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2022

• Marktkommentar Juni 2022 - Im Fokus: Aktienrisiko & Volatile Märkte

  quantumrock gibt einen aktuellen Ausblick auf die Marktsituation im Juni 2022 mit Fokus auf das Aktienrisiko & volatile Märkte.

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• Market Commentary June 2022 - In Focus: Equity Risk & Volatile Markets

  quantumrock shares its latest perspective on the market situation as of June 2022 with focus on equity risk & volatile markets.

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• Upcoming roadshow Germany tour with quantumrock

  Prepare for the June / July quantumrock´s roadshow in Germany!

  Send an email to info@quantumrock.ai to register your seat.

  Looking forward to meeting you there.

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• quantumrock named top outperformer by PLEXUS Investments in March for AI "VSOP" strategy

  PLEXUS Investments has named quantumrock its top outperformer in March, after the AI tech company’s Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP) achieved the highest outperformance of any strategy listed in the AI Outperformance Index at 6% over its benchmark. This follows a very strong February performance for the AI and machine learning asset management company, which saw it exceed its benchmark by an already impressive 3.7%. 

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• Timothy Lloyd, quantumrock´s Chief Business Development Officer, is coming to Singapore

  Timothy Lloyd, quantumrock´s Chief Business Development Officer, will be in Singapore from the 20th to the 24th of June.

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• Plexus conference with quantumrock: full presentation by Stefan Tittel

  quantumrock´s CEO, Stefan Tittel, talked about The Industrialization of Alpha Generation at Plexus Investment's digital conference on Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Sector on May 9, 2022.

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• quantumrock’s AI-based strategy outperforms competition in March despite turbulent Q1 market conditions

  Despite turbulent Q1 market conditions, AI asset tech company quantumrock’s AI-based strategy outperformed both markets and competitors in March of this year, with the company’s Volatility Special Opportunity Program (VSOP) contributing to a gross monthly performance of +5.36%.

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• Marktkommentar Mai 2022 Im Fokus Zinsänderungsrisiko

  quantumrock gibt einen aktuellen Ausblick auf die Marktsituation im Mai 2022 mit Fokus auf das Zinsänderungsrisiko.

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• Market Commentary May 2022 - In Focus: Interest rate risk

  quantumrock shares its latest perspective on the market situation as of May 2022 with focus on interest rate risks.

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• AI Asset Tech Company, quantumrock, partners with Monaco’s Jukoï Capital, expanding global distribution of AI/ML investment products

  AI-driven investment and asset technology company, quantumrock, announces today its partnership with Monaco-based investment management group, Jukoï Capital, for the distribution of quantumrock’s unique AI/ML financial solutions.

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• We are happy to announce we are now officially on Twitter and Instagram

  Follow our pages for the latest update on quantumrock news!

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• PLEXUS digital AI conference „Artificial intelligence in the financial sector” on 9 May 2022

  quantumrock´s CEO, Stefan Tittel, talks about The Industrialization of Alpha Generation at Plexus Investment's next digital conference on Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Sector on May 9, 2022 at 4:40pm CET.

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• quantumrock welcomes former Deutsche Bank and UniCredit Group executives Andreas Wölfer and Bernhard Brand to its Senior Executive Council

  AI asset tech company, quantumrock, is further expanding its Senior Executive Council (SEC) with the additions of Bernhard Brand, former CEO of Hinduja Bank Middle East and senior executive at Deutsche Bank, and Andreas Wölfer, former Senior Executive Vice President at UniCredit Group, Milan. Bringing their combined expertise in corporate, commercial, and private banking, as well as business governance and asset management, Brand and Wölfer join the SEC’s board of internationally renowned former top banking and technology executives to support and advise quantumrock’s deep tech and capital market experts in leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies to develop better risk-adjusted returns.

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• AI Asset Tech Company, quantumrock, Launches Global Roadshow For Machine Learning Solution To Industry Pain Points - April 11, 2022

  AI-driven investment and asset technology company, quantumrock, is embarking upon a global roadshow throughout April and May to promote the competitive advantages of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) in generating sustainable risk-adjusted returns for investment managers and asset holders worldwide. The roadshow aims to meet with existing clients and interested investors in financial hubs across Europe, the United Arab Emirates and Asia.

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• HFM: quantumrock teams with Singapore MFO for vol launch - March 24, 2022

  quantumrock, a German volatility-focused quantitative hedge fund, has partnered with a Singapore-based multi-family office to launch a new hedge fund in a bid to expand outside Europe.

