Winton Capital Management is a unique investment management firm. Founded by physicist and investment manager David Harding, Winton makes use of models developed from scientific and mathematical research. Through hiring physicists, mathematicians and engineers, Winton approaches its investments with deep statistical data insights. Since its founding in 1997, Winton has grown to employ a team of roughly 375 staff members and, as of 2015, had $28bn worth of assets under management. Although based in the UK, and authorised to trade by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, the firm is also authorised by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.