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B. G., Opalesque Geneva:

Simplify Asset Management, an exchange-traded funds (ETFs) manager, is launching its newest fund, the first-of-its-kind Simplify Multi-QIS Alternative ETF (QIS).

QIS is designed to play a role for advisors and investors in delivering positive absolute returns and income. It seeks to do so by investing in a diversified portfolio of third-party quantitative investment strategies across equities, interest rates, commodities, and currencies.

Simplify will evaluate thousands of quantitative strategies managed by the biggest investment banks, narrowing that universe down to the few hundred with the most compelling risk-adjusted return characteristics. Its team of investment professionals then works with each third-party strategy provider to perform an in-depth quantitative and qualitative review of their strategy to further pare the list down, arriving at an optimised collection of 10-20 strategies seeking to achieve positive returns and mitigate asset class and single-strategy risks.

"Access to best-in-class quant-driven strategies is a must-have for investors and advisors seeking to position their portfolios amidst a range of risks, both known and unknown, and a consistently elevated level of volatility that has defined every asset class for the past several years," said David Berns, PhD, Simplify's CIO and co-founder. "Yet even for those more institu......................

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