Is there a general well suited technology strategy available to fund managers? Could it be outsource, outsource, outsource? Could it be build a enterprise class technology platform assembled and built by technology rock stars? Or following the debate derivative from the above; build verses buy?

Every one has a different approach and a different view based on their objectives, skill and past experience. New fund managers, technology staff in existing businesses, vendors offering all manner of services into the space... everyone has a different view on the solution.

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The global slowdown has shifted the landscape for hedge funds.

One positive outcome of the crisis has been to force fund managers to take stock and re-think their business strategies. Many are making a conscious move towards a quantitative style of investing and trading across a more diverse set of asset classes.

Consequently, fund managers are looking to deploy fast, sophisticated and technically advanced IT systems. Even traditional long only asset managers are gravitating towards quantitative trading, launching new funds in a bid to offer better returns to clients and attract more fund mandates.

Getting up and running with a quantitative investment strategy is a significant undertaking both in terms of time and money. Many quantitative fund managers are programmers who have chosen to build their own technology, often out of necessity. This is not where their expertise lies.

If more plug and play technology were made available, especially on a hosted basis, more quant managers would turn to this method of technology, allowing them to concentrate on what they do best.

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