quant

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Overdeck, a mathematician, and Siegel, a computer scientist, met while working at quant hedge-fund pioneer D.E.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Recently, the Lazard team has been applying a “life cycle score” in its valuation analysis for companies, whereby its quant models value younger companies with more room to grow differently than older, more mature companies.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The same applies to portfolio construction and risk work: News shocks, once exclusive to bespoke quant infrastructure, can be triggered and iterated through natural-language interfaces.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

Instead, they are recruiting newcomers who would have ordinarily pursued a Ph.D. or a role at a quant firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

“At the ratings agencies the corporate credit people are the least bad,” says a quant who engineered mortgage bonds for Morgan Stanley.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis