Smartkarma
FinTech
IndependentQuantitativeAnalyst
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“Independent Quantitative Analyst at Smartkarma. Skills: Quantitative analysis, Systematic trading, Statistical learning, Proprietary models. Create proprietary datasets. Maintain proprietary models”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver actionable trade ideas; Deliver investment ideas; Deliver factor research; Deliver risk premia research; Deliver alpha generation; Deliver event-driven frameworks; Deliver catalyst frameworks; Deliver cross-asset linkages; Deliver regime work
Industry & Context.
Statistical learning; Market intuition
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Extensive research experience, Trading experience, Investment experience, Demonstrated quantitative track record, Ability to write differentiated insights
Nice to Have
PhD preferred, Specific ML framework experience, Cloud platform certs
What You'll Do.
Create proprietary datasets
Maintain proprietary models
Articulate research views
Defend research views
Provide investment ideas
Develop factor research
Develop risk premia research
Develop alpha research
Develop event-driven frameworks
Develop catalyst frameworks
Analyze cross-asset linkages
Offer high-touch service
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Institutional clients
Communication Scope
Published insights; Discussions with clients
Full Job Description
Smartkarma connects independent investment research analysts to institutional asset managers, such as sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, pension funds, boutiques and family offices. Smartkarma’s cloud-based platform leverages the latest in technology to provide a network for independent research analysts to curate and monetize research in an innovative and new way. * Independent analysts covering more than 4,000 companies now contribute to Smartkarma’s cloud-based platform. * Insights are published daily with active minute-by-minute discussions, where themes and ideas are debated, discussed and questioned among a community of experts, in real time. * Over 200 leading institutional asset managers have subscribed, including sovereign wealth funds, global asset managers, hedge funds, boutiques and family offices, worldwide. * Our top 10 clients alone have over $14 trillion under management. Our investors include Sequoia Capital, Singapore Exchange (SGX), Wavemaker Partners, Jungle Ventures and Spring Seed. Only applications on Smartkarma's website (https://www.smartkarma.com/home/insight-providers/) will be accepted. In general, looking for former/current systematic traders and quant researchers / analysts: * Experts in systematic strategies across equities, equity derivatives and multi-asset (index and single-name listed and OTC options, futures, etc); * Strong research hygiene: signal research, feature engineering, robust backtesting across horizons, realistic frictions and clear validation; * Ability to combine market intuition with statistical learning to create and maintain differentiated proprietary datasets and models (unique data collection, cleaning, normalisation, mapping, signal construction and production pipelines) that are hard to replicate and deliver repeatable edge; * Strong writing and communication skills: able to articulate and defend research views clearly in published insights and in discussions with institutional clients; Example of deliverable
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