SigTech eliminates the expensive upfront costs of infrastructure build-out, giving clients an edge in alpha generation from day one.
The SigTech platform was originally built over eight years ago to manage systematic investments at Brevan Howard, which remains a SigTech client today. After the spinoff into an independent company in early 2019, the team has grown substantially and established SigTech as the leading provider of quant technologies.
Initial development of tools for internal use. Aimed to develop “the gold standard” of quantitative research platforms.
The platform went live and was used to manage multiple UCITS quant funds at Brevan Howard.
Addition of increasingly sophisticated analytics. Continual enhancement based on live performance.
Since 2013, the platform has had over 7 years of continual iteration and improvement.
SigTech spun out in Feb 2019 and deployed a cloud-hosted SaaS platform. Legal, physical and technological separation from Brevan Howard.
Anchor client: $500BN+ AUM asset manager. Investment in cyber security. All client data are encrypted at rest and in transit.
ISO 27001 certification accredited. Launched the SigTech education program with the world’s top universities. Launched the SigTech Education Program (STEP), working with some of the world’s leading universities.
A step change in performance: parallelization delivers huge speed improvements.
New collaboration and version control tools introduced.
New data query functionality to handle >2.5bn data points now available on the SigTech platform.
SigTech proudly announces a new collaboration with CLS, the market leaders in FX settlement data, bringing this hugely valuable dataset to a new audience.
Launch of a US entity and two new US-based team members join the SigTech team.
Fund managers with a combined AUM of $312 billion are now using the SigTech platform.
SigTech becomes the first quant platform to integrate with IHS Markit Data Lake providing seamless access to over 1,500 proprietary datasets.
Clients in over a dozen countries with combined AUM of over $5 trillion are now using our enterprise SaaS platform. The team has grown to ca. 70 people, more than doubling the headcount during 2021.
Our leadership team has more than 50 years of combined experience in systematic investing and research from leading firms including Brevan Howard, Man GLG, Barclays Capital, UBS, Deutsche Bank and State Street.
The wider SigTech team brings extensive financial markets experience from Citadel, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, HSBC, CME, Refinitiv, Bloomberg, FactSet, Red Deer and Standard & Poor’s.
Bin Ren is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SigTech. Previously he was the Chief Investment Officer of the Systematic Investment Group (SIG) at Brevan Howard Asset Management where he managed multiple UCITS investment funds.
Founder & CEO
David Comerford-Green is the General Counsel of SigTech and is responsible for the group’s global legal and compliance function.
General Counsel
Stuart is VP, Quantitative Analytics at SigTech. Prior to joining SigTech, Stuart spent more than five years at Brevan Howard Asset Management as a Quantitative Analyst and Portfolio Strategist.
VP, Engineering
As VP of Business Development, David is responsible for both Product and Sales within SigTech. Learn more.
VP, Global Head of Business Development
Angela, VP of Marketing, brings over 20 years of leadership experience developing marketing and communication strategies and implementing go-to-market plans for tech, financial institutions, and fintech organizations.
VP, Global Head of Marketing, General Manager US
Daniel Leveau is VP, Investor Solutions at SigTech. He is an experienced senior manager in the finance industry with previous roles as CEO, deputy head of asset management and head of portfolio management.
VP, Investor Solutions
Vincent is SigTech’s Delivery Director alongside working in the CEO’s Office. Vincent is responsible for the delivery, support and QA team working on strategies, AGILE methodology, coaching, etc.
Delivery Director
Director of HR & Culture
Emma Pocklington is SigTech’s Senior Global Finance Manager/Controller. Previously, Emma was the Finance Manager/Controller for JRNI, a global appointment booking platform, helping the company scale across three continents and managed multiple rounds of fundraising through to Series C.
Director of Finance
Come and join our talented team and build the next generation of quant technologies. Head to our Careers page to find out more.
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