First Asian client

Sofistar has been selected by a new Hong-Kong based investment manager to provide software automation to support statistical arbitrage trading. The project will see the delivery of a complete automation solution linking Matlab models to the Interactive Brokers execution venue and capable to support cash, derivatives and synthetic instruments in hundreds of underlying equities, with a throughput of up to 5,000 orders per hour. The client has selected Sofistar for its expertise in automation in the quantitative management space and for its familiarity with the Matlab and Interactive Brokers environment. 

Sofistar delivers new product for option dynamic hedging

This new spread-sheet based solution allows users to automatically delta hedge specific options trades over multiple accounts in Interactive Brokers. The choice of technology was dictated by the end-user need to be able to adapt the order automation to other types of trades in the future with minimum impact and cost.

Sofistar to offer R solution

Sofistar has announced the start of a new project that will deliver a turn-key solution for the integration of R-based investment strategies with Interactive Brokers and IQ Feed. The client, a statistical and quantitative consultant to financial companies based in Toronto, requires two libraries that will enable traders and fund-managers using the R open-source code to incorporate their functionality with the IB API. This solution will also be extended to IQ Feed and will support the complete automation of historical data into R-based models. Managing Partner, Christopher Glur commented "This is a new development for Sofistar and an acknowledgment of the emergence of R as one of the favourite programming languages among the investment community". 

Join us at the 1st London Investment Fund Trends Conference

Sofistar will take part to the first London Investment Fund Trends Conference to be held at the Lansdowne Club, 9 Fitzmaurice Place, London W1 5JD on Tuesday 19 March 2013 from 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

The main theme of the event will be "In Desperation comes Innovation" and aims at giving the participants some inspiration on how to navigate the choppy waters of the current business environment. Max Butti will join three other distinguished speakers who will share their experience with new and alternative techniques to win new business in a challenging marketplace while building a bigger brand and generating more awareness in the process. Each speaker will have 20 minutes to share their ideas and experiences. 

The talks will be followed by drinks and canapes for what what we hope wll be a lively post-conference discussion. 

The event is organized in cooperation with our partners, Murano Systems and we how you will be able to join us. 

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Please click here for the full program of the event