Quant Funds Engaging In New Strategies

North American quantitative fund managers have been positive in nine out of 11 monthly major risk events, a EurekaHedge report noted. The volatility of these quant funds was generally in the low single digits across geographic regions, where notable differences in performance were noted. The rise of the quantitative hedge fund is leading to an expansion of strategies, the April report observed, with sentiment indicators starting to creep in among more traditional pattern recognition factors.   Quants funds looking to expand their strategy set Quantitative hedge funds have traditionally used price pattern analysis to make trading decisions. Often this strategy…