Capital.
Engineered
With Precision.
We are a hedge fund and algorithmic asset manager operating at the intersection of quantitative research and professional capital management. We engineer systematic, algorithm-driven trading strategies and tailor them into bespoke portfolios built around each client's risk appetite, objectives and target returns.
Built on Discipline.
Driven by Data.
Nexus Capital & Investments was founded by Craig Gittins and Usama Azim, two professionals whose complementary skill sets have built a rigorous, systematic approach to algorithmic trading.
Inspired by the statistical discipline of traders like Tom Hougaard, the company moved beyond retail systems to develop its own proprietary edge: a research methodology grounded in 20-year backtests, comprehensive robustness testing, and institutional-grade portfolio construction.
An extensive background in both discretionary and systematic trading, combined with deep technical expertise in algorithm development, has produced a professional-grade systematic operation capable of generating consistent performance across global markets.
Rather than running a single, one-size-fits-all strategy, we build and manage bespoke portfolios for each client, selecting and weighting algorithms from our library to match their individual risk appetite, return objectives and drawdown tolerance.
Craig brings extensive IT expertise spanning pharmaceutical systems, advanced robotics implementations, and business process automation. His deep understanding of both technology and business operations drives the company's technological development, from platform architecture to the algorithmic systems powering live trading operations.
Usama is an accomplished cosmetic dentist who relocated to Dubai to expand his practice while spearheading Nexus's growth in financial markets. His entrepreneurial background and precision-focused medical discipline translate directly into the rigorous demands of algorithmic development, advancing programming capabilities alongside Craig to build robust, long-duration trading systems.
Built For Investors Who
Already Have A Plan
Specialist systematic strategies for investors who already hold a portfolio and want to add a disciplined, tailored return stream alongside it, not replace what they've already built.
High-Net-Worth & Sophisticated Investors
You already have a portfolio of equities, property or cash. We add a genuinely systematic, algorithm-driven return stream, tailored to your own risk appetite and built to sit alongside what you own, not replace it.
- Designed to run alongside your portfolio, not replace it
- Defined risk parameters on every algorithm
- Portfolio tailored to your risk appetite
- Transparent, ongoing reporting
Family Offices
Multi-generational wealth stewards who already manage diversified allocations across equities, property and fixed income. We don't manage those assets ourselves. What we add is a purely systematic, algorithm-driven trading component, engineered and monitored with the same institutional discipline you already expect elsewhere in the portfolio.
- Runs alongside existing multi-asset allocations
- A distinct, systematic approach, not more of the same exposure
- Continuous monitoring and rebalancing
- Institutional-grade research methodology
Institutional Allocators
As we scale beyond individual and family mandates, our robustness-testing methodology, documentation and reporting are being built from day one to support the due diligence institutional allocators require, not bolted on after the fact.
- Purpose-built allocation per mandate
- Full testing methodology available on request
- Built for institutional-grade due diligence
- Scalable across markets and strategies
Institutional-Grade
Robustness Testing
Every algorithm we deploy has survived a multi-stage gauntlet designed to eliminate curve-fit, short-lived strategies, leaving only those built to perform for decades.
Algorithm Generation
Using StrategyQuantX professional data-mining software alongside our own machine-learning and AI-assisted research, we generate and test thousands of algorithmic candidates built on rigorous market-depth analysis and adaptations of published academic research, then statistically test and audit every process before a candidate advances further.
Robustness Testing
We employ comprehensive in-sample and out-of-sample testing, not a simple single split. Every strategy passes:
- Full range Monte Carlo simulations
- Walk-forward optimizations & matrices
- Strategy parameter permutations
- Comprehensive slippage & spread testing
Live-Market Validation
Strategies that pass all robustness tests enter our custom incubation system, a live-market validation process designed to verify real-world performance before full deployment. Unlike frequent strategy rotation, we focus on long-term gains aligned with Robert Pardo's principle that algorithms should work for decades.
Client Portfolio Construction
Top-performing strategies from our library are combined into bespoke portfolios tailored to each client, using StrategyQuant's Portfolio Master software to weight exposures according to their individual risk appetite, goals and target metrics, ensuring the algorithms work together cohesively rather than competing.
Ongoing Monitoring & Rebalancing
Deployment isn't the finish line. Every client portfolio is continuously monitored against its own risk and drawdown parameters, with algorithms rotated, re-weighted or retired as market regimes shift, so the portfolio keeps matching the client it was built for, not the market conditions it started in.
Global Market
Diversification
We trade a diversified portfolio of global instruments, designed so that individual equity indices are naturally hedged against macro headwinds via directional trades in currencies, metals, and energy.
By combining long-biased equity indices with well-timed directional trades on JPY pairs, gold and oil, we construct a natural hedge against bear market conditions, maintaining portfolio stability across market cycles.
