Quantitative model development and systematic investing

Build Repeatable Investment Processes That Scale

When your investment approach would benefit from systematic frameworks, having well-documented quantitative models creates consistency across decision cycles and team members.

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What This Service Delivers

Quantitative screening model development provides the systematic framework you need when investment decisions would benefit from rules-based consistency. Whether you're looking to generate ideas more efficiently, reduce subjective bias in initial screening, or create transparent processes that multiple team members can apply uniformly, documented quantitative models establish clear methodologies that scale beyond individual judgment.

You'll receive fully documented models covering methodology, factor selection rationale, backtesting results across multiple market conditions, and practical implementation guidance. The work translates quantitative approaches into formats your team can understand, validate, and apply within existing workflows. Each model comes with transparent assumption documentation and sensitivity analysis that helps you understand behavior under different scenarios.

Beyond the immediate model documentation, you gain the ability to approach investment screening with greater consistency. When market conditions shift or team composition changes, having codified frameworks maintains process continuity. The systematic approach doesn't replace human judgment but rather focuses it on situations where qualitative assessment adds most value.

The Challenge You're Facing

Investment screening often consumes substantial time while delivering inconsistent results. Different analysts apply varying criteria to similar opportunities, making it difficult to maintain coherent investment philosophy across the organization. What one team member considers promising might not even reach preliminary review by another, not because of genuine disagreement but due to unstated differences in screening approach.

This inconsistency becomes particularly problematic as your organization scales or when key personnel change. The investment knowledge residing primarily in individual heads rather than documented processes creates vulnerability. New team members struggle to understand why certain opportunities receive attention while others get passed over, and departing analysts take their screening frameworks with them.

You've likely considered various solutions: developing models internally requires quantitative expertise that may not exist within current teams, while adopting off-the-shelf screening tools often feels generic and disconnected from your specific investment philosophy. The fundamental challenge remains: how to create systematic approaches that reflect your actual decision criteria while remaining transparent enough that the entire team can understand and trust the framework.

Our Approach to Quantitative Model Development

Our model development process begins with understanding your actual investment criteria rather than imposing standard quantitative frameworks. We examine which factors have historically influenced your positive investment decisions and which characteristics tend to predict situations you ultimately avoid. This foundation ensures resulting models reflect your investment philosophy rather than generic screening approaches.

The quantitative work structures around creating rules-based frameworks you can understand and explain. Factor selection gets documented with clear rationale tied to investment logic rather than purely statistical relationships. Backtesting covers multiple market environments to demonstrate how models behave under various conditions. Implementation guidance addresses practical considerations like data requirements, refresh frequency, and threshold calibration.

What makes this effective is balancing quantitative rigor with practical usability. Models need sufficient sophistication to add value beyond simple screening but remain transparent enough that investment professionals can trust and explain the approach. Our focus stays on creating tools that enhance rather than replace judgment, positioning systematic screening as the first stage of a broader investment process.

How the Engagement Works

Discovery and Framework Design

We start by examining your current investment criteria and decision patterns. This involves reviewing past investments to identify common characteristics of opportunities you pursue versus those you pass over. These discussions help establish which factors matter most to your investment approach and how they should weight within a systematic framework. The discovery phase typically requires two to three detailed sessions with key investment team members.

Model Construction and Backtesting

Once framework design is established, we build the quantitative model and conduct comprehensive backtesting across relevant historical periods. This testing examines model performance under various market conditions and helps calibrate thresholds appropriate to your risk preferences. We provide interim results for review, allowing you to suggest adjustments before finalizing methodology. This iterative approach ensures the model aligns with your investment intuition.

Documentation and Implementation Planning

Final deliverables include complete methodology documentation, backtesting results with performance attribution, and practical implementation guidance. We walk through materials with your team, addressing questions about factor logic, data requirements, and integration into existing workflows. The documentation is structured so team members can understand model behavior without requiring quantitative expertise beyond what investment professionals typically possess.

