Consider this project as a mini-business plan for which you can someday implement it with your fellow team members.This is a completely open-ended project in the true spirit of the term and students are encouraged to think independently on how best to set up a new business in this industry.
In this case, you and your team are setting up a new quantitative finance Hedge Fund firm. The name of your firm is Expert Touch Management (ETM). In at least 15 pages, Without introduction of ETM(not necessary), directly provide information (with quantitative analysis; graphs, charts, tables ) about structure and strategies of your hedge fund based on the sub headings below:
o Identify and assess the legal/regulatory issues associated with Quant trading/Quant Firms in the region/country of choice.
o Identify the target market, seek source of venture capital, determine systems to trade, detail the business plan, etc.
Scope of Research Project :
o Complete and clear description of market driver.
o Identifying market demand and opportunities.
o Perform a stringent competitive analysis to identify nearest competitors and entry hurdles.
o Delineate how the new firm would set itself apart from the crowd and lure seed investments.
o Identify the trading models to implement for that market in the context of existing laws and regulatory requirements.
o Explain how ethics would be embedded in the core values of the company.
o Detail the proposed structure of the venture (LLP/LLC/Company etc.), expected running costs, etc. o Devise ways of marketing the benefits of quantitative finance investing to Greenfield investors.
NB: You don’t need to reproduce lengthy notes, diagrams and intellectual quantitative analysis with brief explanation is what is expected . Coding is more than welcome
* Plagiarism is not accepted.