  In the coming months, the Munich-based asset manager is planning international expansion through other partnerships in varying geographies. quantumrock is currently in talks with multi-family offices and asset managers in Dubai, Monaco and the US.

  These new hedge fund products will run quantumrock’s flagship strategy, the Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP), and use the partnered firms’ operational capabilities.

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• Fundview: Eigene Strategie und Strategie-Erweiterung für Externe: Münchner Boutique will ineffizienzen mit KI und ML nutzen - March 24, 2022

  Diskretionäres Fondsmanagement wird auch in Zukunft bestehen bleiben, wenn ein Mehrwert wie Alpha erzielt wird, aber Quant-Modelle werden durch die Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und das Machine Learning (ML) verändert. Das sei ein schleichender Prozess und die Symbiose zwischen Menschen und Maschinen werde immer wichtiger. Deswegen hat Stefan Tittel bereits im Jahr 2012 das Technologie-Unternehmen quantumrock gegründet und 2016 das erste Produkt gestartet.

  Tittel sagt im Gespräch mit Fundview: „Wir sind ein Technologie-Unternehmen, das seinen Wettbewerbsvorteil im Einsatz von Technologien wie Künstlicher Intelligenz und Machine Learning sieht. Wir erforschen, entwickeln und wenden maschinelles Lernen und KI an, um die Leistung zu steigern und das Risiko in hochvolatilen Umgebungen zu senken. Durch die Wissenschaft wollen wir eine bessere Vermögensverwaltung anbieten.“

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• Hedge Fund Alert: quantumrock Shop Poised for Significant Growth - January 5, 2022

  (...) For instance, quantumrock is finalizing a deal with an undisclosed bank in Singapore to use quantumrock technology for its own customers. The Singapore bank would mark the third such client for quantumrock. In this case, the bank asked quantumrock to customize its VSOP program to protect its customers from risks less severe than tail risks. quantumrock developed four new strategies for the bank.

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2021

• Private Banking Magazine: KI im Asset Management – Die Maschine kann nicht ohne Mensch und andersherum - December 7, 2021

  (...) Stefan Tittel bleibt lieber bei klassischen Kapitalmarktdaten. Der Geschäftsführer und Gründer von Quantumrock beschäftigt sich bereits seit 2013 mit KI im Asset Management. Für ihn gehören Quant und KI zusammen: „Wir sind durch unsere Künstliche Intelligenz in der Lage, am Ende des Prozesses ein ausführbares Quant-Modell aus der KI-Plattform fallen zu lassen.“ So würde die Technologie laufend in einem von Kapitalmarktexperten abgestecktem Terrain nach Ineffizienzen fahnden und Strategien entwickeln, mit denen sich dann ein Alpha generieren lässt. Weil die Märkte allerdings ständig in Bewegung sind, brauche es eine Künstliche Intelligenz – und nicht nur einen statischen, systematischen Ansatz. Belastbare Studien zu Renditevorteilen gibt es quasi nicht, eher taugt das Scheitern vieler statischer Modelle durch verschwindene Kapitalmarktineffizienzen als Vorteilsnachweis.

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• Citywire: Münchner KI-Boutique erweitert ihr Beratungsgremium - November 23, 2021

  Die Münchner Investment-Boutique Quantumrock erweitert ihr Senior Executive Council (SEC) um fünf neue Mitglieder. Das Gremium wurde im April ins Leben gerufen. Der Council hat vor allem beratende Funktion, wie Stefan Tittel, CEO von Quantumrock, im exklusiven Interview mit Citywire Deutschland im Juni ausführte.

  Die aktuelle Erweiterung des Councils sei ein weiterer Schritt zur Internationalisierung des Angebots von Quantumrock, so Tittel: „Gerade aus Asien und den USA besteht zunehmende Nachfrage nach unseren Strategien zum progressiven Kapitalerhalt. Es ist für uns daher eine logische Konsequenz, unser Netzwerk in diesen Regionen zu verstärken und auszubauen.“

  Zum 1. November wurde das Council um diese fünf Mitglieder erweitert:

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• Citywire: Exklusiv: Münchner KI-Boutique will in die USA expandieren und sucht Mitarbeiter - June 22, 2021

  Stefan Tittel, CEO der Münchner Investment-Boutique Quantumrock, die mithilfe von künstlicher Intelligenz Hedgefonds entwickelt, erklärt im Interview, wie sein Unternehmen international expandieren will und was er mit dem hochkarätig besetzen und im April erweiterten Senior Executive Council vorhat.

