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At which level 'uber quant’ Cliff Asness will still trust more a human than a computer

Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

At a certain level of concentration, even so-called "uber quant" Cliff Asness will still trust human more than a computer in fund management, said Pratik Sharma, Founder and Managing Director at Atyant Capital at the latest Opalesque 2017 Miami Roundtable.

He told panelists of the Roundtable that he recently watched a video of a panel discussion with Cliff Asness and Steve Cohen at the Milken conference this year and he finds it interesting that Asness, the founder of $160bn quant shop AQR said that at a certain level of concentration, he would trust a human more than he would trust a computer.

Sharma added that in this discussion about active versus passive management (including index funds, ETFs and smart beta strategies), the (active) managers that will succeed are those who really address the three Cs of capacity, concentration and cost.

Hedge fund managers will succeed if they address the "Three Cs" of cost, capacity, and concentration

When looking at the performance of active managers, investors would now asking themselves, "Is this really worth it? Is the juice worth the squeeze? In my view, the managers that will succeed are those who really address the three Cs of capacity, concentration and cost," he pointed out.

Sharma explained that there’s a reason you put ......................

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