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Unlocking opportunity through advanced technology.

At Moody’s, our tech-first approach involves leveraging advanced technologies that can help you make more informed and timely decisions and reduce your exposure to risk.

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Introducing Quantum computing at Moody’s

Our quantum computing strategy:

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A business advantage

The finance industry may be one of the first to benefit from quantum computing, with many use cases that require live data and complex computational tasks. The methods used to tackle some of these problems take a lot of time, space, and resources using today’s classical computers. However, some of these can be adapted and will potentially be solved effectively even on near-term quantum devices, providing a business advantage compared to the classical approach.

02
Focused on innovation

Financial institutions need to understand what benefits quantum computing can bring them. At Moody’s, we are focused on innovation to better serve our customers and enable them to make faster decisions. We are taking a quantum leap forward with our exploration of quantum computing, which promises extensive improvements for computationally expensive issues that could impact some of the core challenges our clients face.

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Solving challenges in a new and innovative way

Quantum computing is a new paradigm in computing. Quantum computers leverage the quantum physics properties of superposition, entanglement, and interference to solve problems in a new and innovative way.

However, there are many challenges to address, like developing quantum algorithms that solve relevant problems more efficiently and building robust quantum hardware.

Solving challenges in a new and innovative way

Our approach to quantum computing

Community engagement

Moody’s collaborates with academia and student associations to bridge the gap between research and real-world applications. We support initiatives such as hackathons to foster talent and help create the next generation of experts in quantum computing.

Improve and accelerate product speed-to-market

We are working on specific, high-impact use cases, leveraging data, analytics, classical models, and unique insights from Moody’s, combined with the power of quantum computing in a way that is practical and realistic about what can be achieved with today's and tomorrow’s quantum computers.

Generate thought leadership

As leaders in risk management, we can help you consider the evolution of new technologies and how innovation can disrupt the finance industry. We provide insights into the latest breakthroughs in the field through reports and applied research publications. We also work on use case co-development with different partners.

Prepare for post quantum cryptography

Quantum computing is a threat to our secure communication channels, and we must mobilize accordingly. At Moody’s, we’re focused on achieving crypto agility while creating a practical and realistic Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) strategy and maintaining a robust cryptographic inventory to protect our customer’s data and our most valuable assets.

QFStudio powered by Multiverse Computing

01 Unlock quantum computing today

Unlock quantum computing today

In collaboration with Multiverse Computing, we’re bringing the QFStudio platform to market, enabling our users to access quantum and quantum-inspired technologies as a service. QFStudio provides both a user interface and API access to cutting-edge algorithmic solutions (solvers) to solve your hardest use cases such as optimization problems, risk calculations, or derivative pricing.

QFStudio
02 What is QFStudio?

What is QFStudio?

QFStudio is a continuous integration, benchmark, and delivery platform.

  • It allows users to seamlessly integrate quantum and quantum-inspired solvers into their workflows via APIs.  

  • It features benchmarking capabilities to compare classical, quantum, and quantum-inspired solvers for different use cases. Users can compare the solvers by speed, cost, accuracy, and quality of the solution.

  • Access state-of-the-art Multiverse Computing quantum and quantum-inspired solvers running on different hardware providers.

03 Use cases and solvers

Use cases and solvers

Portfolio optimization — Use Multiverse’s quantum and quantum-inspired solvers to determine how to optimally allocate investment assets within your portfolio. Get allocations and portfolio performance metrics, including expected returns, portfolio risk, and Sharpe ratio.

Index tracking — Use fewer assets while still effectively tracking an index with Multiverse’s Simulated Annealing solver. 

Derivative pricing — Use quantum-inspired machine learning and a parametric framework to provide precise and fast derivative pricing and Greek calculations.

04 Coming soon

Coming soon

Understanding the quantum advantage unlocking the next generation of computing:

  • Cybersecurity anomaly detection
     

  • Trading

  • Blockchain anti-money laundering

  • Fair value estimator

Unlock quantum computing today

In collaboration with Multiverse Computing, we’re bringing the QFStudio platform to market, enabling our users to access quantum and quantum-inspired technologies as a service. QFStudio provides both a user interface and API access to cutting-edge algorithmic solutions (solvers) to solve your hardest use cases such as optimization problems, risk calculations, or derivative pricing.

QFStudio

What is QFStudio?

QFStudio is a continuous integration, benchmark, and delivery platform.

  • It allows users to seamlessly integrate quantum and quantum-inspired solvers into their workflows via APIs.  

  • It features benchmarking capabilities to compare classical, quantum, and quantum-inspired solvers for different use cases. Users can compare the solvers by speed, cost, accuracy, and quality of the solution.

  • Access state-of-the-art Multiverse Computing quantum and quantum-inspired solvers running on different hardware providers.

Use cases and solvers

Portfolio optimization — Use Multiverse’s quantum and quantum-inspired solvers to determine how to optimally allocate investment assets within your portfolio. Get allocations and portfolio performance metrics, including expected returns, portfolio risk, and Sharpe ratio.

