Articles by Rob Mannix
Treat AI models as would-be hackers, says quant
Risk Live: Models capable of “strategic deception” require different risk management, says former Risk.net quant of the year
Top quants on how AI will change some jobs and steal others
Coding skills will matter less and research skills more, say quants in Risk.net straw poll
How quants are getting the most out of Claude
Agentic tools boost productivity by multiples, but using them takes skill
The SaaSpocalypse shows private markets need risk models
Investors have little idea how bad the losses in private credit are going to be
The race to model private market risks
BlackRock maps holdings to risk factors; competitors aim to get the best from statistical methods
Hedge fund CIO flags risks from ‘fragile’ market structure
Next big market shock will lead to “liquidity driven bankruptcies”, says Adapt’s Maubourguet
Quants like Andrew Ang are making the case for AI agents
AI agents can boost human managers by analysing investments, risks and portfolio choices at scale
Iran confusion makes the case for causal modelling
A new test model built using Claude suggests oil prices may surge back above $100
The MIT professor giving LLMs a ‘brain scan’
Hui Chen’s research is yielding new ways to interpret – and steer – AI models
A Hormuz tipping point may be days away
Agent-based model suggests delays and shortages likely to accelerate after four weeks
New LLMs are proving to be surprisingly good quants
Strides in AI’s ability to do maths mean models can plausibly help with research
The ‘addictive’ way of working behind Marex’s rapid growth
Staff are encouraged to run lots of little experiments to figure out what works – and what doesn’t