ABC Quant has launched Quant Suite Barclay Edition

BarclayHedge is powering the new platform through access to its broad range of hedge fund, fund of fund and managed futures (CTA) databases. Barclay databases offer the industry’s most comprehensive quantitative and qualitative information for more than 5,800 alternative investment vehicles across all strategies and asset classes. Quant Suite Barclay Edition provides automatic data updating twice a month

Quant Suite Barclay Edition offers a broad choice of analytical solutions for investment professionals, including:

• Risk-return valuation across hundreds of advanced metrics including higher moments;
• Portfolio construction and simulation tools;
• Tools for manager valuation during different market trends encompassing thousands of economic factors;
• Non-linear portfolio optimization;
• Multi-factor return-based style analysis;
• Peer group comparison analysis;
• Tools for constructing custom evaluation metrics;
• Flexible screening filters and subset creation tools.

“Data quality is a critically important issue when determining the valuation of alternative instruments.  There are numerous data discrepancy and consistency challenges related to the fundamental characteristics of hedge funds; notably their non-transparent and unregulated nature,” said Andrew Grauberg, CEO and president of ABC Quant LLC. “BarclayHedge databases are among the most sophisticated and trusted data sources available in the alternative investment industry.  We’re pleased to launch a new product that helps investors to construct robust investment portfolios fully utilizing the quality and reliability of Barclay’s data and research.”