Our philosophy

Started in early 2006 with the design of a very innovative and efficient behavioral quantitative model, called IRMA5, Cobalt Alternative Management rapidly attracted other innovators of the field quantitative modeling.

Therefore it has been decided to put in place an organization which offers a reliable link between the world of quantitative innovation and the world of asset management.

Project

For our business model based on web bases intensive open innovation, the following objectives have been defined :

  • Ability to attract and select high added value innovative process in the field of quantitative asset management
  • Providing their designers the support and advice to transform their innovative ideas into reliable investment products meeting all the asset management quality criteria with a special focus on:
    • Liquidity
    • Transparency
    • Pragmatism
  • Building a large worldwide distribution network in order to be able to offer to a large community of investors a quick and direct access to these high added value investment products.

Our beliefs

On one hand, smallness, decisiveness, flexibility and entrepreneurship are key factors for successful innovations, on the other hand, in asset management as in every industry, the success of an investment product relies not only on its intrinsic quality but also on the organization in place for its implementation and its distribution.

The simultaneous convergence of advanced scientific techniques applied to finance accessible through a large network of innovators combined with a rigorous proprietary selection process allows an independent advisor like Cobalt Alternative Management to build an alternative investment programs able to deliver outstanding absolute returns with limited level of risks.

  • Recent scientific progresses have a lot of possible applications in finance which may improve subsequently the quality of the current existing approaches.
  • Cobalt Alternative Management works on open innovation qualifying, licensing and integrating models of a selected network of innovators.
  • The fully computerized quantitative modeling allows a secure process of qualification and removes any emotional bias in the implement of the investment decisions.