Independent Quantitative Analyst
- Role
- Research
- Experience
- Lead
- Employment
- Full-time
Open to HK only. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
Smartkarma connects independent investment research analysts to institutional asset managers, such as sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, pension funds, boutiques and family offices. Smartkarma’s cloud-based platform leverages the latest in technology to provide a network for independent research analysts to curate and monetize research in an innovative and new way.
- Independent analysts covering more than 4,000 companies now contribute to Smartkarma’s cloud-based platform.
- Insights are published daily with active minute-by-minute discussions, where themes and ideas are debated, discussed and questioned among a community of experts, in real time.
- Over 200 leading institutional asset managers have subscribed, including sovereign wealth funds, global asset managers, hedge funds, boutiques and family offices, worldwide.
- Our top 10 clients alone have over $14 trillion under management. Our investors include Sequoia Capital, Singapore Exchange (SGX), Wavemaker Partners, Jungle Ventures and Spring Seed.
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In general, looking for former/current systematic traders and quant researchers / analysts:
- Experts in systematic strategies across equities, equity derivatives and multi-asset (index and single-name listed and OTC options, futures, etc);
- Strong research hygiene: signal research, feature engineering, robust backtesting across horizons, realistic frictions and clear validation;
- Ability to combine market intuition with statistical learning to create and maintain differentiated proprietary datasets and models (unique data collection, cleaning, normalisation, mapping, signal construction and production pipelines) that are hard to replicate and deliver repeatable edge;
- Strong writing and communication skills: able to articulate and defend research views clearly in published insights and in discussions with institutional clients;
Example of deliverables:
- Actionable trade and investment ideas based on statistically validated signals and market intuition;
- Factor, risk premia and alpha research;
- Event-driven and catalyst frameworks (earnings, guidance, corporate actions, index changes, macro prints) with empirical edge and playbooks;
- Cross-asset linkages and regime work (risk-on/off, inflation, rates sensitivity, liquidity, positioning and flows);
You will also be expected to offer a high-touch service for select institutional clients
- Extensive research, trading or investment experience for institutional clients (8 yrs+);
- Demonstrated quantitative track record and evidence of proprietary work (datasets, models, tooling, strategy research);
- Ability to write differentiated insights for professional investors (structured, concise, defensible).
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
What you'll do
- Create and maintain differentiated proprietary datasets and models (unique data collection, cleaning, normalisation, mapping, signal construction and production pipelines) that are hard to replicate and deliver repeatable edge
- Articulate and defend research views clearly in published insights and in discussions with institutional clients
- Offer a high-touch service for select institutional clients
What they require
- Former/current systematic traders and quant researchers / analysts
- Experts in systematic strategies across equities, equity derivatives and multi-asset (index and single-name listed and OTC options, futures, etc)
- Strong research hygiene: signal research, feature engineering, robust backtesting across horizons, realistic frictions and clear validation
- Extensive research, trading or investment experience for institutional clients (8 yrs+)
- Demonstrated quantitative track record and evidence of proprietary work (datasets, models, tooling, strategy research)
- Ability to write differentiated insights for professional investors (structured, concise, defensible)
Smartkarma is a provider of an AI-augmented investment intelligence platform designed to serve global institutional investors and corporate decision-makers. The platform delivers real-time actionable insights, premium data analytics, and direct access to hundreds of top-ranked investment analysts. Smartkarma specializes in providing premium analysis, analyst access, and data subscriptions for fast-growing, underserved investment strategies such as event-driven, merger arbitrage, equity capital markets, index events, and forensic accounting. Smartkarma has achieved consistent sales growth, profitability and benefits from partnerships with blue-chip global channel partners to drive rapid network expansion. Its global client base includes tier-1 asset managers, bulge-bracket banks, and corporate clients. Smartkarma is led by an experienced, founder-driven team with a proven track record in scaling capital markets challengers.