Our values and behaviours

At BlueCove, we are in the business of solving hard problems - and of doing so scientifically. Our values are a core set of principles that facilitate decision-making, particularly hard decisions. Our behaviours, when practised collectively, serve to both create and preserve the firm's culture.

35%

female

identify as bisexual, gay or lesbian

identify as neurodivergent

identify as having a disability

26%

identify as minority ethnic

different religions or no religion

Source: BlueCove's July 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Survey which had an 85% response rate.

We are entrepreneurial and promote belonging

Each of our permanent employees have an equity interest in BlueCove, fostering ownership mentality and strategic alignment. We believe that our entrepreneurial approach, along with our scientific orientation and data focus, ensures intellectual value accrues for the good of our clients and our firm.

We think it is important to listen to our employees. We foster a culture of belonging by demonstrating trust, intellectual honesty, structured collaboration and persistent curiosity. We believe this, along with our technical expertise, helps us to continue to enhance and innovate our research and processes for clients.

96%

of employees feel aligned to BlueCove's culture (4% are neutral)

91%

of employees understand how their work contributes to BlueCove's goals (9% neutral)

Source: BlueCove's July 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Survey which had an 85% response rate.

I really look forward to the weekly catchups which ensures that everyone feels included and can see the bigger picture.

Rhea Potdar

Principal Systems Engineer

The autonomy and exposure that comes with working at a boutique firm like BlueCove has been a refreshing move for my career.

Savio Rodrigues

Senior Trader

We represent many different backgrounds and experiences

We believe teams of highly competent and diverse individuals with similar values create superior outcomes for clients. We take a holistic approach to diversity and collect a broad range of data. Our employees represent many different protected characteristics. We recognise the value in supporting breadth of career paths and reducing barriers. Of our employees, 33% are the first in their family to attend university and 32% are from a non-professional socio-economic background.

Greater diversity and inclusion can create better outcomes for consumers and markets by supporting healthy work cultures, reducing groupthink, unlocking talent and improving understanding of diverse consumer needs.
"Diversity and inclusion in the financial sector - working together to drive change" - FCA (consultation paper), September 2023.

This graphic shows our colour combinations (qualities) assessed using Lumina Spark.

We are stronger because we are cognitively diverse

We use the psychometric tool Lumina Spark to monitor and demonstrate our cognitive diversity. This tool enables us to know ourselves better, including when we may be overextended, and because we share the output in a transparent way, helps us to empathise and communicate with our colleagues. We believe better self-awareness and communication supports psychological safety and reduces groupthink, ultimately improving our ability to find solutions, to the benefit of us and our clients.

Talent development

We run apprenticeship and internship programmes to build a pipeline of talent - hear about these programmes firsthand from Bamidele and Yuwei in the videos below.

I am really enjoying developing my understanding of DevOps and learning Python with the support from both my tutor and BlueCove's team of talented engineers.

Bamidele Jayeola

Platform Infrastructure Engineering Apprentice

I decided to apply for the internship programme at BlueCove as it was a great opportunity to explore the fixed income scientific investment process.

Yuwei Zheng

Quantitative Researcher

Supporting initiatives and the local community

BlueCove has partnered with ReachOut, a mentoring and education charity, to organise a work experience visit for students from an under-resourced area of London so they may have an insight into financial services careers and to help grow the pipeline of talent for our industry.

For the firm's apprenticeship programme, BlueCove partnered with Barnardo's for training (a charity focused on supporting disadvantaged children and young people) and Generation for recruitment (Generation work with young people from non-professional socio-economic backgrounds, and specifically those from black and ethnic minority backgrounds).

Our employees also participate in charity events including Save the Children's Christmas Jumper Day, Hope for Justice's 50 Challenge and Barnardo's Christmas Toy Appeal.