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Quant special: Newly-launched `3-dimensional` quant fund offers risk levels a la carte, Update: Aite Group report: The World According to Quants - from alpha discovery to execution

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Opalesque Exclusive: Newly-launched `3-dimensional` quant fund offers risk levels a la carte Benedicte Gravrand, Geneva: Solytix Capital strategies include a wide variety of methodologies, implementations and holding periods as well as three levels of risks – so investors can plug in according to their risk appetite. One of the founders talked to Opalesque about Solytix’ three-dimensional quant fund.

About the Solytix strategies Solytix Capital, LLC is an investment advisory firm with operations in New York, Tennessee and California. The managers claim that Solytix Capital offers a multi-dimensional approach to hedge fund investing. The strategies are based on numerical objectivity using adaptive mathematical algorithms - as opposed to subjective investment strategies. Assets are continually re-allocated across the strategies based on each strategy’s risk/reward and inter-strategy correlation. All 3 risk levels have capital leverage ratios well below 1.0. Solytix’ methodology is designed to produce positive returns with modest volatility in many market environments.

Solytix’ current strategies move between long, short and cash positions in:

  • S&P 500 volatility
  • Russell 2000
  • Exchange Trade Funds (ETF)
  • Individual US Equities
  • Dow 30
  • Derivates

“The technology that we use to create our trading systems involves artificial intelligence,” said Mr. Longo to Op......................

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