Hedge fund quants beat active stockpickers in pay game

Biggest earners on $1.7bn

Jayna Rana
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Hedge fund quants earned more money in 2015 than some of the biggest active managers on Wall Street, according to the annual ranking by Institutional Investor's Alpha magazine.

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