BehaviorQuant has been invited as the only Austrian start-up to present its behavioral solutions for the finance and investment industry at Money20/20. This largest FinTech conference in Europe with over 7500 attendees will take place in Amsterdam from June 6-8.

The breathtaking growth of sustainable ESG investments is overturning the image of the investor as homo economicus. Also, spectacular financial scandals such as Madoff and the crypto exchange FTX show that behind every investment there are ultimately always people with their decision-making and behavioral tendencies – and with the risks they embody. But the investment industry has a problem: There is a lack of systematic knowledge about the people and teams behind the investments. This leads to inefficient financial advisory, poor returns, and ill-informed selection of fund managers.

With roots in Silicon Valley and Vienna – the cradle of psychology -, the start-up BehaviorQuant is solving this problem. Building on years of own research at Harvard and MIT as well as cooperation with leading financial institutions such as JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs, BehaviorQuant has developed a globally unmatched technology. For the first time, a system of automated evaluations of clients, professionals and teams creates complete transparency about players in the investment space.

BehaviorQuant offers a completely new kind of behavioral finance technology. This combines the expertise in the latest personality and decision science with machine learning. Users receive objective, predictive data about the behavioral characteristics of clients, fund managers and investment teams. As a result, BehaviorQuant provides a completely new way to personalize efficient client advice, optimize investment decisions, and identify invisible risks in selection decisions before they materialize.