quantitative strategies – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 03 May 2024 21:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 2023 Investment Innovation Conference: How institutional investors are using data, technology to generate alpha https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-investment-innovation-conference-how-institutional-investors-are-using-data-technology-to-generate-alpha/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:54:45 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=150066 The evolution of cloud computing, artificial intelligence and data availability will disrupt and upend the entire asset management industry, said Neil Constable, head of quantitative research and investments at Fidelity Investments, during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Investment Innovation Conference in November. “Yesterday’s alpha is today’s beta [and] today’s alpha is tomorrow’s beta,” he said, noting asset […]

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]]> What do quantitative investors mean for firm efficiency? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-do-quantitative-investors-mean-for-market-efficiency/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-do-quantitative-investors-mean-for-market-efficiency/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2020 08:17:24 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/what-do-quantitative-investors-mean-for-market-efficiency/ The traditional worry about the rise of passive investment is that it will result in less informed asset pricing in the market overall. A new paper digs into how this rise of passive or quantitative investing impacts the efficiency with which firms are run. Less active management means fewer investors are seeking out mispriced securities […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-do-quantitative-investors-mean-for-market-efficiency/feed/ 0 How active investors that don’t engage can hurt the market https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/how-active-investors-that-dont-engage-can-hurt-the-market/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/how-active-investors-that-dont-engage-can-hurt-the-market/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2020 07:48:28 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/?p=62917 The traditional worry about the rise of passive investments is that the trend makes for less informed pricing of assets in the market overall. Less active management means fewer investors are seeking out mispriced securities and bringing them better in line with reality. This can cause negative real-world effects, the most simplistic of which is […]

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