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Fidelity’s Fusion Alpha Strategy: Redefining Alpha capture

Discover how Fidelity's rich stores of proprietary and alt data, advanced modeling techniques and systematic stock selection can deliver high-conviction, idiosyncratic returns.

We believe you either have data others don’t or use it in ways others can’t

Proprietary fundamental, hard-to-access data drives our scalable strategy, Fusion Alpha. This pairing of three, low correlated sleeves of data is one of the most unique data assets in the asset management business, using models that have historically high information ratio seeking to capture alpha over different horizons.

Turning fundamental research into signals

20+ years of proprietary analyst research* and 50+ daily touchpoints* fuel statistically significant signals to uncover alpha.

Harnessing Fidelity’s premier portfolio managers

Insights are aggregated from Fidelity's portfolio managers that systematically capture the "wisdom of the crowd" and reflect the actions and skills of our team.

Predictive power from alternative data

Alternative data sources help to anticipate key performance metrics and uncover alpha-driving insights.

Portfolios built to meet complex needs

Long only

 A beta-one portfolio delivering active equity exposure and uncorrelated alpha through fundamentally driven insights and systematic construction. Scalable and customizable to meet diverse objectives.

Equity extension 

 Equity extension strategies that target beta-one exposure and uncorrelated alpha by combining long and short positions. Built on fundamental research and systematic design, with scalable, customizable implementation.

Equity market neutral

 A beta-neutral strategy focused on idiosyncratic risk and systematic rigor seek repeatable, risk-managed returns. This limited-capacity solution offers no customization but pursues a disciplined path to uncorrelated alpha.

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Fusion Alpha: Redefining Alpha Capture

Fidelity’s decades-long commitment to research and data gathering has created one of the richest fundamental data assets in the industry. In this video, Gil Haddad, Head of Advanced Strategies and Research, explains how this advantage translates into Fusion Alpha, Fidelity's alpha capture program.

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Data is and has always been in the firm's DNA. We've done an incredible job at collecting and storing data throughout our history. As a result, today we have one of the richest fundamental data assets on the street, in addition to a variety of proprietary data assets that when combined together, can allow us to create systematic strategies that are differentiated for our customers.

The most critical data for us is the one that allows us to create the systematic strategies at the intersection of quant and fundamental. Fundamental data coming out of our equities research department is truly unique. We leverage it in a systematic fashion, and it allows us to create differentiated strategies that very, very few of our competitors can create.

The way we use data in our strategies and we derive insights for our customers is by combining the depth of fundamental insights from Fidelity and the breadth of the coverage that we have. If we look at comparison between discretionary strategies that are fundamental in nature out there, they're very deep with respect to the coverage, but not too broad because they're very labor intensive. And then we characterize them as one mile deep and one inch wide. On the other hand, you have systematic strategies that are one mile wide with respect to the coverage, but one inch deep with respect to the depth that we have. When you have the depth that we have in terms of fundamental data and the breadth that we have, you end up having one mile deep and a one mile wide, and you're combining the best of both worlds.

Our alpha capture program, what we call Fusion Alpha, is the representation of the best alpha we can get on any given day from the data we have at Fidelity.

So, we have three sources of information, analysts, portfolio manager, ideas, and alternative data. The first one accounts for each and every piece of information generated from our analysts throughout the life cycle of the idea generation. The second source of information. is coming from our portfolio managers. We have incredibly talented portfolio managers that have a long tenure and low turnover and a proven track record of generating alpha. Then we combine their ideas in Fidelity's best ideas on any given day that allows us to increase the alpha in our Fusion portfolio. The third source of information is alternative data. The firm has invested very heavily in procuring and collecting the latest and the greatest alternative data. As a result, we end up with criteria that are systematic, fundamental, differentiated, and high idiosyncratic risk. And these are the common attributes that our investors or clients are looking for.

Views expressed are as of the date indicated, based on the information available at that time, and may change based on market and other conditions. Unless otherwise noted, the opinions provided are those of the authors/speakers and not necessarily those of Fidelity Investments or its affiliates. Fidelity does not assume any duty to update any of the information.

Investing IDEAS

Unlocking alpha

Harnessing Fidelity’s proprietary data to pursue consistent risk-adjusted returns.

Meet our team

We seek to empower investors with timely and actionable insights, and manage systematic strategies driven by proprietary and differentiated data.

Gil Haddad, PhD
Chief Investment Officer, Head of Advanced Strategies and Research, Fidelity Investments
Davy Mok
Quantitative Researcher and Alternative Data Lead
Matt Torrey
Portfolio Manager
Jonathan Pike
Quantitative Researcher

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