Squarepoint Capital

Squarepoint Capital is a privately held global quantitative investment management firm founded in 2000 and independent since December 2014. It applies a systematic, diversified approach to investing, using proprietary technology to link research and trading and to act on opportunities quickly. The firm traces its origins to Lehman Brothers in Tokyo and operates in 17 cities worldwide.

The firm's quantitative investment platform runs on highly custom, nimble and forward-looking software designed to integrate research and trading seamlessly. It executes millions of trades a day and supports complex simulations and modelling produced at scale by the investment team. Technical work spans quantitative research, trading technology and software engineering, and trading operations.

Squarepoint is led by its four original founding partners, who remain active in the firm. Collaboration across teams is central to how investment ideas are shared, alongside a stated culture of ownership and accountability. Deep expertise sits across quantitative investment management, technology and trading operations, with technology treated as the firm's enabler.