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Deutsche Bank prepares a deep overhaul of its trading operations
Quant funds are crying out for tech skills, and schools are responding with specialist courses
Hedge funds are attempting to copy the best parts of human traders but without their frailties
Advances are likely to start small and creep up on the industry
Active asset managers have one of their best runs since crisis as ‘quant’ funds suffer
$12bn-in-assets hedge fund argues that central banks have created unnatural calm
Disappointing performance in 2018 sees investors turn away from once top-selling strategies
‘Barbelling’ sees clients move to either cheap, simple funds or pricey, high-octane ones
Investors explore using data-intensive processes for opaque corners of the market
CEO Gerard O’Reilly was lured to the company because of its four Nobel winners
Secretive group mixes quant investing with common sense, but is fighting to keep its $50bn edge
Choppy 2018 spooks managers and exposes shaky foundations after investors pull $8bn
Pioneer of algorithmic trading rejoins quant’s executive committee
Analysis suggests that the calm is being punctuated by a different type of turbulence
Computer-driven investment strategies lost 5.6 per cent in 2018
Robust start to 2019 for equities set to trigger more purchases from computer-driven funds
Computer-driven trading draws suspicion that obscures the advantages of algos
Critics say high-frequency trading makes markets too fickle amid rising anxiety over the global economy
Quantitative investment group’s biggest public funds hit amid market volatility
Clifford Asness admits funds had ‘painful’ 2018 but rejects criticism of quantitative strategies
Sharp reversals in market trends has hurt performance of some big quant funds this year
Asset managers adopt new approach in era defined by automation, algorithms and big data
Schonfeld responds to diminishing trading opportunities with push into Europe and Asia
International competitions and computer games are being used to spot talent
