Anton started to develop a financial data analysis and trading software
framework in 1997. Before founding SmartQuant, Dr. Fokin was a trade and risk analyst in the
Quantitative Strategies Group of the Global Securities Lending and Arbitrage
division of Fortis Bank. In 2003, Anton left Fortis Bank to form SmartQuant Ltd, a company that
would fully commercialize and advance the development of the trading framework.
Today the SmartQuant software products for the development and automation of quantitative trading strategies
are used by many leading financial institutions and hedge funds, located all around the globe.
Dr. Fokin holds a PhD in Cosmic and Subatomic Physics from Lund University,
Sweden, and since that time has accumulated more than 15 years experience in
quantitative trading, professional software development, project management, and business
administration.
