Quantitative Services Group LLC (QSG) Analyzes the Execution Strategies of Fox River Execution Technology LLC
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NAPERVILLE, Ill., Feb 27, 2007 -- The Quantitative Services Group LLC (QSG) has confirmed that the algorithmic execution strategies of Fox River Execution Technology LLC exceeded the average performance of its competitors by 18 basis points, when compared to the order's arrival price, across the QSG trading universe. The QSG trading universe is a peer group comprised of executions through major broker/dealers, representing millions of stock transactions.
Through QSG's unique trading cost measurement techniques, the cost of an execution can be attributed to two factors: Liquidity Cost® and Timing Consequence®. In the analysis, the Liquidity Cost of Fox River's algorithmic executions equaled the performance of the QSG universe, while the firm's Timing Consequence was approximately 20.2 basis points better than the QSG universe. In addition to outperforming the arrival price benchmark, Fox River also improved execution performance by an average of 3.57 cents per share over the Full Day VWAP and by .5 cents per share over the Interval VWAP.
"QSG's independence in the transaction cost research space created a level playing field for Fox River to evaluate the performance of their algorithms," said Jamie Spruyt, Quantitative Analyst with QSG. "Utilizing QSG's analysis of high-frequency tick data, we are uniquely positioned to evaluate the performance of algorithmic trading. Close to 9 million of Fox River's algorithmic trades (1.37 billion shares) were processed and analyzed using standard benchmark performance metrics as well as QSG's proprietary (patent-pending) methodology for properly attributing cost."
"Before electronic trading, the standard benchmark analysis was sufficient for analyzing trading costs", said John Wightkin, QSG's Managing Partner. "However, in a world where the trading strategy is constructed at the tick level of the market, a more rigorous trading cost analysis is necessary to examine the decision logic of each algorithm and conduct a more thorough cost attribution. With QSG's tick-based approach, the market place can now glean the necessary insights to better understand the algorithm's performance. Fox River has been a fortunate recipient of this analysis."
About Quantitative Services Group LLC.
QSG is an independently owned consulting firm and a leading provider of sophisticated equity analytics. QSG's products include Pre-Trade®, T-cost Pro®, Factor Analyst® and Virtual Research Analyst®. The details of QSG's client relationships are kept strictly confidential. QSG maintains an independent ownership structure to avoid conflicts of interest and limits access to many of its most desirable product offerings. For more information, visit www.qsg.com
Contact:
Jacqueline Jones,
Quantitative Services Group LLC,
630-637-8088 x 219,
E-Mail: jjones@qsg.com
