Investors snap up quant trading strategies

Low returns on traditional structured and index-based products are prompting a growing number of banks to target institutional and high-net-worth investors with algorithm-based strategies. Several dealers have already rolled out investment products with payouts linked to returns on rules-based models, rather than relying on asset managers to make trading decisions.

This month, Dresdner Kleinwort will launch the Deva 80 and 90 alpha funds, which play on the observed difference between implied