Aquatic is a quantitative investment firm that manages systematic investment strategies built on a high-performance research and development platform and disciplined risk management. The firm's technical work spans quantitative finance, scientific research and technological innovation, applied to trading in global financial markets. Its team is small and composed of researchers and engineers, and the firm commits its own capital alongside that of its partners.
The company operates from three offices, in Chicago, New York and London. Founder Jonathan Graham spent more than 13 years leading Citadel's Global Quantitative Strategies business.
Engineering and research hires work within a flat structure where every voice counts. The firm describes its culture as a relaxed environment optimised for collaboration, creativity and performance, rooted in collaboration, meritocracy, ambition and steady determination, and it recruits people from diverse backgrounds.
