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D. E. Shaw Group Review
D. E. Shaw is a major quantitative hedge fund founded in 1988 by David Shaw, not a retail broker. It is SEC registered and runs tens of billions in assets.
Min Deposit
N/A
Spreads From
Not published, D. E. Shaw is a hedge fund, not a spread based broker
Max Leverage
Not applicable in the retail sense, leverage is used internally within fund strategies
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Pros
- Pioneer of quantitative, computer driven hedge fund trading since 1988
- D. E. Shaw and Co is a genuine SEC registered adviser, CRD 108679
- Led today by an established executive committee, not a single person
- Runs a separate, well regarded scientific research arm alongside trading
Cons
- Reported AUM figures vary widely across sources and affiliated entities
- Institutional hedge fund only, ordinary retail investors cannot join
- No public minimum deposit, spread, or leverage figures exist to compare
- Complex multi entity structure makes its exact size hard to pin down
D. E. Shaw was founded in 1988 by David E. Shaw, a former Columbia University computer science professor. It became known as one of the first hedge funds to trade using computer driven, quantitative models instead of only human judgement, and its early alumni include Jeff Bezos, who worked there before starting Amazon.
David Shaw stepped back from daily management in 2010 and now leads D. E. Shaw Research, a separate computational biochemistry group. Max Stone leads the investment business today, alongside an executive committee that includes Anne Dinning and Eric Wepsic. The main entity, D. E. Shaw and Co, L.P., is a New York based SEC registered adviser, CRD number 108679.
Reported assets under management vary a lot by source and by which affiliated entity is counted, from around 70 billion dollars in committed capital to over 150 billion in total discretionary assets. D. E. Shaw only takes institutional and qualified investors, it has no retail account or public spread.
Max Leverage
Not applicable in the retail sense, leverage is used internally within fund strategies
Spreads From
Not published, D. E. Shaw is a hedge fund, not a spread based broker
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