Aspect Capital is a global systematic investment manager that builds and runs quantitative investment strategies using scientific research and proprietary technology. Founded in September 1997, the firm manages more than $9 billion in client assets through systematic investment solutions formulated and managed by research-led quantitative processes. Its headquarters are in London, with additional offices in the United States and China.
For technologists, the firm's engineering work spans financial data ingestion, data storage and transformation, risk analysis, backtesting and trading infrastructure, alongside investment strategy development. These systems are developed in-house: Aspect invests heavily in modern data, software and cloud computing capabilities and describes proprietary software development as central to how it formulates and manages strategies.
The firm describes its culture as both scientific and creative, combining continuous research and development with disciplined investigation into market behaviour. Its stated ambition is to bring scientific research and advanced technology into systematic investing, within a quantitative investing discipline it characterises as pioneering.
