A cloud-based platform for backtesting investment models that allows professional investors to introduce cutting edge quantitative research and analytics to fund management. You do not need to be a highly skilled developer, or "Quant," to take advantage of advanced quantitative investment strategies and data science.
QA Point simplifies workflows, making it easy to construct, validate, and deploy multi-factor quantitative investment strategies – in a fraction of the time it takes using traditional quant tools.
With QA Point you can:
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QA Point offers complete flexibility. As a cloud-based application, you get up and running quickly and can access the solution regardless of location or device.
Broad and deep content
QA Point delivers a huge range of Refinitiv and third-party market data integrated into one global, standardized database with rigorous symbology mapping to remove the pain of data management.
You get industry leading content such as I/B/E/S, Worldscope, and StarMine value-added analytics and stock selection models. We also give you transparency into the underlying inputs so you can employ StarMine stock selection factors in your models with confidence.
Intuitive "point and click" interface
Simply point and click to build universes, run models, and backtest in seconds - not weeks.
No need to manage data
QA Point integrates and delivers a huge range of market data including pricing, indices, fundamentals, and estimates into a global, standardized database with a unified symbology. This gives you direct access to best-of-breed content without the pain of data management.
Collaboration
You can easily share models, universes, notebooks, and more with other members of research team. QA Point speeds the process of idea promotion and feedback within the research team.
Add a sophisticated quantitative overlay without the upfront costs and time required to hire a Quant or team of Quants.
Easily construct, validate, and deploy multi-factor investment strategies.
Allow firms to rapidly perform backtesting across a range of economic and market conditions, without heavy lifting.
An intuitive, powerful way to test different factor combinations in order to create new Smart Beta benchmarks.