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  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2020
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Stockpickers turn to big data to arrest decline

    Many fund managers are embracing machine learning and other technologies to improve their performance

  • Friday, 17 January, 2020
    AnalysisFund management
    Systematic funds suffer ‘quant winter’

    Automated investing is on the rise, but many funds are struggling to meet expectations

  • Friday, 10 January, 2020
    Hedge funds
    Citadel Securities sues rival over alleged trading strategy leak

    Financial group says GSA induced researcher to supply confidential information

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    On Wall StreetRobin Wigglesworth
    Stability has destabilised the macro hedge fund

    Volatile markets may return but the industry has been forced to adapt

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Sovereign bonds
    Fingers point at hedge funds after Japan bond sell-off

    Trend-following investors switched bets after price crossed key threshold

  • Monday, 4 November, 2019
    Special ReportFTfm: Smart Beta
    Mystery is part and particle of smart beta

    Trying to understand how funds’ factors work is as baffling as quantum theory

  • Friday, 18 October, 2019
    Analysis
    Meet the Buffett bot: quant fund tries to crack the ‘value’ code

    Computer-powered Havelock is battling the market’s shrinking attention span

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    Analysis
    Hedge funds are happy to let the machines take over

    Some claim computers are getting better at finding profitable patterns in market data

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2019
    FTfmRobert Pozen
    Will bots replace humans in active equity investment?

    Machine learning will implement quant analysis to find the right stocks

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  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
    Tail RiskRobin Wigglesworth
    Braced for aftershocks following momentum sell-off

    Drop in hot stocks provided long-needed boost to other investment trends

  • Thursday, 8 August, 2019
    Markets volatility
    Automated selling exacerbates US market swings

    Surge in computer-driven strategies comes at crucial time for stock market

  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2019
    Man Group PLC
    Quant strategies fuel investment gains at Man Group

    Hedge fund group suffers net outflows as $1.1bn withdrawn in six months to June

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    Analysis
    Quants seek human touch in reboot of investing strategy

    Traditional traders are being hired as computer-powered techniques lose their edge

  • Monday, 17 June, 2019
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    Deutsche’s ‘bad bank’, Trump’s tariffs, Hong Kong

    Deutsche Bank prepares a deep overhaul of its trading operations

  • Monday, 17 June, 2019
    Special ReportBusiness Education: Financial Training
    Wanted: Finance graduates with AI and programming skills

    Quant funds are crying out for tech skills, and schools are responding with specialist courses

  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2019
    Analysis
    ‘Quant’ funds make a big bet on the bond market

    Hedge funds are attempting to copy the best parts of human traders but without their frailties

  • Monday, 10 June, 2019
    FTfmDavid Stevenson
    Machine learning revolution is still some way off

    Advances are likely to start small and creep up on the industry

  • Sunday, 9 June, 2019
    Fund management
    Humans beat machines in rocky month for equities

    Active asset managers have one of their best runs since crisis as ‘quant’ funds suffer

  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2019
    Algebris Investments UK LLP
    Algebris launches new fund betting on volatility

    $12bn-in-assets hedge fund argues that central banks have created unnatural calm

  • Monday, 6 May, 2019
    Quant equity funds hit by $25bn outflows

    Disappointing performance in 2018 sees investors turn away from once top-selling strategies

  • Friday, 19 April, 2019
    Hedge funds
    DE Shaw to revert to ‘3 and 30’ model as costs bite

    ‘Barbelling’ sees clients move to either cheap, simple funds or pricey, high-octane ones

  • Monday, 15 April, 2019
    Quant funds train sights on private equity market

    Investors explore using data-intensive processes for opaque corners of the market

  • Saturday, 30 March, 2019
    FT People: Fund Management
    Fund sector’s trillion-dollar club tickles Dimensional’s fancy

    CEO Gerard O’Reilly was lured to the company because of its four Nobel winners

  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    DE Shaw: inside Manhattan’s ‘Silicon Valley’ hedge fund

    Secretive group mixes quant investing with common sense, but is fighting to keep its $50bn edge

  • Saturday, 23 March, 2019
    FTfm
    Quants: is it time to tweak the code?

    Choppy 2018 spooks managers and exposes shaky foundations after investors pull $8bn

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