Rob Mannix

Editor, Quant Investing

Rob Mannix is Risk.net’s desk editor for investment, covering systematic investment strategies from quant funds to factor investing. He was previously responsible for Risk.net’s insurance coverage.

Based in the London office, Rob is interested in developments in the use of new types of data, the application of machine learning in investment, and research into systematic sources of return in markets.

Rob joined Infopro Digital (then Incisive Media) in 2008, having previously worked at Euromoney Institutional Investor, covering legal and regulatory issues affecting capital markets.

Articles by Rob Mannix

Trading

Quants look to language models to predict market impact

Oxford-Man Institute says LLM-type engine that ‘reads’ order-book messages could help improve execution

23 Oct 2023

Trading

The closer quants look, the less diversifying crypto appears

Analysis seems to confirm that the asset class is not an effective diversification play

05 Aug 2022

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Revival of FX carry strategy leaves quants unconvinced

Record returns in March give little comfort that strategy is ‘back’

10 May 2022

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