Hedge Fund Clients Dump Humans for Computers and Still Lose
- Funds using mathematical models raise $21 billion this year
- Investors seeking out good performance in tough times
Eisman of 'Big Short' Sees 'Massive' Hedge Fund Changes
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Losses at Leda Braga’s computer-driven hedge fund this year are running at about twice the level suffered by a macro fund run by billionaire Alan Howard. Yet, while Braga has raised money, investors have pulled billions of dollars from Howard’s fund.
The divergence is a sign of the sweeping changes underway in the $3 trillion global hedge fund industry, where investors are shunning flesh and blood traders and putting their faith, and hard cash, in algorithms to bet on macro economic trends.