative funds and enhanced its unique managed account platform. This expertise provided Lyxor with an in-depth knowledge and fundamental insights into asset allocation strategy and research.
Employing more than 500 professionals, Lyxor is present in every strategic investment location in the world, including all major European countries, the US, Canada, Latin America, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia and the UAE.
Lyxor’s leading position at the forefront of innovative asset management reflects a company constantly moving forward in order to provide the best investment solutions of the future.
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Quant House
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QuantHouse is an independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions. This includes ultra low latency market data technologies, algo-trading development framework, proximity hosting and order routing services; to help hedge funds, market makers, proprietary desks and latency sensitive sell side firms to take the lead.
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Goldman Sachs Asset Management
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Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869 and has since established a reputation as a pre-eminent global investment bank and securities firm. Established in 1988, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) offers the best of both worlds: the resources of a large firm complemented by the focus of a specialist. It has global assets under management of €527.6 bn1 and is ranked among the top 10 asset management firms globally2.
With over 1,700 professionals based in 26 locations around the world3, GSAM’s experienced investment teams offer a broad range of competitive products across asset classes, regions and the risk spectrum.
visit our website for more information: www.gs.com/gsam
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Thomson Reuters
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Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information and trading system solutions for the global hedge fund and money management community. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, powered by the world’s most trusted news organization.
With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people in 93 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TRI); Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: TRI); London Stock Exchange (LSE: TRIL); and Nasdaq (NASDAQ: TRIN). For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com
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