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About Paul Rowady

Paul Rowady is the Director of Research for Alphacution Research Conservatory, a research and strategic advisory platform uniquely focused on modeling and benchmarking the impacts of technology on global financial markets and the businesses of trading, asset management and banking. He is a 30-year veteran of the proprietary, quantitative and derivatives trading arenas. Contact: feedback@alphacution.com; Follow: @alphacution.

Global Asset Manager Rankings by US Equities, Part I

As of December 2023, there were ~7,200 asset managers who filed 13F reports. In collaboration with its development affiliates, Alphacution publishes its first exhibit to illustrate a ranking of this global asset manager universe by the value of their US equity holdings. To commemorate this development - and refresh those who may be new to Alphacution - we include a brief summary of key research milestones that led to this 'leveling up'... Access to global asset manager universe ranking chart available to Silver and Premium subscribers only. Upgrade to a Silver subscription to access this and other valuable Alphacution research...

By |2024-05-31T00:52:17-04:00May 30th, 2024|For Subscribers|
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Public.com: Early Post-Option Launch Stats, And Other Tasty Treats…

As promised, Alphacution provides an analysis of Public.com's first official months after the launch of its option offering to customers, along with a comparison of critical stats with other retail brokers. As a bonus, this Feed post also found its way into a deep dive on average option PFOF rates by broker, with specific findings on Tastytrade...

By |2024-05-22T22:26:57-04:00May 16th, 2024|For Subscribers|
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Citadel Securities, SIG: An Analysis of Single-Security vs Index Option Allocations

Alphacution compares the two largest players in US equity options - SIG affiliate, Susquehanna Securities and Citadel Securities - based on a 10-year period of allocations to single security options (SSOs) and equity index options, including indications of scale variance, key factor preferences, and strategy shifts...

By |2024-05-05T23:14:17-04:00May 2nd, 2024|For Subscribers|
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Susquehanna Securities and the Hidden Arbitrage Strategy – Part II

In this Feed post, Alphacution updates an analysis of Susquehanna Securities - the primary risk-warehousing affiliate of legendary options powerhouse, Susquehanna International Group (SIG) and the place where the largest piece of SIG's global market making operation resides - originally published in Dec 2020. Now, more than 3 years later, Alphacution adds significant new color to that analysis - including 12 charts - and sets the stage for a much more nuanced understanding of the broader group of option market makers...

By |2024-04-08T20:14:58-04:00April 5th, 2024|Silver / Premium|
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