Rise of the Machines: A Peak Inside The World Of Quantitative Hedge Funds

Are the robots really better than humans at investing? With JPMorgan’s quant master Marko Kolanovic making the jaw-dropping claim only 90% of stock market volume is computer or algorithmic quant driven – exceeding the previous whisper number of 80% now involving systematic quant strategies – has the financial world reached a singularity point of no return? Or are the best computer-driven systematic programs actually driven by innovative humans?

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Quant strategies expand

Regardless of the study – Barclays recently tagged systematically driven strategies at near $500 billion in assets under management,...