Jean-Philippe Bouchaud

CFM is an active manager which invests through their funds in asset classes such as futures, equities and equity options. The firm specializes in quantitative and systematic approaches to financial markets and alternative asset management, and relies exclusively on statistical models for all trading and asset allocation decisions. CFM employs a diversified Alternative Beta program, a mix of simple, well-justified strategies, seeking to deliver persistent excess returns with scalable capacity, while exhibiting low correlation to traditional equity and fixed income benchmarks. Their in-house front-to-back office software utilizes straight through processing based on a statistical analysis of price fluctuations on futures, equity and option markets. In-house fundamental and applied research is performed by a team of physics and engineering specialists which supervises the implementation of automated trading strategies and risk control models for CFM's portfolios.