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Quantitative Research Group (QRG) was founded in
New York in 2001. The principals are investment and technology professionals
with more than six decades of combined experience in providing solutions
to traditional investment management firms, hedge funds, bank trusts,
and public and private pension fund organizations. The firm’s
founder is former Managing Director of The DAIS Group, Inc., a quantitative
research group established in 1978 at the now defunct Drexel Burnham
and a subsidiary of Bridge Information Systems America, Inc., until
September 2001.
QRG was founded to fill the untapped demand for
tools that enrich institutional managers’ investment processes.
The firm's long-term objective is to be the leading provider of
comprehensive quantitative products and services that help clients
develop structured products to exploit market inefficiencies. QRG’s
products are built on a variety of top-tier financial databases
that are combined and organized into a single integrated source.
Using Web-based technology as our distribution medium, QRG offers
two categories of products to the investment community. At the basic
service level, we provide small firms a competitively priced package
of stock selection models.
The second category of products appeals primarily
to larger firms. These products include value-added analytical solutions
that enable sophisticated application of our models as components
in a multivariate framework as well as consulting services to build
customized multifactor models and strategies based on client specifications.
Our stock selection products and consulting services provide these
larger firms with a cost-effective way to advance their investment
research and product development objectives.
Mr. Jean
W. Thomas is President and CEO. He is primarily responsible
for business development, strategic relationships, and product direction.
As a founding member, he shares in the vision of making quantitative
analytics transparent for the investment community.
Before joining QRG, he was Managing Director of
Bridge Information Systems America, Inc. and Board Director of DAIS
Group Inc. He led DAIS, a quantitative investment research company,
to profitability while significantly increasing its product mix
and client retention rate. Mr. Thomas also served in various senior
and executive roles at Automatic Data Processing’s Brokerage
Information Services Group, Templeton Quantitative Advisors Inc.,
an asset management subsidiary of Franklin Templeton, and Drexel
Burnham Lambert. He started his career at Citibank N.A.’s Institutional
Banking Division.
Mr. Thomas’ academic training includes an MBA
from New York University’s Executive Program, an M.S. in Computer
Science from Pratt Institute, and a B.S. in Computer Science from
City College of New York.
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Mr. Michael Clement, PhD., is Assistant Professor
of Accounting at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining
the faculty, he served in various private sector roles, including
Vice President in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer at Citicorp
and Senior Assistant Accountant at Deloitte Haskins & Sells.
During his doctoral studies, Dr. Clement was an Associate in the
Investment Research department at Goldman Sachs.
He received a BBA in accounting from Baruch College,
an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago, and he later earned
a Ph.D. in accounting from Stanford University. Dr. Clement is a
member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Dr. Clement frequently lectures on topics such as
factors affecting earnings forecast accuracy of security analysts
and the capital market’s use of voluntary firm disclosures
for valuation. His work is published in the Review of Accounting
Studies and Journal of Accounting and Economics.
Mr. David Leinweber, PhD., is former CEO and Founder
of Codexa Corporation, a firm that built tools for professional
investors and traders. Prior to founding Codexa, Dr. Leinweber was
Managing Director and Partner of First Quadrant where he was responsible
for over $5 billion in global actively managed quantitative equity
portfolios. Before his tenure at First Quadrant, he served as Independent
Consultant on advanced financial information systems strategy and
design, Vice President of MJT Advisers, Chief Scientist and Co-founder
of Integrated Analytics Corp, and various senior roles at Inference
Corporation, at LISP Machines Inc., and RAND Corporation.
Dr. Leinweber has consulted, published, and lectured
widely on the use of advanced technology in finance. His papers
are included in the Chartered Financial Analyst readings on trading
and quantitative investing. His new book, "Markets and Technology:
Forbidden Secrets of Nerds on Wall Street" was published by
Wiley in 2000. He is a three-time winner in the Wall Street Journal's
"Pros vs. the Darts" contest.
Dr. Leinweber received S.B. degrees in Physics and
Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University.
Mr. Robert E. Butman, CFA, is President and CEO
of TQA Investors, L.L.C. His responsibilities include oversight
of all investment management and research activities at TQA Investors.
Prior to the spin off of TQA Investors from the Franklin Templeton
organization in 1996, he was President, Chief Executive Officer,
and Director of Templeton Quantitative Advisors ("TQA"),
a wholly owned subsidiary of Templeton Worldwide, Inc. In addition,
Mr. Butman was President of The DAIS Group, a TQA research division,
where he played an integral role in the development of its proprietary
technology for stock selection, risk modeling and portfolio engineering.
Prior to Templeton, he served in various senior
and executive roles at Drexel Burnham Lambert and Data Resources,
Inc. Mr. Butman started his career as a systems analyst with IBM.
Mr. Butman received a B.S. in Management Science
from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. in Finance from the
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds Series
3, 7, 24 and 63 registration and is a member of the Institute of
Chartered Financial Analysts and the New York Society of Security
Analysts.
Mr. Sam Natarajan, CFA, is Founder and CEO of Harvest
Technology Corporation. He has more than 20 years of experience
in providing technology solutions to the financial services industry.
He founded Harvest Technology to help meet the overwhelming demand
for Information Technology professionals who understand business
solutions and strategy.
Mr. Natarajan holds a BA in Computer Science from
Williams College, an MS in Computer Science from Stevens Institute
of Technology, and an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business
at New York University. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered
Financial Analysts
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