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  • Sunday, 20 February, 2022
    News in-depthAbu Dhabi Investment Authority
    Abu Dhabi wealth fund bets on scientific approach using quant experts

    Adia has built a 50-strong team of physicists, academics and data specialists to identify and take advantage of market anomalies

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    Robin Wigglesworth
    The curious case of rising stocks in the night-time

    An ex-hedge fund analyst has a conspiratorial theory why equities do better after the market closes

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    AQR quant fund kicks off the year with 10% gain after 2021 rebound

    Strong run for Absolute Return fund bolsters hopes that ‘quant winter’ is thawing

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    The Big Read
    The next quant revolution: shaking up the corporate bond market

    Corporate credit has been largely untouched by computer-driven trading, but some investors are trying to change that

  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    AQR Capital Management LLC
    AQR hedge fund parts with 5 top managers and closes struggling division

    Assets have declined by almost half to $137bn at computer-powered investment group

  • Monday, 1 November, 2021
    Special ReportSmart Beta
    ESG metrics trip up factor investors

    Adding an ethical tilt to a portfolio may not necessarily lead to better returns

  • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
    China becomes next big prize for quant funds

    Big-name groups attracted by improved access and ‘exploitable inefficiencies’

  • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
    Interview
    Computer-driven funds to muscle into new markets, says Man Group CIO

    Sandy Rattray predicts quant ‘invasion’ in corporate debt and private equity

  • Friday, 11 June, 2021
    Man Group PLC
    Man Group’s CIO Sandy Rattray to leave hedge fund firm

    Move triggers reshuffle of London-based group’s senior management

  • Wednesday, 26 May, 2021
    Markets InsightJane Buchan
    A qualitative guide to the quants

    What to look for in a manager after a dark winter for the sector

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Swedish quant fund IPM to close after assets tumble

    Fund posted a string of weak returns as it struggled to navigate choppy markets

  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    Fund management
    ‘Quant winter’ thaw ends long spell of drab returns for funds

    AQR among the big names on the rebound as new phase of pandemic shakes up asset markets

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    Lex
    Lex letter from London: central bankers’ emotions are latest frontier for quants Premium content

    Study finds remarks delivered in positive way can raise stock market returns by 200 basis points

  • Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Swedish hedge fund IPM hit as pandemic upends quant models

    Abrupt economic swings have created a tough environment for ‘macro’ managers

  • Friday, 16 April, 2021
    LexMan Group PLC
    Man Group/hedge funds: momentous times give quants a reset Premium content

    Hedge fund group’s one-year performance could have been stronger but the outlook is rosier

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    Investors brace for ‘major shift’ as momentum and value collide

    Rare melding of strategies may add more fuel to gains for energy stocks and banks, analysts say

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    Markets InsightRobin Wigglesworth
    A fallen star of the investment world

    Blow for investors as popular ‘minimum volatility’ funds stumble

  • Wednesday, 6 January, 2021
    Hedge funds
    Hedge fund Winton’s assets plunge $26bn from peak after 2020 rout

    David Harding’s firm was among biggest hedge funds but suffered in coronavirus crisis

  • Saturday, 5 December, 2020
    Artificial intelligence
    Robo-surveillance shifts tone of CEO earnings calls

    Trading algorithms leave a mark with deeper focus on the spoken word

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    WorldQuant enjoying banner year despite $200m vaccine shake-up hit

    Quant fund is up nearly 20 per cent in an otherwise bleak year for computer-led funds

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Markets InsightRobin Wigglesworth
    A terrible, horrible, no-good year for quants

    Many popular quant strategies are struggling but to varying degrees we are all quants now

  • Monday, 2 November, 2020
    Hedge funds
    Hedge fund GSA moves low-cost fund into high-fee markets

    Move poses challenge to rivals after GSA helped push down industry fees

  • Monday, 7 September, 2020
    Hedge funds
    AI hedge fund Voleon suffers in choppy markets

    High-performing quant funds lose lustre in turbulent year

  • Monday, 27 April, 2020
    Fund management
    Alternative risk premia funds fail to live up to expectations

    Popular funds’ performance woes compounded by coronavirus market sell-off

  • Monday, 6 April, 2020
    News in-depthHedge funds
    Quant pioneer Winton suffers in coronavirus-driven sell-off

    Lighter reliance on trend-following proves costly for London-based funds group

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