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Lugano Fund Forum 2012 - Interview

massimo.butti@sofistar.ch (Massimo Butti) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:35:46 +0000

Watch our Managing Partner, Massimo Brignoni presenting the Sofistar business in this short video (in Italian)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lroV5_BIfhQ

First Asian client

massimo.butti@sofistar.ch (Massimo Butti) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:36:53 +0000

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 to offer R solution

massimo.butti@sofistar.ch (Massimo Butti) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:36:15 +0000

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".

Sofistar delivers new product for option dynamic hedging

massimo.butti@sofistar.ch (Massimo Butti) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:35:10 +0000

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.

Join us at the 1st London Investment Fund Trends Conference

massimo.butti@sofistar.ch (Massimo Butti) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:03:00 +0000

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.

RSVP: Helen at hh@muranoconnect.com

Please click here for the full program of the event

Paris-based quant advisor selects Q-TRADE

llper@llper.com (Super User) — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:40:10 +0000

A new quantitative fund advisoring company based on the French capital has selected Q-TRADE to integrate trading models, backtesting, portfolio management and order automation in a complete end-to-end solution. "Our client will now be able to automate all its workflow and integrate different technologies such as Matlab, Excel and different data services into one entry point realizing substantial cost savings. ", Christoph Glur, Managing Partner at Sofistar commented.

Please click here for case study.

Sofistar develops an innovative model to estimate the energy consumption due to mobility

llper@llper.com (Super User) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:21:47 +0000

Thanks to the waste experience gained during the analysis of the data collected for the Swiss Census for Mobility and Transportation and its interdisciplinary know-how, Sofistar was able to develop an innovative model for the evaluation of the energy consumption due to mobility. The study was done for Kanton Zürich and made use of georeferenced data, that were collected for the first time as part of the Swiss Censum. This allowed a much more precise evaluation and opens up many perspectives for more detailed analysis. The study was very well received and its results will be published by the Kantonal Buro of Statistics.

Q-TRADE selected to run new intraday volatility strategies for a swiss based CTA fund

llper@llper.com (Super User) — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:40:10 +0000

Sofistar provided consultancy services to a CTA Hedge Fund based in Switzerland to translate their new volatility strategy idea into Matlab code. Additionally, Sofistar's Q-TRADE platform was selected to run the new strategy within a fully automated process.

Sofistar launches two new products at the Lugano Fund Forum

llper@llper.com (Super User) — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:40:10 +0000

In occasion of the 2nd Lugano Fund Forum held in Lugano, Sofistar presented the latest addition to its product portfolio. Q-WEALTH is a complete solution for wealth managers wanting to automate and control processes in an simple and cost efficient way. It has been created to allow users to consolidate and manage portfolios over multiple counterparties and simplify the workflow. Click here for more details.

The AWS Turnkey is a cloud-based solution designed for hedge funds, traders and financial institutions that need flexible computing power to run their mission-critical processes. Sofistar’s AWS Turnkey transfers the existing infrastructure to the cloud, while offering complete redundancy and the highest security standards in the industry. Combined with Q-TRADE, it offers the complete cloud-based investment management solution. Click here for more details.

In occasion of the launch, Massimo Brignoni, Managing Partner of Sofistar said "The introduction of these new products expands and completes our current offering. Q-WEALTH offers to wealth managers an efficient way to consolidate and manage portfolios and AWS allows fund managers to substantially reduce their infrastructure cost."

How to use Q-Trade: new back-testing video

llper@llper.com (Super User) — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:40:10 +0000

Watch Managing Partner, Christoph Glur as he introduces the powerful features of the Q-TRADE back testing engine. The flexibility of the back testing engine allows users to go beyond the traditional in-sample expected return analysis. Risk managers can use it to determine the potential impact of risk overlays on existing portfolios. Traders can simulate execution risk of specific portfolios or investment strategies. In the back testing engine you can also simulate the behaviour of entire portfolios and use the the Q-TRADE portfolio management functionality to analyze risk and performance.

Sofistar introduces Q-TRADE IB integration

llper@llper.com (Super User) — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:40:10 +0000

Sofistar announces the introduction of a new plug-in for its Q-TRADE quantitative portfolio automation system. The integration allows clients to access all the functionality of Interactive Brokers, automate order entry, execution and reconciliation. "This new plug in is a substantial step forward for Q-TRADE" says Massimo Butti, Managing Partner, "It enriches the platform and allows our clients to work seamlessly with Interactive Brokers".

Sofistar delivers solution for large publisher

llper@llper.com (Super User) — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:40:10 +0000

According the company business aim to apply the same technology used in its financial software to other sectors, Sofistar has helped Diogenes (www.diogenes.ch), one of the most highly regarded publishers in German language, to build a rule-based automation framework to calculate author royalties and license fees. The software decreases the duration of the half-yearly payment process from 10 weeks to a few days. The system delivers also additional benefits as operational, reputation and audit risk are substantially reduced thanks to an electronic audit trail similar to the one produced by Q-TRADE and a multi-level balance check reporting.

Mobility project for the city of Lugano

llper@llper.com (Super User) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:04:30 +0000

Sofistar and Planidea continue their proficient collaboration in the field of statistical analysis of mobility and traffic data with a new project for the city of Lugano. The project aims at collecting mobility data through an app fo rsmartphones. More about th eproject on www.studio-mobilita.ch.

Sofistar and Q-TRADE explained in two pages

llper@llper.com (Super User) — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:18:00 +0000

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Sofistar at the Lugano Trading Forum

llper@llper.com (Super User) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:19:36 +0000

Sofistar will be present at the Lugano Trading Forum, which will take place at the Hotel de la Paix on the 13-14 of June 2012. We encourage you to join our partner Max Butti at 09.30 in the "Sala Klee" for his conference on the topic "Google, Yahoo, Twitter, Klout: integrating big data into an automated trading strategy" and we hope to welcome you at our stand!
See you!