Quant Strats Europe 2024 took place on October 8th at Convene, 22 Bishopsgate. Building on the success of last year’s event, this year’s gathering brought together 256 delegates, 47 speakers, and 17 sponsors and exhibitors in one venue. As well as sharing insights, market expertise and lots of networking, we also gave our 17 outstanding sponsors a unique opportunity to elevate their brand within the Quant community, engaging with like-minded professionals and influential leaders from the industry.
Check out some of the outstanding companies that participated in Quant Strats US:
AllianceBernstein, AQR Capital Management, Amundi Asset Management, Aspect Capital, Blackrock, Capital Fund Management, Fidelity International, Lombard Odier Investment Managers, Man Group, Millennium Global Investments, Robeco, Verition Fund Management, Voya Investment Management, Wyden Capital, and many more...
“A key fixture in our calendar…At Quant Strats, we gain guaranteed meaningful conversations about how the quant community can drive enhanced speed to output through innovation.”
Tim Baker, Senior Advisor, BMLL
The Connecting Point for the Quantitative Investment Community
The audience breakdown at Quant Strats EU read as follows:
• Buy Side (Asset Managers/Hedge Funds/Investment Management Firms) - 64%
• Technology Providers/Vendors/Consultants - 22%
• Sell Side (Banks/Brokers) - 9%
• Other - 5%
It was truly inspiring to witness such a strong turnout and an engaged, vibrant, global network:
• 65% United Kingdom
• 16% Rest of Europe
• 12% United States
• 7% Rest of World
View full list of attendees
here.
“This conference usefully brings together participants from across the value chain of quant investment. You could hear from the buzz in the room at the roundtables, the vitality of the subject matter and the keen engagement of all the delegates.”
Richard Jones, Head of Investment Risk Analysis, AXA Investment Managers
Presenting Our Distinguished Speakers
An agenda built by an expert advisory board and over 60 research calls with buy side & sell side practitioners...
• Hamza Bahaji, Head of Financial Engineering, Amundi Asset Management
• Alex Remorov, Director, Systematic Active Equities, BlackRock
• Hamza Chaudhry, Fixed Income Quantitative Researcher, AllianceBernstein
• Nick Mutsaers, Quant Researcher, Robeco
• Robert Luce, Principal Developer, Gurobi Optimization
• Igor Yelnik, CIO and CEO, Alphidence Capital
• Giovanni Beliossi, Senior Advisor, Astarte Capital Partners
• James Munro, Head of ArcticDB, Man Group
• Prasad Shinde, Lead Specialist – UK, I & MENA, KX
• Artur Sepp, Head Quant, LGT Bank
These are just 10 of the brilliant speakers we heard from at Quant Strats 2024.
You can explore the complete speaker roster and session topics by downloading our 2024 agenda
here.
“Sessions well attended…participants heavily engaged in dialogue and interest in the topics discussed.”
Ole Jorgensen, Director of Research, Global Evolution
The Social Media Pulse Was Stronger Than Ever
With social media abuzz throughout the event, it made Quant Strats all the more memorable!
Here are some highlights…
- “An engaging conference with the latest insights on portfolio optimisation and diversification for alpha generation, quantitative data strategies, the latest data challenges….and many more.” - Natalia Tymchyshyn, Senior Analyst, S&P Global Market Intelligence
- “Plenty of networking and insightful talks on machine learning, generative AI, data sourcing and digesting data” - Kate Jenkinson, Principal Consultant, Quantitative Finance
- “Surrounded by the brightest minds in the quant eco system. We’re thrilled to explore ground-breaking innovations in our sector…” - Axyon AI
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Quant Strats EU 2025 - 14th and 15th of October - Convene 22 Bishopsgate, London
