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  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
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  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    Quant funds move into unfettered pink sheet stock trading

    Computer-driven hedge funds and proprietary traders attracted by off-exchange market’s improved liquidity

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  • Saturday, 1 July, 2023
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  • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
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    Computer-driven trading firms fret over risks AI poses to their profits

    Executives fear complex algorithms may not be able to differentiate fake data from genuine information

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  • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
    US equities
    Algorithms prop up the market as fretful humans sit out the uncertainty

    Quant funds have been piling into US equities in response to falling volatility

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

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  • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
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  • Monday, 10 October, 2022
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    ‘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
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    Renaissance Technologies, DE Shaw, Bridgewater and others buy stock worth more than $900mn in second quarter

    Warren Buffett speaks at event after a Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting
  • 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

    A trader works during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange
  • 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

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  • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
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    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

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  • 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

    Dan Michalow,  a former star money manager at hedge fund DE Shaw
  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Pharmaceuticals sector
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  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
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    Quant hedge funds reap windfall during 2022 market ructions

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

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  • Sunday, 20 February, 2022
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    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

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  • 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

    A night-time view of Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange
  • 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

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  • 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

    Clifford Asness heads AQR
  • Monday, 1 November, 2021
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    ESG metrics trip up factor investors

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

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

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

    A bull statue outside the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in Shenzhen, China
  • 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

    Man Group chief investment officer Sandy Rattray
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