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Morgan Stanley Quant Combines Fundamental And Quantitative Portfolio Management Disciplines

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Mark Melin
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Adam S. Parker, the head of Morgan Stanley’s U.S. Quant Research team, surveys the landscape of quantitative investment techniques and, without specifically saying so, weighs in on the debate regarding the value of quantitative investing to more fundamental approaches.

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Morgan Stanley embraces “Quantamental” portfolio management

Certain quantitative market participants, particularly those in the managed futures sector, that feel their investment methods are held to a different standard. Returns and drawdowns being relatively equal, it is the fundamental long-only equity hedge funds that retain assets best during periods of negative performance. This is based on both anecdotal information as well as examination of index fund flows following a drawdown.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.