Jon Chandler
Senior Research Lead
Jon Chandler has 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Cutter Associates in 2014, Jon was a senior business analyst for State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), where he was involved in a number of projects for the front and middle office, including UAT design and execution for an order management system (Fidessa IMS), the implementation of a web-based due diligence platform (FundInsight), and an enterprise solution to support blended benchmarks. Prior to his project roles, Jon was a principal in fixed income trade operations at SSGA. He has extensive experience with post-trade operations and applications, such as OASYS/CTM, PORTIA, MBSExpert, and FailStation. Jon earned a bachelor of arts in history from the University of Florida and an MBA from Northeastern University.
Recent research assignments and publications include the following:
- Alternative Investment Systems
- Cutter Benchmarking: Alternative Investments
- Cutter Benchmarking: Derivatives and Collateral Management
- Cutter Benchmarking: Investment Risk
- Cutter Benchmarking: Performance Measurement and Attribution
- Derivatives and Collateral Management Solutions
- Execution Management Systems
- Managed Data Services
- Order Management Systems
- Outsourcing Solutions
- Performance Measurement and Attribution Systems
- Portfolio Analytics Solutions
- Private Debt
- Risk Management Systems
- The Evolving Front Office Support Model
Steve Go
Research Analyst
Steve Go has more than 20 years of experience spanning various roles in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Cutter Associates in 2026, Steve was a trader, having executed fundamental and technical strategies for desks with differing investment profiles across global markets. His trading experience includes roles at event-driven hedge fund Beryl Capital Management and long-only asset manager DoubleLine Capital, with exposures in equities, derivatives, fixed income, and digital assets. Prior to assuming a role in trading, Steve was a business systems analyst, having implemented business transformation projects across front, middle, and back offices of both buy and sell side firms. His business analysis experience includes roles at multi-strategy hedge fund Canyon Partners and consulting firm Deloitte while on a Lehman Brothers engagement. Steve earned both a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
This scope statement provides a brief description of our upcoming research report on The Alpha in the Room: Turning Data into Insights so you can preview what to expect. It defines what will be included in and excluded from the research.