Our Algorithm
Development Team
Every strategy in our client portfolios is designed, coded and validated in-house by our own algorithm development team, the same group responsible for the research methodology behind our robustness testing and portfolio construction. This capability stays firmly in service of our fund and asset management operations.
Frequently Asked
Questions
The questions we're asked most often about how this actually works, in practice.
No. You deposit directly with our regulated broker partner (currently IC Markets, with Vantage Markets coming soon), never with us. On our standard connection, even our performance fee is deducted automatically by the broker the moment it's earned, straight from your account, and shown on your own statement. We never invoice or handle your money ourselves. You retain full control and can disconnect at any time.
No admin fees, no setup fees. It's performance only, charged only on new profits above your previous high-water mark, and nothing taken if you're not up overall or in drawdown. On our standard connection, this is deducted automatically by the broker the instant a new high-water mark is hit. On bespoke, individually-managed accounts, it's settled by periodic invoice against your high-water mark growth instead, since that structure doesn't run through the same automated system.
Our standard connection links you to our core algorithmic system via an institutional-grade copy-trading connection. You choose your own risk exposure through a copy ratio (e.g. full size, half size, quarter size) that scales your position sizing, and with it your target drawdown, to suit your own risk appetite. It's the same underlying system for everyone on it, with no individual customisation beyond risk sizing. A bespoke setup, run directly on your own account, allows full customisation, restricting to specific markets, excluding others, or building a portfolio around a particular objective, and is arranged individually.
No lock-in on either setup. On the standard connection, you can disconnect within about 60 seconds, any time, via the app or website. On a bespoke account, you can contact us directly to turn it off, or, as an ultimate fail-safe entirely in your own control, simply change your trading password, which disconnects us immediately (any open positions would then need to be closed by you directly, since we'd no longer have access). Either way, this is a long-term strategy: we'd ask most clients to commit to at least a full year to give it a fair test.
In real time. Every live position we take is visible on your own connected account as it happens. You'll also get your own daily trade record emailed directly from the broker at the close of each trading day.
Every single algorithm we run has a fixed stop loss on every trade, without exception. No position is ever left running unprotected. We never use Martingale, dollar-cost-averaging, or grid systems. Each algorithm goes through extensive backtesting and risk profiling before it's deployed, and once your portfolio is built we set an estimated maximum drawdown level based on that testing, tailored to your own risk tolerance. On the standard connection, your copy ratio is the main lever you control yourself. That estimate is based on historical data, not a guarantee of future results.
On the standard connection, no. It's one system for everyone on it, and your control is over risk sizing, not market selection. Full market customisation (indices-only, excluding FX/crypto/commodities, single-market focus, and so on) is available through a bespoke setup.
Our standard system is continuously evolving: algorithms get added, re-weighted or retired as part of ongoing monitoring, so a fixed historical number wouldn't represent what you'd actually be trading tomorrow. Bespoke portfolios are individually built, so there's no shared record there either. What we can show is how the algorithms behind those portfolios are developed and proven: demo incubation, a live-market validation account (independently tracked, no portfolio balancing applied), and individual strategy reports for algorithms that have gone through the process. See our Strategy Reports page for the full picture.
On the standard connection, trades are copied to your account within milliseconds, because it runs through the same broker using an institutional-grade copy-trading system. On a bespoke account, you provide us with your trading login (your trading credentials, not your broker portal or personal account access), which we set up directly on our own servers to apply the algorithms to your account. In both cases, what we're given is the ability to trade, never the ability to withdraw funds, which stays entirely in your control.
Start The
Conversation
Every engagement starts with a conversation about your risk appetite, objectives and existing portfolio. Reach out directly to either founder.
Important Information
Past Performance Notice: Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. The value of investments can go down as well as up, and you may not get back the full amount committed. Any figures, backtests or simulations referenced on this site are provided for informational and illustrative purposes only and may not reflect actual future results.
Not Currently Regulated: Nexus Capital & Investments is not currently authorised or regulated by any financial services regulator. We do not hold a licence to provide investment services to the public, and nothing on this site should be read as implying otherwise. Any arrangement with a client is a private, individually agreed arrangement, not a public offer of investment services.
Not Financial Advice: The information on this website is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, tax or any other form of professional advice. Before entering into any arrangement, you should seek independent professional advice tailored to your own circumstances, financial situation and objectives.
No Offer or Solicitation: This website does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any investment product, and nothing on it should be construed as an invitation or recommendation to invest. Nothing here is directed at, or intended for, persons in any jurisdiction where it would be unlawful.
Risk Considerations: Algorithmic and systematic trading strategies involve substantial risk of loss and are not suitable for everyone. Strategies that have performed well historically, in backtesting or in simulation may still perform poorly, or fail entirely, under live market conditions. You should carefully consider your own risk tolerance and only commit capital you can afford to lose before proceeding.