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AQR Capital Management (short for Applied Quantitative Research) is a global investment management firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States.The firm, which was founded in 1998 by Cliff Asness, David Kabiller, John Liew, and Robert Krail, offers a variety of quantitatively driven alternative and traditional investment vehicles to both institutional clients and financial advisors.
The award is sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies, and presented at the annual conference of the European Group for Organizational Studies. The Award "aims to promote and recognize innovative PhD research in management and organization studies" [12] and "does not specify any preferences towards topics or methods". [13]
WorldQuant, LLC is an international hedge fund and quantitative investment management firm [5] [6] [7] headquartered in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. [8] Founded in 2007, the firm is currently managing approximately $9 billion in assets under management [3] for Millennium Management [8] via quantitative trading and other methods of quantitative investing. [9]
451 Group is a New York City-based technology industry research firm. Through its Uptime Institute operating unit, the company provides research for data center operators. [ 1 ] In December 2019, 451 Group sold an operating division, 451 Research, to information and analytics company S&P Global .
Quantitative analysis is the use of mathematical and statistical methods in finance and investment management. Those working in the field are quantitative analysts (quants). Quants tend to specialize in specific areas which may include derivative structuring or pricing, risk management, investment management and other related finance occupations.
In 1994, Simons and his wife, Marilyn, founded the Simons Foundation to support research in mathematics and fundamental sciences. The foundation is the top benefactor of Stony Brook University , Marilyn's alma mater, and is a major contributor to his alma maters, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley .
Quantitative research is a research strategy that focuses on quantifying the collection and analysis of data. [1] It is formed from a deductive approach where emphasis is placed on the testing of theory, shaped by empiricist and positivist philosophies.
TGS is known to be highly selective and hires individuals from quantitative backgrounds which include software engineers and PhDs. [3] [4] The Wall Street Journal reported that TGS outbid Renaissance Technologies and Citadel LLC to hire a International Mathematical Olympiad gold medalist for $700,000 a year. [10]