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• Handelsblatt: Bis zu 45 Prozent Ertrag: Algorithmen punkten mit Renditen - June 16, 2021

  Frankfurt Vor zwei Jahrhunderten ersann E.T.A. Hoffmann einen Maschinenmenschen. Der Schriftsteller gilt als gedanklicher Urvater des Roboters. Heute hat Künstliche Intelligenz auch in der Finanzwelt Fuß gefasst. Von Algorithmen gesteuerte Anlagestrategien bilden zwar immer noch eine Nische.

  Aber eine Handelsblatt-Analyse solcher Ansätze zeigt: Die meisten dieser Konzepte erzielten in den vergangenen zwölf Monaten zweistellige prozentuale Renditen. Der Indexfonds „Xtrackers AI & Big Data Ucits ETF“ der DWS führt die Rangliste mit 45 Prozent Ertrag an. Zum Vergleich: Der Weltaktienindex schaffte 29 Prozent.

  Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz, meist abgekürzt mit KI, werden immer ausgefeilter. Datenmengen und Datenquellen sind in den vergangenen Jahren enorm gewachsen. Ein Mensch kann das nicht mehr verarbeiten.

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• Best Execution: The best of both worlds. AI and machine learning are gaining traction, but the human element should not be underestimated. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports. - June 7, 2021

  Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have generated a great deal of buzz over the past few years and market participants have held their collective breath waiting for their potential to be filled. It was never going to be an overnight revolution, but the pandemic has lit a fire under institutions who were reluctant to take the plunge. Compressed margins and intense competition are forcing them to look to technologies that not only create greater efficiencies but also sharpen their edges.

  “It is always difficult to drive change, but AI is one of today’s hottest subjects since it has transformed most industries in recent years, including the asset management industry,” says Stefan Tittel, CEO of Quantumrock, “The pandemic made people realise that they needed to do something now. As with many things, these trends were already happening, but the pandemic was an accelerator.”

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• AI Magazine: How Are AI and ML Shaking up the Asset Management Industry? - May 16, 2021

  Stefan Tittel, CEO of Quantumrock, talks AI Magazine through the one clear advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic ─ advanced technology implementation

  Crises, when they occur, have one very clear advantage: they force us to think and accelerate new processes. In 2020, we sat and observed the COVID-19 crisis cause widespread concern and economic hardship for consumers, businesses and communities across the globe. The asset management industry has also taken a step back to re-evaluate the way that it functions.

  Advanced technology has begun to change as AI and machine learning takes an ever-greater portion of the asset management industry. It is invading further and further into the wider strategy domain, which was once the exclusive territory of human analysts.

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• Institutional Money: VSOP von Quantumrock funktioniert: KI beweist sich im Asset Management - May 11, 2021

  Nach fünf Jahren zieht Quantumrock für sein Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP) eine positive Bilanz. Die mit Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) und maschinellem Lernen entwickelte Strategie erfüllt ihre Ziele und performt seit Auflage im Juli 2016 über alle Marktphasen im oder über Plan.

  Die stabile Performance der VSOP-Strategie von Quantumrock belegt, dass der Einsatz von KI im Asset Management zwar aufwendig, aber möglich ist. Die Monatswerte der Strategie vor Kosten (Brutto-Werte) zeigt die folgende Grafik.

  Vorzeigbarer Track Record
  VSOP wurde im Juli 2016 als Quantumrocks erstes eigenes Investmentprodukt auf den Markt gebracht, allerdings noch nicht als Fondsprodukt. Die Brutto-Wertentwicklung der Strategie seit Auflegung liegt bei 101,41 Prozent, die durchschnittliche Gesamtrendite pro Jahr beträgt 15,61 Prozent.

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• Opalesque: Quantumrock: where AI pays - April 28, 2021

  We have been reporting since the beginning of the pandemic on an artificial intelligence program called VSOP, which runs an equity tail hedge strategy. And for good reasons; it finished 2020 up more than 30%, and it is still on a roll with a Q1-2021 performance of +2.77%.

  VSOP is managed by Quantumrock, a German hedge fund manager.

