Pharos Consulting, LLC
Navigating Risk, Empowering Growth
Pharos provides professional risk management consulting to investment managers, RIAs, hedge funds, proprietary trading platforms, banks, brokers and exchanges. While our services cater to firms of any stage and size, we specialize in helping smaller, faster growing firms that may not have the resources for a full-time Chief Risk Officer, or lack a deep enough bench to optimally manage their data, analytics and reporting needs. We offer tailored guidance in building and enhancing your risk framework, focusing on market data, analytics, trading operations, and regulatory compliance.Benefit from fractional CRO expertise and take advantage of our vast network of service providers to select and vet the best-fit third-party vendors for your risk and trading needs. We customize our guidance to your unique requirements, delivering actionable insights that allow you to focus on your core investment processes and the growth of your business.
Our services
Pharos Consulting offers tailored risk management solutions to support investment managers, RIAs, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and banks, especially those without dedicated risk leadership. Our services are designed to enhance your risk management capabilities without significant overhead. We provide comprehensive support in developing and enhancing your overall risk program, including defining policies and procedures and establishing risk assessment processes.Leverage our deep industry knowledge for third-party vendor selection and vetting across risk systems, analytics platforms, market data providers, and trading technologies, ensuring you choose the right solutions for your firm. Additionally, we offer expert regulatory and compliance guidance to help you navigate the complex landscape and maintain adherence to relevant rules. Finally, we assist in managing trading and operational risks by developing robust controls and streamlining workflows.
Risk Policy and Platform Development
Analytics and Modeling
Limit Monitoring/Exception Reporting/Outlier Detection
VaR/ES, Stress Testing, Scenario Analysis
Performance Measures/KPI
CAGR, Sharpe/Sortino, Impact Ratios, Risk Adjusted Performance Metrics
Vendor and 3rd Party Service Provider Selection
Data Management
About
Pharos Consulting was founded to make professional, bulge-bracket risk management expertise accessible to smaller investment firms lacking the resources for a full-time CRO. Our mission is to empower your growth by providing practical and tailored risk management programs that is cost-effective and right-sized for your firm. Our experienced team brings over 25 years of expertise in risk management, market data, analytics, trading operations, regulatory compliance, and vendor selection within the financial services industry.We take a collaborative approach, understanding your unique needs to deliver practical, objective, and flexible solutions. We strive to be your long-term partner, offering trusted guidance to strengthen your risk management framework and support your ongoing success.
Chip hutton
FOunder/ceo
Mr. Hutton brings nearly 30 years of experience working in institutional risk management, market analytics and trading. He began his career at Tradescape, LLC, a pioneer in developing electronic trading and risk systems for highly active equity traders. He was later a partner in high-touch risk consulting firm which provided advisory, modeling and reporting solutions for institutional investment managers.For the last decade he has led risk technology product initiatives at both ICE and Cboe in the listed derivatives space. Mr. Hutton is a holder of the CFA designation.
Contact
We'd love to hear about your firm's needs and discuss how a partnership with Pharos can help.