The SQN platform is suitable for successfully implementing a wide range of investment strategies and products, making it a game-changer for fixed income portfolio and wealth managers.Varun Chugh ex-Managing Director Citibank Singapore, Private Banking and Wealth Management
SQN is one of the most promising and innovative fixed income platforms I have seen in a while.Shayak Bhattacharya Managing Director at Taurus Wealth
SQN’s coverage universe spans global regions, fixed income indices and issuer types, and a database containing more than 100 billion data points.
SQN’s coverage universe has significant overlap with most of the prominent IG and HY benchmark indices (> 85-95%).
The platforms offers users the optionality to either use built-in composite ESG values or to upload client-specific ESG scores.
The extremely intuitive UI allows portfolio managers to easily navigate the vast and unstructured bond universe and to make informed investment decisions in minutes.
Explore Coverage UniverseSQN’s coverage universe spans 2,900 global issuers and is being expanded continually.
Moreover, SQN offers the flexibility to add issuers to the coverage universe based on client requirements.
As it stands, SQN already has significant overlap with most benchmark indices.
Developed by Lucror Analytics, a top-tier independent corporate credit research house with decades of experience in analyzing and investing in complex credits.
Full suite of tools and algorithms spanning portfolio construction, rebalancing, optimizing and risk monitoring that are not only intuitive to use but also instill rigor and discipline in the investment process.
Access to a set of proprietary style factors, enabling portfolio mangers to implement Factor Investing strategies without an inhouse quant team.
SQN's cloud-based PaaS platform allows portfolio managers access to a full quant solution without having to invest in software development or maintain a large technology team. On-boarding time is minimal, and users require little training.
SQN enables professionals to compete for and manage more AUM in a more timely and cost-efficient manner, by streamlining the investment process
Active screening of risks outside of the data (e.g., M&A, sanctions, potential fraud) by a highly experienced team of senior credit analysts with an average of 15 years' experience
Access an opportunity set spanning c. 66,000 issues from c. 2,900+ issuers globally that covers 85-95% of major credit indices. This allows portfolio managers to choose from a wide range of investment strategies, with integrated ESG scores and blacklists.
The SQN user experience is centered around intuitive design and a seamless user experience. Our Help Centre offers answers to commonly asked questions.
Factor Investing is a systematic and quantitative data-driven approach to investing that seeks to instil rigor and discipline, and to consistently capture excess returns from specific risk factors.
Our investment approach is best described as “fundamental quant”, or the use of quantitative methods to identify and systematise insights grounded in financial economics research. Our investment philosophy is simple and time-tested: buy good-quality credit at attractive prices.
While there is no consensus on whether ESG itself should be defined as an investment factor, nearly 75% of investors apply ESG filters to their investment universe before incorporating a factor-based model.
