New Trends in Quantitative Funds: Preemptive "Cold Thinking" on Risk Control Amid Industry Recovery

Choice data shows that as of August 4th, the new issuance size and quantity of public offering quantitative funds this year are about three times and two times higher than the same period last year, and the total scale of public offering quantitative funds at the end of the second quarter exceeded 770 billion yuan. At the same time, data from the private placement network shows that the number of quantitative private funds with assets exceeding 10 billion yuan has exceeded 40, significantly expanding compared to the end of the first quarter, and for the first time in history, surpassing the number of subjective billion-level private funds. "With the strong performance of small-cap stocks, quantitative products are attracting more attention and capital," said a channel source. However, compared to the past, quantitative strategy funds this year are more stable - several public offering quantitative funds have started to impose purchase restrictions, and quantitative private placements are becoming more convergent in style exposure, leaving those quantitative managers who solely rely on style betting gradually fading into obscurity. At the same time, AI is permeating all aspects of quantitative investment, and the "talent war" in AI is escalating.