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Quotientu2122, Scientific Financial Systemsu2019 flagship product, provides an enterprise solution for investment managers that provides a data driven view of investment opportunities and strategies, along with more control and greater flexibility.
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Quotient™ Business Value March 2022 Proprietary and Confidential – Do not duplicate or distribute this document or any information herein without permission from Scientific Financial Systems, Inc. 1
Why Quotient™? • Quotient™ provides a revolutionary approach to institutional quantitative investment management. • As long-time investment industry professionals, we found existing solutions to be too restrictive. • Instead of being more efficient, firms spend too much time working around limitations and managing non-core support efforts. • Quotient™ delivers rapid development and seamless production of sophisticated quantitative investment models using novel Python tools. With Quotient™ we have invented a better way to harness technology, unleash creativity and build superior, differentiated investment strategies. 2
Key Business Benefits • • • • • • • • Productivity enhancement tool for financial analyst & portfolio managers Through, more robust research Rapid prototyping Scalability Seamless, low-intensity/low-cost production Collaborative Intuitive, extensible comprehensive financial analysis platform Institutionalization of effort • Consistency • Supportability • Mitigates single-person risk Better, differentiated investment strategies • More informed, broader perspective • Competitive advantage • Nimble • 3
Be More Efficient and More Effective • Simplified operations • Low support costs • Greater organizational efficiency • Better collaboration • Streamlined algorithms • Quick Turn-Around: Idea > Explore > Adopt > Deploy • Evaluate and adopt new data more quickly with less effort • Low data integration costs 4
Case Study Large firms often spend tens of millions of dollars on investment technology each year. The resultant projects are usually management by technology divisions outside of the investment businesses and can suffer from slow development cycles. This bifurcated approach creates organizational inefficiencies that hinder coordination. Large, corporate solutions can take years to build and often fail to keep pace with the latest techniques and technologies needed by the investment teams. These issues can restrict the effectiveness of investment process –sometimes inspiring. These issues can restrict the effectiveness of investment process – sometimes inspiring investment teams to pursue the development their own, customized locally-sourced solutions. • • • • • • 5
Build vs Buy: Quotient™ Saves Time and Money 6 * Representative build costs
Quotient™ Lowers Costs and Improves Focus Current State Investment Team Investment Team IT (Infrastructure) IT DBAs DBAs (Data Mgmt) Better Cost Structure Improved Team Focus ▪ ▪ Key: Circle Size = Allocation of Effort