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About Us

Squarepoint is a privately held firm led by its four founding partners across thirteen cities around the world.


The business dates back to 2000 and has evolved through Lehman Brothers and Barclays before becoming independent in December 2014.


We are committed to developing a world-class quantitative investment platform through our systematic, diversified approach. At Squarepoint, collaboration occurs across all teams, sharing investment ideas and promoting a culture of ownership and accountability. We pride ourselves on our deep expertise across Quantitative Investment Management, Technology and Trading Operations.

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As a quantitative investment manager, we are systematic in our approach.

Investments are diversified across multiple asset classes, trading frequencies and global markets. The majority of investments are based on backtests performed on historical market data; however, we are an entrepreneurial group and are always open to new ideas and have a proven track record of bringing new businesses to life.

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History

2000

We founded nQuant within Lehman Brothers Tokyo initially focusing on long/short equities strategies

The original founders actively lead Squarepoint today

2003 - 2004

nQuant founders move to Lehman Brothers New York

Future Squarepoint co-founders join as graduates

2005 - 2008

nQuant expands operations to Lehman Brothers London and operates as a global business

We diversify into low latency strategies

2008

nQuant team transfers to Barclays

2008 - 2010

nQuant reestablishes global operations within Barclays

EU & APAC operations are built from the ground up

2010

nQuant expands operations to Singapore

Technology is integral to Squarepoint's success.

We operate at scale, executing millions of trades a day. Complex simulations produced by our Investment team require highly custom, nimble and forward-looking software. Technology is Squarepoint's enabler, creating seamless integration between research and trading in order to capture opportunities quickly.

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