  "We are convinced that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a key driver of exceptional performance in asset management," Quantumrock's Nadine Korehnke tells Opalesque. "Already today, we can attribute a significant part of our positive performance to AI technologies. 

  "Artificial intelligence has disrupted most industries in recent years and the asset management industry will be no exception. In the process of developing new strategies, AI can deliver better return and risk characteristics by its ability to process large amounts of data and by understanding complex and multidimensional patterns."

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• Private Banking Magazin: Ehemaliger Deutsche-Oppenheim-Vorstand zieht in Beirat ein - April 28, 2021

  Jörn Matthias Häuser übernimmt Beiratsposten beim Asset Manager Quantumrock. Der frühere Vorstand der Deutsche Oppenheim Family Office zieht zusammen mit dem langjährigen AGI-Risikochef ins vierköpfige Beratungsgremium ein. 

  Quantumrock erweitert Beirat: Die Branchenexperten Wolfram Peters und Jörn Matthias Häuser ergänzen ab sofort das Beratungsgremium. Der Münchner Investmentmanager hatte bei der Neugründung des Beirats im März 2021 mit Daniel Kalczynski und Thorsten Weinelt bereits zwei namhafte Mitglieder aus dem deutschen Wealth Management präsentiert. Die nun vier Beiratsmitglieder sollen Quantumrock mit ihrer Branchenerfahrung vor allem beim internationalen Wachstum unterstützen.

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• Citywire: Münchner KI-Boutique holt Ex-AGI-Risikochef in den Beirat - April 28, 2021

  Die Münchner KI- und Hedgefonds-Boutique Quantumrock erweitert seinen Senior Executive Council: Wolfram Peters und Jörn Matthias Häuser gehören ab sofort dem Gremium an.

  Peters war zuletzt als Global Chief Risk Officer und Mitglied der Geschäftsführung bei Allianz Global Investors. Häuser arbeitete zuvor als COO beim Deutsche Oppenheim Family Office.

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• Hedgeweek: AI hedge fund Quantumrock’s flagship volatility strategy off to a winning start in Q1 - April 14, 2021

  German volatility-focused quantitative hedge fund manager Quantumrock’s flagship strategy has finished the first quarter up 2.77 per cent after successfully trading on the spike in volatility earlier in the year.

  The Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP) – a systematic equity tail hedge strategy which trades a range of positions focused on equities and treasuries index volatility – generated a 1.79 per cent gain during the late February rise in volatility. Autocorrelation strategies on the S&P 500 and US treasuries added a further 0.98 per cent.

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• Opalesque: Quantumrock's flagship strategy closes the first quarter with +2.77 % - April 14, 2021

  Opalesque Industry Update - Quantumrock, the AI driven investment manager, announced that its absolute return strategy, Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP), has closed the first quarter of 2021 up 2.77%.

  The volatility strategies contributed with +1.79%, profiting mostly from the volatility spike in late February. Autocorrelation strategies on the S&P 500 and US Treasuries contributed with +0.98%.

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• Citywire: Münchner KI-Hedgefonds gründet Beirat mit Daniel Kalczynski und Thorsten Weinelt - March 30, 2021

  Der eine war früher Co-CEO des Wealth Managements der Deutschen Bank in Deutschland. Der andere ist ehemaliger Senior Vice President und Head of Wealth Management Germany der UniCredit Bank

  Der KI-Hedgefonds und Vermögensverwalter Quantumrock aus Grünwald bei München hat einen Senior Executive Council gegründet. Die ersten Mitglieder des neuen Beirats sind Daniel Kalczynski und Thorsten Weinelt. Die beiden arbeiten seit langem in der deutschen Wealth-Management-Branche. Weitere Mitglieder sollen folgen, so das Unternehmen.

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• Private Banking Magazin: Daniel Kalczynski und Thorsten Weinelt bekleiden Beiratsposten - March 30, 2021

  Quantumrock, ein Münchner KI-Investmentmanager, hat einen Beirat ins Leben gerufen. Die ersten beiden Mitglieder sind mit Daniel Kalczynski und Thorsten Weinelt zwei bekannte Gesichter des deutschsprachigen Wealth Managements.

