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From Benedicte Gravrand, Geneva: The 14th June London event promises to be stimulating. It will be a battle between the proponents of discretionary trading and those of systematic trading - a most absorbing topic. The event will be hosted by the enterprising hedge fund marketer, Global Capital Acquisition’s Bartt Kellerman, whom Opalesque interviewed. (Website: http://www.globalcapitalacquisition.com).

Quant Funds Quantitative funds, known as “quants,” make use of historical and statistical information to predict outcomes - as opposed to discretionary funds, which rely on individual decision making and subjective judgements. Seven out of the top ten largest hedge funds are quant funds. There has also been increased media coverage of quant funds, particularly due to Jim Simons’ (Renaissance Technologies) earnings of $1.7bn last year, and Barclay’s BGI fund being one of the largest in the world and using the quantitative techniques of indexing and computer-driven methods to pick stocks and bonds.

Remember: only scientists and mathematicians need apply A lot of what is new, exciting and promising in the industry is quant-based. There has been an increase of small quant funds starting up – and those who start them up are people coming from academia and science converting into finance; ma......................

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