Investment Management
Systematic strategy allocation across five asset groups. FCA-regulated reporting, oversight, and a clear mandate process for professional and eligible counterparty clients.
About Odum Research
Odum Research is an FCA-authorised firm that trades systematic strategies across digital assets, traditional markets, sports, and prediction markets — and provides the same platform and regulatory infrastructure to institutional clients.
What we do
Odum operates at the intersection of regulated investment management, trading technology, and regulatory services. Everything runs on a single platform — the same system we use to trade our own capital.
Systematic strategy allocation across five asset groups. FCA-regulated reporting, oversight, and a clear mandate process for professional and eligible counterparty clients.
Institutional trading infrastructure — data, research, execution, and reporting. Available as a guided engagement or a production operating layer.
Regulatory coverage for firms that want to operate in regulated markets without the delay and cost of direct authorisation. Engagement structure scoped to your specific activities.
Why institutions work with us
Most firms offer either strategies, or a platform, or regulatory coverage. Odum provides all three under one roof — built by a team with decades of combined experience at leading quantitative trading firms, investment banks, and regulated financial institutions.
Clients access the same system we use to manage real capital. There is no separate “client version” of the platform. The strategies, data pipelines, execution infrastructure, and risk controls are identical.
Crypto exchanges, DeFi protocols, traditional markets, sports, and prediction markets through one unified stack. Most competitors focus on a single asset class.
You access the exact platform, strategies, and infrastructure that Odum uses to trade its own capital. Research, execution, risk, and reporting — all shared.
Decades of combined experience at leading quantitative firms and investment banks, with a live track record managing actual capital — not just backtests.
FCA authorisation (975797) from inception. Investment management, reporting, compliance, and client oversight built into the operating model, not bolted on afterwards.
Leadership
Built by people from leading quantitative trading firms, investment banks, and regulated financial institutions.
10+ years in derivatives trading at IMC (Amsterdam) and Mako (London), specialising in volatility arbitrage and systematic market-making across European and US indices. Built and led desks from inception to seven-figure profitability at both firms. BSc Economics from Warwick, Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF). Founded Odum to build multi-strategy, multi-asset trading infrastructure under FCA regulation.
Chartered Tax Adviser with a 24-year career spanning HMRC, a Big 4 practice, regulated asset management, and venture capital. Has incubated, run, and led businesses through transactions, with deep expertise in financial structuring, planning, and operations.
Quant engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and building intelligent trading systems across multiple asset classes. Leads signal research, model development, and production strategy infrastructure at Odum.
15+ years delivering complex digital, AI, and trading technology projects across public and private sectors. Specialises in aligning technical execution with business strategy in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments.
Software engineer and infrastructure architect with 10+ years across fintech, healthtech, and cloud platforms. Built core trading infrastructure, predictive models, and real-time analytics pipelines at Odum. MSc Cryptography from King's College London.
What is live today
Odum is actively trading and serving clients across the following areas. Some capabilities are in active deployment; others are available through selected engagements.
Regulatory and client scope
Odum Research Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), firm reference number 975797. We operate as an investment manager, provide trading platform infrastructure, and offer regulatory coverage through structured engagement under our existing FCA permissions.
Our client base is limited to Professional Clients and Eligible Counterparties as defined under FCA rules. We do not offer services to retail investors.
The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Get in touch
Whether you're exploring strategy allocation, platform access, or regulatory structure, we'll direct you to the right path.
info@odum-research.co.uk · London, United Kingdom