  Quantumrock gründet Beirat. Erste Mitglieder im neuen Gremium des Münchner KI-Investmentmanagers sind Daniel Kalczynski und Thorsten Weinelt, zwei bekannte Gesichter im deutschen Wealth Management. Der Beirat soll die Unternehmensführung von Quantumrock schwerpunktmäßig in Wachstumsfragen beraten. Dazu zählt etwa, bei der Professionalisierung der Prozesse zu helfen und die KI- wie Machine-Learning-Strategien des Unternehmens international zu verbreiten.

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• Hedgeweek: AI-driven hedge fund Quantumrock sees positive performance in February 2021 - March 8, 2021

  Despite difficult market conditions, Quantumrock’s flagship strategy, Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP), has closed February with +0.49 per cent.

  At the end of February, the 10-year Treasury yield surged above 1.5 per cent, exceeding the estimated dividend yield on the S&P 500 Index, which stood at about 1.43 per cent. The S&P 500 Index lost 2.5 per cent on one of its worst days so far in 2021 and caused a jump of more than 13 per cent in the VIX Index. One of our tail hedge strategies, "Equity Protect VIX", which monitors spikes in the VIX index, was able to catch this surge, hedging the portfolio's long equity and bond exposure highly effectively.

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• Private Banking Magazin: Ehemaliger Investmentchef von Merck Finck geht zu Quantumrock - February 18, 2021

  Der Investmentmanager Quantumrock holt Thomas Kemming an Bord. Der frühere Investmentchef von Merck Finck soll Mandate mit großen Family Offices und institutionellen Kunden an Land ziehen.

  Thomas Kemming leitet ab sofort das institutionelle Kundengeschäft beim Investmentmanager Quantumrock. Seine Aufgabe besteht darin, die Kundenbeziehungen in Deutschland und Europa auszubauen. Konkret soll Kemming für Quantumrock Mandate mit großen Family Offices und institutionellen Kunden gewinnen und betreuen. Gelingen soll ihm das mit einer neuen Art der Vermögensverwaltung: Für Anleger mit großen Investitionsvolumen bietet Quantumrock Managementleistungen mithilfe Künstlicher Intelligenz und maschinellem Lernen, beschreibt Kemming das Angebot seines neuen Arbeitgebers.

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• Institutional Money: Neuer Head of Institutional Client Relations bei Quantumrock - February 18, 2021

  Thomas Kemming übernimmt ab sofort die Rolle des Head of Institutional Client Relations beim Investmentmanager Quantumrock. Kemming bringt mehr als 26 Jahre Erfahrung in der Vermögensverwaltung mit. In dieser Zeit war er unter anderem als CIO und als Bereichsleiter Professionelle Kunden bei der Privatbank Merck Finck tätig.

  Beim KI-Hegdefonds Quantumrock wird Kemming Mandate große Family Offices und institutionelle Kunden gewinnen und betreuen. „Quantumrock verfolgt eine neue Art der Vermögensverwaltung. Mithilfe von künstlicher Intelligenz und maschinellem Lernen bieten wir Lösungen für Anleger mit großen Investitionsvolumen“, beschreibt Thomas Kemming die Merkmale seines neuen Arbeitgebers. „Zusammen mit meinem Team werde ich unsere Kundenbeziehungen in Deutschland und Europa ausbauen.“

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• Hedgeweek: Former Merck Finck CIO joins AI-driven hedge fund Quantumrock - February 18, 2021

  Quantumrock, an AI-driven investment manager based in Munich, has appointed Thomas Kemming as its Head of Institutional Client Relations.

  Kemming has over 26 years of experience working in the asset management industry. He has held various positions ranging from securities specialist, to derivatives trader, and more recently as a portfolio manager and chief investment officer.

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• Citywire: Ex-Merck-Finck CIO geht zu KI-Hedgefonds - February 18, 2021

  Thomas Kemming wird Head of Institutional Client Relations bei Quantumrock, einem KI-Hedgefonds in Grünwald in der Nähe von München. Kemming war zuvor unter anderem als Chief Investment Officer und als Bereichsleiter Professionelle Kunden bei der Münchner Privatbank Merck Finck tätig.

  Bei Quantumrock wird Kemming Mandate von großen Family Offices und institutionellen Kunden betreuen und Kundenbeziehungen in Deutschland und ganz Europa auf- und ausbauen. „Mithilfe von künstlicher Intelligenz und maschinellem Lernen bieten wir Lösungen für Anleger mit großen Investitionsvolumen“, so Kemming über seinen neuen Arbeitgeber.

