A suite of investment decision modules based on an optimized unified data foundation
Your investment universe
Any data source (Data Vendors, IBORs, Custodians, Web)
Your work tools
APIs: Python, Matlab, Excel, C, C++, .NET, Java, REST
SQ Modules
SQ Data Loader
SQ library of data connectors
- SQ's generic tool for collecting, curating, time-stamping and storing data in the StarQube’s NoSQL database
- Compliant with internal sources, third-party providers or web scraping
- A large number of connectors are already in place with leading data providers - market prices, ESG indicators, financial statements, consensus forecasts, macroeconomic series ...
- StarQube creates additional connectors upon request as part of the integration phase
SQ APIs
Because SQ is an open platform
- APIs for IT experts: C, C++, .NET, REST, Java
- APIs for Data scientists: Python, Matlab
- An Excel API for discretionary portfolio managers and reporting requirements
SQ Backtester
SQ backtest engine
- Blazingly-fast strategy backtesting
- Intuitive configuration of strategies and scorings to backtest and results to visualize (e.g. ESG scores, portfolio’s temperatures, etc.)
- Sharing of backtests with the relevant teams to foster collaboration
- Optimized time-to-market from an idea to its implementation
SQ Risk Model Builder
SQ portfolio risk analysis module
- Construction of complex risk models through simple configuration
- Possibility of combining various risk decomposition methods – by exposure factors, sensitivities to explanatory variables or principal component analysis
- Sharing of risk models with colleagues to foster collaboration
- Predefined risk models as well as ability to import third-party risk models
SQ Optimizer
SQ conic optimization tool
- Ultra-fast calculations thanks to the NoSQL database and the conic optimization engine
- Intuitive setup of optimization parameters
- Wide choice of constraints and objectives for optimization, taking into account regulatory or pre-trade constraints
- Find the perfect equilibrium between your performance goals, your risk constraints and your ESG objectives
- Rebalance portfolios individually or in mass in a matter of seconds
SQ Portfolio Visualizer
SQ cockpit for Portfolio Managers
- Real-time visualization & management of single or multiple portfolios
- Screen customization with widgets to display portfolios' core metrics/alerts
- Risk breakdown by simply calling “Risk Model” objects
- Simultaneous rebalancing of multiple portfolios
- Optimization and instant transmission of orders to the OMS
SQ Qube
The hard core of the SQ platform
- Centralization of all data, regardless of their sources, into a single
repository
- Multiple asset classes, liquid and illiquid, financial and extra-financial (e.g., ESG) data referential
- Integration with the upstream position-keeping system and the downstream order management system
- Highly compressed NoSQL database for optimized computation times
- Natively point-in-time data to avoid common pitfalls such as look-ahead bias
- A single version of the truth by sharing one single centralized data referential across all your company
- Limitless data actionability based on StarQube's no-code language (FQL)
