Our Quantbot Multi-Manager (QMM) setup caters to Portfolio Managers who have
experience running strategies or building alphas and attributing PnL of those alphas when
deployed in production. We especially look for those with experience trading and generating PnL
based on fully-automatic systematic trading. Generally, our QMMs have worked at bigger firms but
haven’t been happy with risk allocation, trading performance or the growth path of their
strategies.
We have been able to attract talented portfolio managers with the focus on our
collaborative and supportive platform:
While we don’t believe in micromanaging the research process, we’re always willing to offer help
and guidance when requested. This support allows QMMs to really focus on developing their alpha
through their own research on all the different data sets we provide. In the past, we have seen
significant improvements in QMMs’ return characteristics when they have incorporated some of our
freely provided ideas.
- Ashar Mahboob, CIO
Beyond the platform advantages we provide, we also believe in giving our QMMs the
flexibility to achieve their best working environment. In regards to our computing platform, the
core Quantbot team uses tools developed on Linux and preferred programming languages like C++,
R, and Python, but, if a QMM needs Matlab, for instance, or other tools then we are willing to
be flexible to accommodate (within reason). QMMs have the option of being geographically located
anywhere and not bound to a particular office. While some of our QMMs prefer to work out of an
office for the immediate access to help and support, we also have successful QMMs that work in
out-of-office locations and different time zones. We strive to make the platform as fair as
possible for our QMMs with our policies on IP and non-competes. As a QMM, any IP brought in is
solely yours but any IP developed at Quantbot and any strategies deployed by the QMM is co-owned
by the QMM and Quantbot. If a QMM decides to move on from Quantbot, we don’t believe in keeping
people out of work, so we not only have a 45-day notice but we give them a copy of their track
record and co-owned IP. Most of all, we want our QMMs to feel part of Quantbot’s success as well
as their own, so, qualified QMMs may have the option to co-invest in a fund managed by Quantbot.
We strongly believe that successful QMMs will see enough potential for career growth and
professional fulfillment that they would choose to stay at Quantbot for the long term.
So do you feel excited about becoming a QMM? The QMM model is a joint venture and partnership
between the QMM, Quantbot and the Schonfeld Group. Quantbot’s role is to fully manage research,
risk, trading and all aspects of running a successful quant strategy while Schonfeld commits
capital for every single PM’s strategy. After an initial set of joint Quantbot and Schonfeld
interviews and discussions over your business plan, we would offer qualifying potential QMMs a
term sheet that explains our payout structure, roll-out schedule, data requirements and other
technicalities. Once all terms have been agreed upon, we move to a full-employment agreement and
confidentiality agreement, and you become an employee of Quantbot.
- Ashar Mahboob, CIO
In most firms, portfolio managers are segregated and effectively ‘on their own’. Here at
Quantbot, even if QMMs joined as a single-person team, they ‘don’t feel alone’. QMMs have direct
and constant communication channels open to a variety of our teams, and get their questions
answered by our global team on an almost 24 hour cycle. This ability to have access to a global
pool of knowledge but at the same time keeping your alpha implementation separate is what makes
QMMs feel at ease and encourages their success.
- Michael Lisak, Partner & Co-Founder
If interested, please apply here.