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• Hedgeweek: Quantumrock VSOP up 30.93 per cent in 2020, down 0.2 per cent in January - February 12, 2021

  While closing 2020 up 30.93 per cent, Quantumrock’s flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP) fell by 0.2 per cent in January.

  Michael Zeller, CIO, says: “The market experienced a bumpy road in January. While the S&P500 rallied over 2 per cent in the first half of January, it tumbled -3.3 per cent during the last week of the month amid a short-squeeze on short-sellers and mixed technology earnings.

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• Daily Finance: These are the Top Asset Management Companies in Europe (2021) - January 21, 2020

  This article showcases our top picks for the best Europe based Asset Management companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Asset Management industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

  We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

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• Alternatives Watch: AI fund manager predicts greater volatility, investment opportunity - January 20, 2021

  Stefan Tittel, CEO of AI-driven investment firm Quantumrock, said that AI and machine learning will have a great impact on returns this coming year.

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• Fintech Finance: AI fund announces record year in 2020 as VSOP is up by 30.93%, and CEO shares predictions for 2021 - January 19, 2021

  Quantumrock, the AI driven investment manager, is pleased to announce its best year of performance since 2016 for its flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP), having closed the year by +30.93%.

  After November’s momentum change, stocks continued their rally in December due to the Covid-19 vaccine releases and reliefs, and the US Congress making progress on the new fiscal stimulus bill. The S&P 500 closed the month of December up 3.2%, while Treasuries remained flat.

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• Hedgeweek: Quantumrock's VSOP up 30.93 per cent in 2020 - January 18, 2021

  AI-driven investment manager Quantumrock's flagship strategy, the Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP), closed 2020 up 30.93 per cent, its best year of performance since 2016.

  After November’s momentum change, stocks continued their rally in December due to the Covid-19 vaccine releases and reliefs, and the US Congress making progress on the new fiscal stimulus bill. The S&P 500 closed the month of December up 3.2 per cent, while Treasuries remained flat.

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• Daily Finance: These are the Top Fintech (Financial Technology) Companies in Germany (2021) - January 13, 2020

  This article showcases our top picks for the best Germany based Fintech (Financial Technology) companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Fintech (Financial Technology) industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

  We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

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• LSE Business Review: Artificial intelligence in Europe: do not miss the boat again - January 8, 2021

  Traditionally, Europe has been more focused on small and medium enterprises and manufacturing, so it’s time for the development of AI to tap into this established structure. One may find it surprising to learn that there is no shortage of AI innovators in Europe, many with compelling use cases. In our view, the most promising AI start-ups (funded within 10 years, and with less than $50m of funds raised) with the potential to drive economic growth in Europe can be placed into five categories:

  Fintech. While identity checks and everyday banking have been obvious beneficiaries of AI, it has also been widely adapted for the purpose of customer communications and complex services, such as risk analysis, investing, and insurance claim assessments. Promising innovators: Yapily, DreamQuark, Coya, Candis, Quantumrock.

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• AI Magazine: How AI and ML are shaking up the asset management industry - January 3, 2021

  The use of AI can industrialise the invention process of trading models, and in doing so, outsmart the human mind

  Crises, when they occur, have one very clear advantage: they force us to think and accelerate new processes. In 2020, we have so far seen the COVID-19 crisis cause widespread concern and economic hardship for consumers, businesses and communities across the globe. The asset management industry has also taken a step back to re-evaluate the way that it functions. 

  Advanced technology has begun to change as AI and machine learning takes an ever-greater portion of the asset management industry. It is invading further and further into the wider strategy domain, which was once the exclusive territory of human analysts.

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2020

• Alternatives Watch: AI-driven Quantumrock still up over 30% in 2020 - December 11, 2020

  Artificial intelligence coupled with unique market conditions seems to be a recipe for strong investment gains for one niche hedge fund strategy that is still on track for its best annual performance.

  After citing performance of 37% for the year to date through August, Munich-based hedge fund firm Quantumrock seemed poised for strong double-digit performance through the end of the year via its artificial intelligence driven strategy.

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• Startup Info: Quantumrock’s Stefan Tittel Tells Us About One Man’s Quest to Reshape the Asset Management Industry Using AI - December 9, 2020

  How does Quantumrock innovate?

