Thu, Nov 12, 2026
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS pod
Get FREE trial access to our award winning publications
Alternative Market Briefing

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 ......................

To view our full article Click here

Previous Opalesque Exclusives                                  
Previous Other Voices                                               
Access Alternative Market Briefing

 



  • Top Forwarded
  • Top Tracked
  • Top Searched
  1. Opalesque Exclusive: DACH institutions push alternatives to 32.3% of portfolios as hedge funds make a comeback[more]

    Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Institutional investors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland now hold almost a third of their portfolios in alternative investments, and they are more confident than ever in

  2. KRX chief courts CalPERS for bigger bet on Korea[more]

    Korea Exchange Chairman and CEO Jeong Eun-bo held talks with California Public Employees' Retirement System, or CalPERS, to promote greater investment in South Korea's capital markets, the bourse operator announced Wednesday. Jeong met with CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Stephen Gilmore.

  3. 755 Unicorns, $8 Trillion: Fifth Era maps the autonomous digital economy[more]

    Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Fifth Era Partners, a specialized asset manager focused on the convergence of Internet, AI/Agentic and Blockchain technologies, has released the findings of its 13th Bia

  4. Opalesque Exclusive: "Enough beta plays" - how Fasanara builds an alpha-only multi-strategy platform[more]

    Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Most multi-strategy funds promise diversification. Fewer can explain why their return streams should stay independent when markets turn. In an Opalesque SkillsLab investor

  5. Opalesque Exclusive: Governance, Scale, and Boutique Resilience in a Consolidating Hedge Fund Industry[more]

    Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: The hedge fund industry has undergone significant consolidation in recent years, with capital increasingly concentrated among large multi-strategy platforms. Yet boutique m