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.
DaVe provides insights into data quality, with metrics and exportable results. Use DaVe to help ensure data integrity, so you can be confident that your conclusions are based on solid ground.
SigTech’s new API provides direct access to specific research functionalities available on the SigTech platform. These functionalities – currently utilized by some of the world’s leading hedge funds – are designed to strengthen and accelerate your trading and investment strategies.
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
Stuart is VP, Research AI & Analytics at SigTech. Prior to joining, Stuart spent more than five years at Brevan Howard Asset Management as a Quantitative Analyst and Portfolio Strategist.
VP, Research
With over 20 years in Tech, Didier has evolved from a software developer to an ExCo member, expertly aligning IT strategies with corporate objectives.
VP, Engineering
Krishna, the VP of Business Development for the Americas, boasts over 20 years in capital markets with a specialization in FinTech and FinServ.
VP, Business Development Global
David Comerford-Green is the General Counsel of SigTech and is responsible for the group’s global legal and compliance function.
General Counsel
Alex is VP, Operations, looking after HR, Market Data, IT, Recruitment and Marketing. Alex has a diverse background working in multiple senior operations roles at Apple, Uber and CloudKitchens, as well as an earlier career in politics and communications.
VP, Operations
Emma Pocklington is SigTech’s Finance Director. Previously, Emma was the Global Finacial Controller/Manager for JRNI, a global appointment booking platform, helping the company scale across three continents and managed multiple rounds of fundraising through to Series C.
Finance Director
As VP of Business Development, David is responsible for both Product and Sales within SigTech. Learn more.
VP, Global Head of Business Development
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