Schwarz Quant – A Quantitative Alternative Asset Manager

Research first, capital second. Built in Europe, looking at markets everywhere.

Schwarz Quant is a young alternative asset manager that starts with quantitative research. Most of our work asks one uncomfortable question: what if the assumptions behind our economic models are wrong? We would rather test that than take it for granted, and we say plainly what could go wrong.

Our research runs across private equity, credit, real estate, infrastructure, Life Sciences, energy transition and global markets. It combines statistics, economic thinking and the evidence in publicly available data. We are also developing a different approach to economic modelling, with long-horizon problems such as pension reform in mind. We don’t have every answer, and we don’t claim to.

Private Equity

What you pay, how much debt you use and what changes after ownership. We study all three for established European businesses.

Energy Transition

From the technology that makes the shift possible to the infrastructure that keeps energy systems running.

Credit & Insurance

Which lending structures protect the lender, which only look like they do, and how much of a stated margin is real.

Hedge Fund Research

Quantitative strategies, global macro, long/short and portfolio risk, tested before any belief is trusted.

Real Estate & Infrastructure

Real assets and the long-term capital behind them, looked at through the same quantitative lens.

Pensions & Long-Term Allocation

How private capital could be allocated to support retirement and long-term goals. Research, not personal advice.

Capital and Comebacks

Some of Europe’s great companies didn’t lose their markets. They lost their balance sheets. Where others see insolvency, we see a balance sheet problem and a strategy question.

Capital allocation is the quiet skill behind every comeback. We pair economic research with business transformation to study why these companies fell, and how patient capital could one day help them compete again in the markets they once led.

Who We Write For

Institutional investors, insurers, private credit specialists, family offices, endowments, foundations and private investors who want the thinking explained in plain language, risks included. We write about themes and consequences, not tips.

Where We Stand Today

We are honest about being early. Schwarz Quant does not currently manage client money, offer investment services or give investment advice, and it is not authorised or supervised by BaFin. The research is done, and we are building the firm around it, including the authorisation that has to come first.