Our mission

Deliver cutting edge tools for investors, harnessing our generative AI, premium market data, and world leading quant infrastructure

 

SigTech is at the forefront of integrating advanced technology and AI into the world of quantitative finance. Our mission is centered on providing finance professionals with a powerful blend of analytics, comprehensive market data, and innovative modeling tools. We aim to make high-quality, real-time financial data more accessible, supporting informed investment decisions and strategy development.

Our journey

2013
  • Inception

    The Systematic Investment Group (SIG), part of one of the worlds largest asset managers, Brevan Howard, develops initial development of tools for internal use. These tools were aimed to develop “the gold standard” of quantitative research platforms.

  • Battle-tested

    After two years of development, the SigTech platform goes live to internal teams at Brevan Howard and is used to manage multiple UCITS quant funds.

    Addition of increasingly sophisticated analytics. Continual enhancement based on live performance.

  • February

    Spin-off

    Since 2013, the platform has had over 7 years of continual iteration and improvement.

    SigTech spun out in February 2019 and deployed a cloud-hosted SaaS platform. Legal, physical and technological separation from Brevan Howard.

  • October

    Lift-off

    Anchor client: $500BN+ AUM asset manager. Investment in cyber security. All client data are encrypted at rest and in transit.

  • March

    Growing community

    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 such as Imperial College London and Cambridge.

  • october

    SaaS 2.0 launched

    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.

  • november

    CLS partnership announced

    SigTech proudly announces a new collaboration with CLS, the market leaders in FX settlement data, bringing this hugely valuable dataset to a new audience.

  • March

    Expansion into the United States

    Launch of a US entity and new US-based team members join the SigTech team as enterprise demand spread to the USA.

  • May

    IHS Markit Data Lake integration

    SigTech becomes the first quant platform to integrate with IHS Markit Data Lake providing seamless access to over 1,500 proprietary datasets.

  • January

    Continued User Growth

    Clients in over a dozen countries with combined AUM of over $5 trillion are now using our the SigTech enterprise platform. 

  • MARCH

    SigTech announces DaVe

    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.

  • JULY

    SigTech Introduces it’s API beta

    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.

  • SEPTEMBER

    Launch of SigTech ChatGPT Plugin for OpenAI

    From know code to no code, the ChatGPT Plugin simplifies complex calculations and enriches your data-driven decision-making process. Now, both novice and experienced investors can create charts, conduct investment analysis, and test trading strategies or portfolios with unprecedented ease and with no coding required.

  • NOVEMBER

    SigTech Unveils SigGPT for OpenAI

    SigTech proudly presents SigGPT, our proprietary version of GPT tailored for the finance sector. SigGPT harnesses advanced AI to deliver powerful, custom analytics and insights. It’s designed to work seamlessly with the SigTech ecosystem, offering clients a unique edge in data analysis and strategy formulation. Now, financial experts and retail investors can unlock new levels of efficiency and precision, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in quantitative analysis and backtesting.

Leading the way

A world-class team of quant innovation and technology experts

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 Headshot

Before founding SigTech at the start of 2019, Ren was the Chief Investment Officer of the Systematic Investment Group (SIG) at Brevan Howard Asset Management where he managed multiple quantitative investment funds. He started his career at Barclays Capital as an equity exotics trader managing quantitative investment strategies across all major asset classes.

Bin Ren

Founder & CEO

Stuart Broadfoot Headshot

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.

Stuart Broadfoot

VP, Research

Krishna Nadella

Krishna, the VP of Business Development for the Americas, boasts over 20 years in capital markets with a specialization in FinTech and FinServ.

Krishna Nadella

VP, Americas & Business Development

David Comerford-Green is the General Counsel of SigTech and is responsible for the group’s global legal and compliance function.

David Comerford-Green

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.

Alex Armstrong

VP, Operations

Emma Pocklington Headshot

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.

Emma Pocklington

VP, Finance

Headshot of Linda Kilpatrick

With over two decades of expertise in Market Data Management, Linda brings a wealth of experience from her tenures at leading buy-side and sell-side financial firms.

Linda Kilpatrick

Director, Procurement & Market Data

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