TTU83: Starting a Quant Firm from Scratch ft. Natasha Reeve-Gray of Altis Partners – 1of2

TTU83: Starting a Quant Firm from Scratch ft. Natasha Reeve-Gray of Altis Partners – 1of2

Our next guest left a well known trading firm in London to start a quantitative trading firm with 3 other partners. There’s a lot to be learned from her insights on starting a business, building a culture, and making it through the obstacles along the way. Listen in for our discussions on the startup phase and the current trading model.

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

  • How Natasha and her founding partners all worked at the same firm before breaking out on their own.
  • About her childhood growing up as an only child and what got her interested in finance.
  • How she got her first job in finance.
  • When she got hired by QCM.
  • How she met her founding partners.
  • How and why Natasha and her founding partners broke off from QCM.
  • How she set up her new firm with her partners.
  • How they each had a different area of the business that they focused on.
  • The big obstacles of the early days and knowing which people to talk to.
  • What the biggest learning curve was in terms of hiring the right people.
  • Why they built a 24-month buffer for their business that would let them stay in business if things went down.
  • Why the’ve gone to the cloud for their business.
  • The details of their core team.
  • What would require them to expand the team.
  • How Natasha explains their track record to investors and potential client.
  • About how they reacted to the period of 2011-2013.
  • The details of their trading program and what their philosophy is behind the program.

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Resources & Links Mentioned in this Episode:

  • Learn more about the film Trading Places, that inspired Natasha to pursue futures trading.

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