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Quant Street, Episode 11 – How important is the human factor in quant?

With so much reliance on technology in quant investing, what role do humans play in the process? In the eleventh and final episode of our series on quant investing, Harald Lohre discusses the human side of quant. Why, for example, is creativity important in such a data-driven and systematic field? What makes for good quant researchers at Robeco? Are they in fact all geniuses?

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    Head of Quant Equity Research
    Equity Investment Specialist

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