Calibration Support Period

Following implementation, we remain available to address questions that arise as you begin using the model in practice. Initial screening cycles often surface considerations about threshold adjustments or data interpretation that weren't apparent during development. This support window helps ensure smooth adoption without extended transition periods that delay value realization.

Investment Structure

$16,500
Model Development

This investment covers complete development of a systematic screening model tailored to your investment criteria. The scope includes discovery work to understand your decision framework, model construction and backtesting, comprehensive documentation, and implementation support during initial adoption.

What's Included

  • Discovery sessions examining your historical investment decisions to identify systematic patterns and criteria
  • Factor selection and weighting based on your investment philosophy with clear rationale documentation
  • Comprehensive backtesting across multiple market environments with performance attribution analysis
  • Sensitivity analysis showing how model behavior changes under different parameter settings
  • Implementation guidance covering data requirements, refresh procedures, and threshold calibration
  • Team training session explaining model logic and practical application within your workflow
  • Post-implementation support during initial screening cycles to address questions and refinements

Payment structures around development milestones, with portions tied to discovery completion, initial model delivery, and final documentation acceptance. This approach aligns financial commitment with tangible progress throughout the engagement.

How Effectiveness Gets Measured

Model effectiveness shows up in improved screening consistency and efficiency. When different team members apply the framework to similar opportunities and reach comparable conclusions, the systematic approach is working as intended. Similarly, when initial screening consumes less time while maintaining or improving the quality of opportunities advancing to deeper analysis, the model adds clear value to your process.

Our typical development timeline runs eight to twelve weeks from initial discovery through final documentation and team training. This duration allows for proper discovery work, iterative model refinement based on your feedback, and comprehensive backtesting that examines behavior across relevant market conditions. For simpler screening frameworks or when historical decision data is readily available, timelines can compress somewhat.

What you should expect is a model your team can actually use and explain. The methodology documentation should be clear enough that investment professionals without quantitative backgrounds can understand factor logic and apply the framework consistently. When stakeholders ask why certain opportunities receive attention, your team should be able to explain model rationale in straightforward terms tied to investment fundamentals rather than statistical abstractions.

Our Commitment to Practical Models

We structure model development around creating frameworks your team will actually adopt and use consistently. If initial models don't align with your investment intuition or prove difficult to implement practically, we work through adjustments rather than considering development complete. This approach focuses on delivering tools that improve your investment process rather than simply fulfilling technical specifications.

The discovery phase allows both parties to assess fit before substantial development work begins. These initial sessions help us understand whether our quantitative approach matches your needs and gives you visibility into how we translate investment criteria into systematic frameworks. If alignment doesn't exist, identifying that early avoids extended engagements that don't serve your objectives.

If backtesting reveals that models don't perform as expected under certain market conditions, we discuss whether adjustments can address the issues or whether fundamental limitations exist in the systematic approach for your specific criteria. Investment contexts sometimes resist rules-based frameworks, and transparent discussion about model boundaries serves decision-making better than overpromising capabilities.

How to Move Forward

Starting model development begins with a conversation about your current investment process and where systematic screening might add value. We'll discuss the types of opportunities you evaluate, the criteria that influence your decisions, and the challenges you face maintaining consistency across team members or decision cycles. This initial discussion helps establish whether quantitative frameworks align with your needs.

Following that conversation, we can outline a development approach covering the discovery work needed, the modeling methodology we'd employ, and the timeline for delivering documented frameworks. This preliminary scope gives you clear understanding of what the engagement involves before any commitment is required. If aspects need adjustment based on your review, we address those changes before beginning development work.

Once scope is established, discovery sessions proceed according to the timeline we've agreed upon. You'll receive updates about emerging patterns in your historical decisions and preliminary factor frameworks for review. This iterative approach keeps development aligned with your actual investment philosophy while allowing course corrections if initial directions don't match your expectations.

Ready to Discuss Systematic Frameworks?

Contact us through the form or call directly to explore whether quantitative screening models could support your investment process. We typically respond to inquiries within one business day.

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