  
  Stefan Tittel: By its very nature, working with AI and ML means continuous innovation as you’re always researching, learning new methods, making new predictions, etc., so that is one way we innovate. Another way we’ve embedded innovation in the organization is through the culture we’ve cultivated. We’re open-minded, creative, and adventurous, and we work without hierarchies where the only constant changes. From finance and trading professionals to research scientists, our team is composed of individuals from a variety of backgrounds to encourage diversity of thought and new ways of thinking.

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• Hedgeweek: AI-driven hedge fund Quantumrock up by 4.15 per cent in November - December 9, 2020

  Quantumrock, an AI-driven investment manager, has announced strong performance for its flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP). Closing the month by +4.15 per cent, VSOP heads into the month up +30.66 per cent for the year.

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• The Fintech Times: Artificial Intelligence at Work - November 7, 2020

  AI can also be used to improve trading by industrialising the invention process of trading models (Quantumrock), to mitigate risk and financial crime (Feedzai and LexisNexis Risk Solutions), and to improve management of workflows and insights (ThoughtSpot).

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• Reuters Insider: How Quantumrock has “industrialized” the development of trading models through AI and achieved material outperformance - November 2, 2020

  According to Quantumrock's CEO Stefan Tittel, his firm is an AI-driven tech company in asset management rather than an asset management company applying “a bit” of technology. He quickly adds that this is “not a subtle but a major difference.”

  Founded in 2012, Quantumrock's aim was to develop a systematic scientific investment process to generate sustainable risk-adjusted returns for their proprietary trading activities. Their flagship strategy VSOP (Volatility Special Opportunities Program) has now a four-year track record with an 18% annualized return and achieved a significant outperformance: the COVID crisis of 2020 has been playing to Quantumrock's strengths with VSOP performing in both crash and recovery environments.

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• Opalesque: How Quantumrock has “industrialized” the development of trading models through AI and achieved material outperformance - October 27, 2020

  According to Quantumrock's CEO Stefan Tittel, his firm is an AI-driven tech company in asset management rather than an asset management company applying “a bit” of technology. He quickly adds that this is “not a subtle but a major difference.”

   

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• Hedgeweek: Quantumrock's AI-driven strategy fund up by 1.83 per cent in August - September 3, 2020

  Up +39.53 per cent year to date and by +1.83 per cent for the month. Quantumrock, the Munich-based AI investment technology firm, has reported another month of strong performance for its flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP), which gained 1.83 per cent In August and is now up 39.53 per cent YTD.

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• Financial Times: Turbulent markets upend volatility hedge funds - August 26, 2020

  Not all funds trading volatility have suffered. Gammon made a gross return of 600 per cent this year with more active trading of volatility, while Munich-based Quantumrock has gained 37 per cent in its Volatility Special Opportunities Program.

  Since the shock of mid-March, the Vix has declined and markets have become more subdued, helping remaining funds to claw back returns. Funds have been able to sell put options at higher than normal prices but often without having to pay out on them.

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• Alternatives Watch: AI-fueled gains of 37% propel German hedge fund strategy - August 18, 2020

  Munich-based Quantumrock announced that its flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP) is on track for its best returns in its four- year history, with gains of 37% for the year-to-date through July.

  Earlier this year, the $50 million VSOP strategy took in $500 million of institutional capital as returns of the systematic multi-strategy portfolio attracted attention with its artificial intelligence-sourced investments. A UCITS fund based on the strategy is expected to launch in September.

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• Hedgeweek: Quantumrock's AI driven strategy up 0.63 per cent for July - August 18, 2020

  Quantumrock, the Munich-based AI investment technology firm, has announced its fifth month of strong performance for its flagship strategy Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP).

  Up 37.02 per cent for the year, and by 0.63 per cent for the month, VSOP has continued to prove that it can deliver encouraging results when markets are relatively calm, as well as during times of volatility. This month, the balanced component moved with the market and contributed +2.42 per cent.

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• Information Age: Survival of the fittest: why asset managers need to embrace AI disruption - August 3, 2020

  AI will continue to accelerate and reshape the asset management industry. Asset managers need to embrace AI disruption.

  “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.... it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before.” So said former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel in an interview with the Wall Street Journal during the global financial crisis. For asset management firms, these words are very relevant today.

  $80 trillion is currently invested by human strategies in the asset management industry. Despite recognising the critical role that technology will play in the evolution of the industry, unlike technology professionals, too few asset managers have invested in innovation to build-in resilience and stay ahead of emerging trends that are in full force today.

