Our values
and our work.

Staff members chatting in a breakout area.

Our values
and our work.

Our history.

GSA stands for Global Statistical Arbitrage - a quantitative trading strategy that trades publicly-listed companies in a 'market-neutral' way.

GSA was also the name of a trading team run by our founder Jon Hiscock within Deutsche Bank many moons ago. In 2005, Jon spun the team out and kicked off our firm.

Today, we trade a wide range of systematic trading strategies across all asset classes and regions, with holding periods ranging from minutes to months. One thing that hasn't changed is the tight-knit and friendly atmosphere that makes GSA a special place to work.

Staff members catching up in a breakout area.

The reception desk.
2023

EuroHedge Winner.

GSA wins Long term Performance - Equity Strategies (5 years).

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2022

EuroHedge Winner.

GSA wins Equity Market Neutral & Quantitative Strategies.

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2021

A refined focus.

GSA returns investor capital in scalable 'alt beta' strategies in order to focus on its high-returning, lower-capacity strategies.

2020

Productivity drops slightly.

Graham's mic is off for the first minute of every meeting.

2019

EuroHedge Winner.

GSA wins Equity Market Neutral & Quantitative Strategies.

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2017

EuroHedge Winner.

GSA wins Equity Market Neutral & Quantitative Strategies.

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2016

CTA Intelligence Winner.

GSA Wins CTA Intelligence European Performance Awards.

2015

CTA Intelligence Winner.

GSA Wins CTA Intelligence European Performance Awards.

2014

EuroHedge Winner.

GSA wins EuroHedge Equity Market Neutral & Quantitative Strategies.

GSA wins Long term Performance - Equity Strategies (5 years).

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2013

EuroHedge Winner.

GSA wins Long term Performance - Equity Strategies (5 years).

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2012

Holey moley.

GSA invents its first trading strategy based on quantum wormholes. Project is shelved indefinitely after reports of demonic phenomena in the server room.

2011

EuroHedge Winner.

GSA wins Long term Performance - Equity Strategies (5 years).

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2010

EuroHedge Winner.

GSA wins Long term Performance - Equity Strategies (5 years).

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2009

EuroHedge Winner.

GSA wins Equity Market Neutral & Quantitative Strategies.

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2005

GSA spins out.

GSA spins out of Deutsche Bank as a team of 15.

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2002

Hello world.

GSA's strategies are launched within Deutsche Bank.

250m BC

The long dawn.

The planet we will one day know as home is alien and vast. Towering dinosaurs roam a terrain blanketed by dense brackens and verdant forests. GSA, and humanity itself, is yet to be, but there's an unmistakable feeling that the wheels of destiny are turning.

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Our
values.

Integrity.

Numbers don't lie.
Neither do we.

Being thoroughly decent humans is key to our identity and culture; without this, it simply wouldn't feel like GSA. Our core value of integrity fosters a culture of sound decision-making, responsibility, and trust, embodying what it means to "do the right thing".

A trading operative at work.
A quantitative researcher at work.
A staff member using the gym facilities.
A software engineer at work.

Grit and
intellectual
challenge.

Not just solving.
Evolving.

We have a clear vision: to be one of the longest-living high performing quant trading firms. Systematic trading is ever-evolving, and staying successful over the long haul is no small feat. It's not just about being good at what we do now; it's about constant innovation, adaptability, and a determination to tackle problems head-on.

A software engineer at work.

Agency and
collaboration.

Individual power.
Collective progress.

'Agency' speaks to our belief in individual empowerment and personal responsibility, balanced with an emphasis on collaboration. Agency isn't simply about freedom of action — it's about entrusting exceptional talent with the power to influence their own and our collective future. It's working together on a challenge much bigger than any one of us.

Staff members in a meeting.

Pragmatism.

Dreams and visions.
With deadlines.

Achieving our vision involves tackling tough intellectual challenges with grit and perseverance, balanced with fierce commerciality. In our fast-changing and highly competitive environment, we align our research and actions with real-world objectives, ensuring our approach remains adaptable and practical.

Staff members talking at lunchtime.

Our
work.

Research at GSA means combining creativity, rigour and attention to detail in the design of systematic trading strategies. Quantitative researchers utilise techniques from many branches of applied mathematics and statistics to evaluate large quantities of relevant data, build statistical forecasting models and develop trading strategies based on those models.

Below are some of the areas our quants work in. Unlike other firms that adopt a single modelling paradigm, we have many parallel approaches run by different teams. Some researchers will end up heading a team working across all the areas below, slotting the pieces together, and ultimately taking responsibility for creating a trading strategy they run and maintain, end-to-end. Other quants prefer to remain specialists in one of these domains, working within a single team or across multiple teams.

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See our latest roles.

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London

Quantitative Researcher

Research at GSA Capital means combining creativity, rigour and attention to detail in the design of systematic investment strategies. Quantitative researchers utilise techniques from many branches of applied mathematics and statistics to evaluate large quantities of relevant data and develop models of financial markets with the aim of producing robust trading algorithms based on those models.
 
If you have outstanding academic credentials and believe you possess relevant attributes to successfully contribute towards the research, implementation and continued development of new and existing strategies, please get in touch.
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New York

Quantitative Researcher

Research at GSA Capital means combining creativity, rigour and attention to detail in the design of systematic investment strategies. Quantitative researchers utilise techniques from many branches of applied mathematics and statistics to evaluate large quantities of relevant data and develop models of financial markets with the aim of producing robust trading algorithms based on those models.
 
If you have outstanding academic credentials and believe you possess relevant attributes to successfully contribute towards the research, implementation and continued development of new and existing strategies, please get in touch.
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London, New York

Quantitative Researcher - Intern

We are interested in hearing from students at the penultimate year of their graduate or postgraduate studies who are looking to secure an internship in quantitative research and possess  the relevant attributes. Research at GSA Capital means combining creativity, rigour and attention to detail in the design of systematic investment strategies. 
 
As a minimum, you must have an outstanding academic track record in a STEM, economics or empirical finance discipline from a leading academic institution and be able to demonstrate a passion and understanding for working within a quantitative environment.
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