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For tomorrow’s quants, Python is essential; AI isn’t
Proportion of PhDs in quant teams is sliding, as employers focus on all-round skills
Novel risk-off CTA strategy passes tariff test
Ai for Alpha’s defensive approach to trend following worked as planned in April turmoil
JP Morgan QIS notionals hit $100bn
Dealer sees 15% annual growth in ‘imperfect’ notional measure, eyes rates and FX for next phase
Quants try investing like Socrates, with help from AI
Researchers are testing whether LLMs can use methods borrowed from ancient philosophy to answer complex questions
BlackRock preps managed futures ETF
Asset manager’s plans could open strategy to $400 billion-plus new asset pool
Advanced visualization for the quant strategy universe: clustering and dimensionality reduction
The authors present a novel visualisation model, based on 5000 quantitative investment strategies, which can identify nonlinear relationships and clustering strategies with similar risk factor exposures.
JPM sees upside in blurring lines between QIS and SMAs
Hedge funds are combining their strategies with bank indexes to create new products
Neil Chriss sets out to codify the game theory of trading
The co-author of the benchmark Almgren-Chriss model has updated his thinking on market impact
Hedge funds pile into short volatility QIS options
New twist on capturing vol premium remains popular despite mixed performance in August vol spike
UBS embraces ‘narrative alpha’ for new form of sentiment strategy
NLP engine traces how stories spread, instead of counting words
Premialab adopts CDM for QIS swap booking
Vendor selects open source data model to power expansion in growing systematic index market
The coming AI revolution in QIS
The first machine learning-based equity indexes launched in 2019. They are finally gaining traction with investors
The evolution of portfolio strategies: Special report 2024
This report explores the dynamic evolution of portfolio management and investment strategies, addressing challenges, technological advancements and ongoing innovations
BNP Paribas targets hedge funds with equity vol carry options
Bank aims to meet demand for QIS options extending beyond commodities
Execs can game sentiment engines, but can they fool LLMs?
Quants are firing up large language models to cut through corporate blather
Quants are using language models to map what causes what
GPT-4 does a surprisingly good job of separating causation from correlation
Inflationary cloud has silver lining for some quant strategies
Research finds certain factors may perform better than previously realised when prices rise
Baruch topples Princeton in Risk.net’s quant master’s rankings
US schools cement top five dominance as graduate salaries soar
New investor solutions for inflationary markets
Geopolitical risks, price volatility, clashing cycles, higher interest rates – these are tough times for economies and investors. Ahead of the 2022 Societe Generale/Risk.net Derivatives and Quant Conference, Risk.net spoke to the bank’s team about some…
Growth to value, and back via quality
Inflation-fuelled stock rotations are full of complexity
Adia hires three to join its growing supergroup of quants
Alexandre Antonov, Adil Reghai and Andrey Itkin join unit at world’s third-largest wealth fund