Aspect Capital announces its registration as a private fund manager with AMAC

Aspect Capital announces its registration as a private fund manager with AMAC

London, 17 December 2024 - Aspect Capital (‘Aspect’), a leading global systematic CTA manager, has announced that Aspect Capital (China) Limited (‘Aspect China’) has completed its registration as a private fund manager with the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) on 13th December 2024, officially obtaining its license as a private securities investment fund manager in China. As of this date, Aspect China is the only wholly foreign-owned private securities fund manager (WFOE PFM) approved for registration this year.

An experienced, pioneering and award-winning systematic investment manager：

Founded in 1997 and headquartered in London, UK, Aspect is a globally recognised systematic investment manager that has been included for 22 consecutive years in the SG Trend Index, the leading benchmark for global CTA strategies which covers the world's 10 largest CTA managers. Founders Anthony Todd and Martin Lueck are pioneers in the systematic investment industry and have been combining scientific principles and market-leading technology into diversifying investment solutions for over 25 years.

Aspect's roots date back to 1984 when Martin Lueck established one of the first systematic CTA trading strategies in the world with his two colleagues. With the accumulation of markets and research experience, Aspect has continuously devoted itself to innovative, collegiate, and academic quantitative investment research, enhancing and expanding its inventory of systematic strategies, to maintain and expand its competitive edge. Throughout its decades of development, Aspect has remained focused on the field of systematic investing, with a commitment to creating sustainable diversified and diversifying returns for investors and an emphasis on providing effective and transparent investment services to investors. Aspect and its founders Anthony Todd and Martin Lueck have won numerous industry awards, which are detailed in full on our website.

Aspect has been researching Chinese futures markets for over 10 years and has qualified as a Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) in 2022. Aspect China registered as a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE) in China’s (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in March 2024. On 28th February 2024, the Company joined the Global Asset Management Partnership Programme of Lujiazui Financial City, which has been widely reported by central and Shanghai media such as Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily Online, Dragon TV, etc., and is regarded as a model for optimising the business environment in Lujiazui. The company currently rents office space in Lujiazui and employs full-time staff, including a General Manager and a Fund Manager as well as compliance, sales, trading, and operations personnel, all of whom are from well-known financial institutions.

Anthony Todd, Chief Executive Officer said: “China plays an important role in Aspect’s long-term strategic development. The establishment of a wholly foreign-owned private fund manager to directly serve domestic Chinese investors represents a natural next step in our strategic direction to further develop our footprint in China. I am delighted to provide Chinese investors with the diversifying benefits of our systematic investment strategies which capitalise on over 40 years of accumulated experience developing and researching quantitative CTA strategies.”

Han Lin, Legal Representative, Director and General Manager of the company, adds “I firmly believe that systematic investment strategies can bring long-term diversified returns to domestic investors' portfolios. I am looking forward to providing systematic investment solutions to different types of local Chinese investors through our proven expertise in trading Chinese futures markets”.

As a pioneering systematic CTA manager, and one of the largest CTA managers in the world, Aspect believes in high quality, continuous research and development alongside a disciplined and repeatable investment process and adherence to its systematic investment style. We pride ourselves on providing first-class customer service. Aspect China will also continue to strengthen its local team, and based on its in-depth understanding of the market development and investors’ needs, it is committed to providing leading systematic investment strategy products as well as building a professional and transparent investor service, and so as to become a long-term trusted partner of our local Chinese clients.

Media Contacts

· London: marketingteam@aspectcapital.com

· Shanghai: Han.lin@aspectcapital.com