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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