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• Hedgeweek: German AI quant hedge fund Quantumrock claims “incredible results” amid stock market wobble - July 7, 2020

  Quantumrock, the German volatility-focused quantitative hedge fund manager, has seen returns soar in the first half of the year, with its flagship fund generating more than 36 per cent in the first half of 2020 following an eye-catching June gain of almost 10 per cent.

  The Munich-based firm’s Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP), which uses an equity futures-and-treasuries model built around AI trading throughout the market cycle, advanced 9.87 per cent last month, to bring its year-to-date showing to 36.16 per cent.

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• Bloomberg: AI Hedge Fund Gets Closer to Big League With $500 Million Inflow - June 24, 2020

  An obscure German hedge fund is closer to entering the big league after notching a 34% gain this year with a machine-learning program primed for need-for-speed markets. While many of its quant peers are struggling to exploit the AI promise, Quantumrock’s $50 million Volatility Special Opportunities Programme has just drawn an additional $500 million of institutional cash -- after averaging a roughly 16% annual return since its 2016 inception.

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• ZeroHedge: Hedge Fund Generates 34% Return Using Just AI And Machine-Learning - June 24, 2020

  Ever since the advent of active asset management, Wall Street has had two holy grails: finding a consistent source of Alpha (which these days simply means frontrunning the Fed), and finding a replacement to the most expensive cost-center in the asset management industry: analysts. And while many have tried and failed to replace (highly paid) humans, an obscure German hedge fund is appears to have struck gold after generating a 34% gain in 2020 using a machine-learning program targeting need-for-speed markets.

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• AlphaWeek: Quantumrock Pads 2020 Gains In May - June 8, 2020

  Munich-based AI investment technology firm Quantumrock ended May up +1.2% to pad 2020 gains to +22.98%.

  Commenting on the performance, Stefan Tittel, CEO, said: “Now more than ever, these consistently positive results throughout the current crisis are a clear testament to the strength of our AI systems and the extent to which they can assist our decision-making processes. Great opportunities are always there to be found throughout all points of the market cycle, and we continue to demonstrate that our business remains well-placed to source them for our clients.”

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• Hedgeweek: Man-Machine: German AI quant hedge fund Quantumrock surges in 2020 with volatility-based strategy - June 6, 2020

  Quantumrock, the German volatility-focused quantitative hedge fund manager, is on a roll this year, its flagship fund’s performance surging into double-digit territory with an equity futures-and-treasuries model built around AI trading throughout the market cycle.

  After generating a 1.2 per cent gain in May, the Munich-based firm’s Volatility Special Opportunities Program is now up almost 23 per cent for the year.

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• Hedgeweek: RISE Wealth Technologies rebrands as Quantumrock - June 4, 2020

  RISE Wealth Technologies, a Munich-based AI investment technology firm, has today unveiled a new name – Quantumrock – new logo and a new website as part of an extensive rebranding initiative. 

  With the move coming at a time of unprecedented change within the global financial markets, it has never been more important for firms to explore new and innovative ways to make bold decisions, allocating capital to capabilities and initiatives which offer potential for transformation and value creation.

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• AlphaWeek: RISE Wealth Technologies Rebrands To Quantumrock - June 4, 2020

  Munich-based AI investment technology >rm RISE Wealth Technologies has unveiled a new name, new logo and a new website as part of an extensive rebranding initiative. The business is now known as Quantumrock.

  Commenting on the news, Stefan Tittel, CEO said:

  “This rename and rebrand represents a signi>cant step in the company’s evolution. Not only are we rede>ning who we are, but also driving change and shaping the future of the asset management industry through the application of arti>cial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the asset management industry.”

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• Opalesque: The Corona Fighters Report 39: Asset managers who delivered in the downturn - June 3, 2020

  A leading AI strategy

  The Volatility Special Opportunities Program (VSOP) is up +21.5% as at April 30, 2020.

  VSOP uses a systematic multi-strategy approach in the S&P 500 index volatility market with a real-money track record dating back to July 2016. Its total performance since then is +78% - compared to +32% for the S&P500.

  The program consists of several proprietary algorithmic and fully automated sub-strategies, according to a document reviewed by Opalesque. Returns among the sub-strategies are low-correlated, internally diversifying the program. VSOP provides an effective intraday and short-term tail hedge, through situative long VIX exposure, while generating positive returns via its long equity bias during bullish market phases.

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