Index tracking — Use fewer assets while still effectively tracking an index with Multiverse’s Simulated Annealing solver. 

Derivative pricing — Use quantum-inspired machine learning and a parametric framework to provide precise and fast derivative pricing and Greek calculations.

Coming soon

Understanding the quantum advantage unlocking the next generation of computing:

  • Cybersecurity anomaly detection
     

  • Trading

  • Blockchain anti-money laundering

  • Fair value estimator

What are the benefits?

Make the quantum journey easier to navigate

  • Reduce integration and preparation time.
  • Eliminate the high investment barrier.
  • Build more efficient scalability.
  • Natively manage your DevOps cycle.

Access multiple hardware providers

  • We provide direct and managed access to multiple quantum hardware providers and algorithms.

Demonstrate the technological possibilities

  • Identify your bottlenecks and benchmark different solvers.
  • Quantify the advantage quantum can bring.

Utilize cutting-edge technology

  • Access state-of-the-art quantum and quantum-inspired solvers provided by Multiverse Computing.

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Research and insights

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Jul 03, 2024

 Moody's
Shopping the quantum computer supermarket

Realizing that there’s a competitive advantage to be found in speed and accuracy, top players in the financial industry have been investing in quantum computing, in some cases, for many years.

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whitepaper

Apr 05, 2024

 Moody's
Quantum error correction on the rise: Have commercial Quantum Computing application timelines shrunk?

There is no doubt that Quantum Error Correction (QEC) protocols will play a central role in the realization of Fault Tolerant quantum computing (FTQC).

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Mar 25, 2024

 Moody's
Exploring the potential of quantum reservoir computing in forecasting the intensity of tropical cyclones

Accurately predicting the intensity of tropical cyclones is a critical yet challenging task. At Moody’s, one of our key goals is to build a quantum reservoir computing-based model, capable of processing climate model outputs and storm environment parameters, to provide more accurate forecasting and improved decision making. A such, we’ve teamed up with QuEra Computing to explore the benefits of using quantum reservoir computing in climate science.

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Mar 12, 2024

 Moody's
Moody’s at MIT Quantum Hackathon

We're thrilled to announce that Moody's sponsored the MIT Quantum Hackathon, iQuHACK 2024. On February 2nd to 4th, the quantum team travelled to Boston to propose a challenge about a hard instance of portfolio optimization.

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article

Feb 11, 2024

 Moody's
The road to useful quantum computing

You’ve heard that quantum computers may someday come to the rescue and offer a competitive advantage in some cases, but you’ve also heard that this day is still in the future. However, recent advancements toward so-called “logical qubits” indicate that the time to start paying attention to this technology is now.

  • Quantum computing
  • Innovation
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May 10, 2023

 Moody's
Moody’s Quantum Monte Carlo challenge at ETH Zurich Quantum Hackathon

From May 5 to May 7, 2023, our Quantum team went to Zurich,Switzerland, to propose a challenge at the ETH Zurich Quantum Hackathon. In this post we  recap the event with a focus on the challenge Moody’s proposed.

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article

Apr 25, 2023

 Moody's
Recession prediction via signature kernels enhanced with quantum features

In this blog post, we show the results of our collaboration with Rigetti Computing and Imperial College London. We illustrate a novel approach for addressing the problem of forecasting economic recession periods using cutting-edge quantum machine learning techniques, combining classical signature methods with a quantum data transformation. To demonstrate the computational power of the method, we simulated the quantum computer on classical hardware, separating the effects of the quantum computer’s errors from the algorithmic results.

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Apr 19, 2023

 Moody's
Playing quantum chess to understand quantum computing

Quantum theory describes phenomena that are less obvious, phenomena that are harder to witness, if you are not an experimental physicist working in a lab. Games offer an easy way to think about real world problems. Using a game to get an intuition of how quantum systems work, is an accessible way to learn the core ideas of quantum computing.

  • Company reference data
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Apr 05, 2023

 Moody's
Moody’s at Qiskit Hackathon Barcelona

The Qiskit Hackathon was an in-person immersive competition featuring live engagement, teamwork, and mentorship by expert researchers, developers, and advocates. Participants had 24 hours to work in teams to develop solutions to problems in the field of quantum computing and present them to a panel of judges.

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Jan 26, 2023

 Moody's
How quantum computing will disrupt the finance industry

Perhaps you’ve heard of quantum computing and the seemingly sci-fi nature of how it works. It’s generating interest in many industries with some exciting discoveries and applications. But with all the hype around it, it can be tough to determine what quantum computers can do today.

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whitepaper

Jan 05, 2023

 Moody's
Are the RSA and Diffie-Hellman cryptosystems under threat sooner than previously thought?

A new research paper published in December 2022 proposes a new way of factoring integers that could reduce drastically that timeline and create a higher urgency in the PQC strategies. In this study we evaluate said paper and the implications for the financial industry.

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