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    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Hedge funds
      CTAs are minnows, not whales

      Tall trend-following tales

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Return of the quant

      Listen carefully, while I sing my comeback song

    • Monday, 10 October, 2022
      ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
      ‘Crash-protection mode’ helps managed futures ETFs crush rivals

      The largest fund DBMF has delivered returns in excess of 30 per cent this year

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      Berkshire Hathaway Inc
      Quant funds snap up shares in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

      Renaissance Technologies, DE Shaw, Bridgewater and others buy stock worth more than $900mn in second quarter

    • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
      US equities
      Quant funds support rally by ramping up bets on US stocks

      Investors that rely on statistical trading models are quickly unwinding bearish positions

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      Hedge funds
      US quant fund Fort bucks trend with steep losses in 2022

      Computer-driven firm posts losses of 20-40% even as rivals benefit from market regime change

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      Hedge funds
      Hedge funds cut back trading after LME nickel chaos

      Exchange stepped in to halt a squeeze on a short seller and protect other users from heavy losses

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      D. E. Shaw and Company
      DE Shaw ordered to pay record $52mn to former star money manager

      Finra panel finds hedge fund defamed senior partner who parted ways with the firm in 2018

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      Pharma bro David Shaw

      Hedgie turned medical researcher notches up a big win

    • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
      Hedge funds
      Quant hedge funds reap windfall during 2022 market ructions

      Computer-driven managers post biggest gains since financial crisis after ‘dead decade’

    • 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

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