Quants Compete

Quants Compete

Quants Compete was established in 2020 by Matthew P. Jones, Ph.D., a physicist by training who holds graduate degrees from Auburn and Clemson universities. The firm operates as a Registered Investment Advisor out of Brentwood, Tennessee, serving both individual and corporate clients. Jones built the practice around quantitative models shaped by two decades of analytical experience and regulatory work. The firm manages publicly traded securities for individuals and businesses, with a disclosed specialty in corporate money market funds that offer penalty-free withdrawals and liquidity management. Portfolios maintain a bullish posture while allocating a small percentage to downside hedges — a structure Jones frames as an insurance policy against large downward market moves. The strategy is designed to preserve compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over full cycles. AUM is not publicly reported, limiting visibility into deployment scale. The firm runs a lean operation centered on a single investment principal. Accounts are custodied at Interactive Brokers LLC, not at Quants Compete, a separation Jones highlights as core to the RIA structure. No additional offices, adjacent philanthropic vehicles, or club-deal networks are publicly disclosed. Quants Compete's structural differentiator is its fee model — a flat 0.95% of assets under management with no disclosed breakpoints or performance fees — married to a founder-led quantitative process. In an industry dominated by tiered fees and distribution-driven teams, the firm's architecture is deliberately narrow: one decision-maker, one strategy, one fee schedule.