Meanwhile, Nick Payne, Jupiter’s lead investment manager for global emerging market equities, will be leaving the business at the end of this year.
Tag: Quants
US firm receives onshore qualification
William O’Neil will be competing against other foreign quant players that have launched products in China.
The human check on quant fund risks
After software generates a quant portfolio, the fund manager monitors for unforeseen concentration risk, according to the managing director of Natixis IM affiliate Seeyond.
Deutsche WM sees big data benefits
Big data may be a fund differentiator when used in the investment process, but Asia’s fund selectors are uncomfortable with quant strategies, said Deutsche Bank’s head of fund solutions in APAC, Joyce Ngan.
Tales of the unexpected: NB’s Ping Zhou
Ping Zhou explains how data, economic theory and academic research trump face-to-face contact in his systematic global equity strategy that seeks to identify unexpected growth.
Quant strategies get mixed reception in Asia
Smart beta strategies, effectively quant strategies, have traction in Europe but in Asia the appeal is not as clear, according to Gregor Andrade, a principal at AQR Capital Management.