Goose™ is a scientific tool for predicting the performance of active investments based on a proprietary statistical framework for measuring the skill of discretionary managers and the edge in systematic strategies. Think Moneyball meets active management.
Our core business is to solve what we believe are the most important problems in finance through research collaborations with academic experts around the world, and to maximize the value of resulting intellectual property in partnership with leading institutions in the industry.
We create innovative indexes and investible products to fill fundamental voids in the marketplace. We are proud to deliver a unique combination of creativity, intellectual integrity, and commercial acumen.
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Yoshiki founded Applied Academics in 2009. His most recent projects have ranged from designing systematic trading strategies for funds to developing fixed income volatility indexes for Chicago Board Options Exchange. He previously managed investment grade and high yield US and Asian credit portfolios for a proprietary fixed-income trading group of an investment bank. He holds a PhD in Financial Economics from Columbia Business School.
Before joining Applied Academics, John spent 12 years on the macro rates and FX sales and trading desks at Goldman Sachs and Citi covering global institutional investors. John is based in Tokyo managing the firm’s activities in Asia. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School and an MA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Lauder Institute.
Nan works on the firm’s systematic strategy research and performance evaluation technology with a focus on building our analytics infrastructure. He holds an MS in Mathematical Finance from Columbia University and a BS in Physics from Peking University.
Shihao has collaborated closely with Applied Academics on various research projects over the years. He graduated first in his class from the University of Hong Kong with a BS in actuarial science, and is currently working towards a PhD in statistics at Harvard University.
John leads the firm's security and software development efforts. He has previously built multiple fintech companies providing enterprise products to both the buy and sell sides. He was employee number one and Director of Software at Enso Financial, an award-winning hedge fund and prime brokerage platform. John holds a BS in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Prior to joining the firm's research efforts in New York, Jacob began his career in the Twin Cities area as an intern on the quant team at Galliard Capital Management before going on to trade commodities with CHS for two years. He holds an MS in Computational Finance and Risk Management from the University of Washington, and a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Concordia-Moorhead.
Matthew is an active investor, advisor, board member and creator of start-ups in areas including data analysis, finance, financial tech, and media, and is involved with about a dozen companies, including Applied Academics, Quantopian, Premise, Opera Solutions, Upworthy, and is the co-founder of Domino. He is currently the Chief Market Intelligence Officer at Point72 Asset Management where he leads several of the Firm’s unique research and data capabilities. Previously, Matthew was Co-Head of Research at Bridgewater Associates. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, where he was President of The Harvard Crimson, the university’s daily newspaper. He received his M.B.A. with highest honors from Harvard Business School and was named a George F. Baker Scholar.
