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AI and Quant Domination: The New Frontier in Hedge Funds
New breakthroughs in AI and automation are reshaping the competitive landscape for hedge funds, enabling smaller firms and new entrants to compete with legacy players. (Hedgeco.Net) In 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer novelty — it’s becoming central to […]
“Systematic Funds in the Red: Challenges Mount for Quantitative Hedge Funds
(HedgeCo.Net) Systematic hedge funds—those that rely largely on quantitative models, algorithms, and market signals rather than fundamental analysis—are facing a rough patch as the market enters the final quarter of 2025. According to a recent Goldman Sachs client note, these […]
AI Drives Surge in WorldQuant’s International Quant Championship — And Its Talent Pipeline
WorldQuant, the quant asset manager spun out of Millennium, saw an explosion in interest in its annual International Quant Championship (IQC) — participation surged to 80,000 university entrants, doubling last year’s figure. AI is credited as the accelerant: advances in […]
Hedge fund head says times right for global macro
Reuters – In a period when volatile markets battered most hedge funds, global macro funds are proving their worth, Graham Capital Chairman Kenneth Tropin told Reuters. During one of the hedge fund industry’s worst years, Graham delivered gains of up […]
Buffetted `Quants` Are Still In Demand
Javno – Last week, New York University and Carnegie Mellon sent a new class of math whizzes out into a profession that is both blamed for the financial collapse and charged with preventing it happening again. Many of these so-called […]