Meet your Quantitative Brokers
We create a dynamic, collaborative environment that breeds financial and technological innovation. We encourage you to reach out to us if you have any questions about our strategies or research – whether you are just curious or looking to have a thoughtful discussion or debate, we want to hear from you.
Robert Almgren & Christian Hauff,
cofounders
Robert oversees the firm’s quantitative research, analysis of best execution algorithms, and transactional cost measurement. Before founding Quantitative Brokers in 2008, Robert was Head of Quantitative Strategies in the Electronic Trading Services group of Banc of America Securities. He is currently a Fellow in the Mathematics in Finance Program at New York University. Robert has an extensive research record in applied mathematics, including several papers on optimal securities trading, transaction cost measurement, and portfolio formation.
Christian oversees the firm’s product and business development. Prior to founding QB in 2008, Christian spent three years at Banc of America Securities as Head of Electronic Equity Derivatives and Head of E-Sales for Global Rates Currencies & Commodities. While abroad from his Australian homeland in 1999, Christian joined Barclays Capital’s IT Graduate Program in London. He spent the following year in Chicago working on electronic order entry with the firm’s Eurodollar and Treasury floor-brokers…and his fascination with futures and electronic brokerage was born. From 2001-2005, Christian worked in E-Commerce helping the firm design and launch electronic offerings in futures, fixed income, FX and commodities.
Sales and Client Relationship Management
Development of algorithmic strategies
FIX Implementation and order placement analysis
Data management and analytics research