Tag Archives: quantitative-investment


AI-First Hedge Funds: The New Frontier of Quant Investing

(HedgeCo.Net) A new wave of “AI-first” hedge funds is redefining how money managers compete. Rather than relying primarily on human intuition or traditional quant models, these firms are built around proprietary AI systems that process vast data sets, generate predictive insights, and […]

Octagon, Run by Ex-GIC Staff, to Start Hedge Fund

Bloomberg – Octagon Capital Management Pte, run by former managers of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp.’s quantitative-investment group, plans to start a fund that seeks to profit from broad economic trends. Octagon, which uses computer models to pick trades, […]

A Novel Approach to Monitoring Hedge Fund Returns

Seekingalpha.com – In just about every action movie and TV show these days there is at least one scene where the hero asks one of his or her techies to “sharpen” a satellite image. Suddenly, what looked like a fuzzy […]

Morgan Stanley’s Mack Says Some Hedge Funds May Fail

Bloomberg – Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer John Mack said tumbling markets may drive some hedge funds out of business, prompting his firm to “resize.” “Friends in that community say that by year-end, you’ll see the number of firms in the […]