Lu Yu is a managing director and lead portfolio manager with Virtus Systematic, a division of Virtus Advisers LLC. She has portfolio management and research responsibilities for the Systematic Team.

Python emerges as the most desirable programming language for quant roles across the board, though pricing teams have a (very slight) preference for C++. After coding, a cluster of foundational maths ...

There was a time – not that long ago – when maths skills were the skeleton key to almost any quant role in finance. Those skills remain important, but many employers are now also seeking non-technical ...

Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) are rapidly gaining traction among retail traders and quantitative analysts, while institutions continue to favor centralized platforms, according to Bitget Wallet’s ...

To alumnus Gal Weitz (EngrPhys, ApMath’22), Boulder was a “dream destination” for undergrad. Now working in quantitative finance, Weitz shares how his education at CU Boulder set him up for success in ...

A team of academics has used a simple machine learning algorithm to filter out so-called noisy trading in stock exchange data and say they have generated more-powerful versions of signals already ...

Quant hedge funds have been losing money since the start of June. The causes are unclear, though execs, traders, and banks have pointed to a few factors. Wednesday was another rough day, as the ...

Data from Goldman Sachs' prime brokerage shows that quantitative strategies are suffering their worst drawdown since the end of 2023. So-called systematic managers (that trade through Goldman) have ...

OpenAI and other firms are recruiting Wall Street quants to build artificial general intelligence. AI labs are offering multimillion-dollar packages, outbidding traditional Wall Street firms. The ...

(Bloomberg) -- Moment, a financial-technology company founded by former Citadel Securities quantitative traders and researchers, raised $36 million in a new round of funding from firms including Index ...

SA Quant Top 10 portfolio outperformed consensus with 25% YTD return, driven by strong momentum and upward earnings revisions. Momentum and earnings revisions are the most critical quant factors, ...