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Lighter reliance on trend-following proves costly for London-based funds group
Renaissance, Two Sigma and DE Shaw suffer unusual setbacks
Enrollees from India and China make up a third of intake
The deal created a hedge fund giant but the transformation did not go as planned
Many fund managers are embracing machine learning and other technologies to improve their performance
Automated investing is on the rise, but many funds are struggling to meet expectations
Financial group says GSA induced researcher to supply confidential information
Volatile markets may return but the industry has been forced to adapt
Trend-following investors switched bets after price crossed key threshold
Trying to understand how funds’ factors work is as baffling as quantum theory
Computer-powered Havelock is battling the market’s shrinking attention span
Some claim computers are getting better at finding profitable patterns in market data
Machine learning will implement quant analysis to find the right stocks
Drop in hot stocks provided long-needed boost to other investment trends
Surge in computer-driven strategies comes at crucial time for stock market
Hedge fund group suffers net outflows as $1.1bn withdrawn in six months to June
Traditional traders are being hired as computer-powered techniques lose their edge
Deutsche Bank prepares a deep overhaul of its trading operations
Quant funds are crying out for tech skills, and schools are responding with specialist courses
Hedge funds are attempting to copy the best parts of human traders but without their frailties
Advances are likely to start small and creep up on the industry
Active asset managers have one of their best runs since crisis as ‘quant’ funds suffer
$12bn-in-assets hedge fund argues that central banks have created unnatural calm
Disappointing performance in 2018 sees investors turn away from once top-selling strategies
‘Barbelling’ sees clients move to either cheap, simple funds or pricey, high-octane ones
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