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10 Biggest Quant Funds in The World, 10 Stock Picks

10 Biggest Quant Funds in The World, 10 Stock Picks Quant hedge funds saw massive losses in 2020 as machine powered strategies failed to accurately predict the unprecedented market trends. Quant equity hedge funds mainly struggled due to the introduction of new market trends in the pandemic year, which have no previous precedent. This is contrary to quantitative trading strategies that study a large amount of historic data to predict future trends. Quant hedge funds are blaming increased volatility for hefty losses. Volume, price, and historical data are among the big factors when it comes to quantitative analysis. “If nothing else, it’s clear that 2020 represents an Achilles’ heel in the hedge fund machines, namely a real failure to grapple with unique new drivers of stock returns that don’t fit the academic models. Even the newer ‘machine learning’ approaches felt somewhat impotent since you need to learn from something, and probably rack up losses while you’re lea

DE Shaw delivers strong returns in 2020

DE Shaw delivers strong returns in 2020 Submitted By James Williams | 12/01/2021 - 10:45am DE Shaw’s flagship multi-strategy fund delivered net returns of +19.4 per cent for investors in 2020, according to a person familiar with the firm’s results.  The DE Shaw Composite Fund (Composite), the firm’s largest fund, launched in 2001 and provides investors with exposure to the broadest array of the firm’s absolute return strategies. Last year’s returns, in what, for many, was a hugely volatile period, build on 2019’s net annualised return of +10.4 per cent.  DE Shaw is widely regarded as one of the industry’s most successful hedge fund managers. Since 2001, Composite has posted an annualised net return of +11.7 per cent and only recorded one losing calendar year over two decades. This has helped generate a net Sharpe Ratio of 1.83. 

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