Trading Insights: Why macro matters for systematic investors

Making Sense

In this episode we hear from Ralph Sueppel, Managing Director at Macrosynergy, a London-based macroeconomic research and technology company that co-developed the J.P. Morgan Macrosynergy Quantamental System (“JPMaQS”): a data and analytics product harnessing macroeconomic quantamental point-in-time data for investment strategies. Ralph joins J.P. Morgan’s Eloise Goulder, head of the Data Assets & Alpha Group. They delve into the evolution of systematic strategies using macro quantamental data, and they explore which data sets, asset classes, and analytical techniques have historically yielded the greatest alpha opportunities in this space. Finally, they touch on the future path for macro quantamental investing strategies.

Shownotes:

• https://markets.jpmorgan.com/#jpmaqs
• https://www.jpmorgan.com/markets/jpmaqs

This episode was recorded on August 28, 2025.

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