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...US quant fund Fort has been hit by losses of between 20 per cent and 40 per cent across its funds this year, in sharp contrast to the strong gains made by other computer-driven hedge funds in 2022’s market...
...You can’t always get what you quant From picking the best stocks to listening in on earnings calls, artificial intelligence-powered systems are changing finance. But how big are the rewards?...
...Among equity factors, there were signs of recovery from the recent “quant quake” as momentum outperformed that of value....
...That makes Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann the riskiest choice to succeed Mario Draghi, Martin Wolf writes....
...As Mario Roussanov, a recruiter for hedge funds, began making his annual visit to clients this year, the change was apparent....
...Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, has pointed to rising protectionism as the “major source of uncertainty” to the eurozone economy, where recent business surveys and official manufacturing...
...MSCI have published this analysis on the quant quake....
...But some analysts fear that another 2007-style meltdown would be more severe due to the proliferation of quant strategies....
...“Playing Super Mario might not necessarily work for markets. If you hit the button you always know what will happen, but you don’t in markets,” says another quant at a large hedge fund....
...It can learn the difference between bananas and apples and sort them out, or even teach a computer how to play and quickly master a game like Super Mario from scratch....
...Now, quite a few quants still thought this is a pipedream. Some see AI genres like machine learning as just another tool, others even reckon it’s just marketing gimmick....
...Quant is going to be similar. Slowly, but surely, more money will be managed by computer. [They] are cheaper, they are faster and the client is better off.”...
...Cantab Capital, a multibillion-dollar quant hedge fund, run by computers (or rather, run by maths geeks who run computers) went for option three....
...Kwant daddy scolds kids: Jesper Andreasen didn’t have many nice things to say about the next generation of quants....
...TC: Well, the quants are working on a couple of new products. I wasn’t planning on selling these yet but I’m sure the FSA won’t mind. FS: What are they?...
...“I was young when Mary Quant was big, you know,” Halonen, 62, said. Could her flirtation with country casuals mean she will from now on put style ahead of comfort?...
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