Asian institutions forecast to raise quant investments

A new study is forecasting that Asian institutions will sharply raise their allocation to quantitative strategies after finding just a third are invested in them, compared with 82% for their US peers. Among the Asian institutions invested in quant strategies, about 30% plan to make more use of them over the next three years, according to the Greenwich Associates survey commissioned by BlackRock. It finds their interest in quants is growing. This compares to relatively slower gro…