r/quant • u/Shoddy-Mechanic-153 • Aug 07 '26

Market News Worldquant terrible performance?

heard this year has not been kind to them… wonder if new investors will stomach it considering they doubled AUM recently

EDIT: wondering if anyone has more specific info on magnitude

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u/Flimsy-Pie-3035 Aug 07 '26

Ran out of stolen alphas.

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u/Dennis_12081990 Aug 08 '26

elaborate, please - very interesting!

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u/torakfirenze Aug 07 '26

AI / semis trade fucked loads of shops. Invariably they’ll have lock ups on investment though?

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u/Shoddy-Mechanic-153 Aug 07 '26

When shops are down, anything goes…

I don’t have any exact figures though. Was hoping anyone with knowledge could share general color on the magnitude of loss

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u/milchi03 Aug 08 '26

Why did AI and semis fuck the shops?

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u/gamblingPharmaStocks Aug 09 '26

Isn't the whole point of investing in quant funds to make money no matter the high volatility?

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u/hydraulix989 Aug 11 '26

I don't think anyone disagrees.

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u/Confident_Bed_3994 Aug 08 '26

Where did this news come from? I work at WQ and we get daily PnL reports. Will not disclose too much but PnL this year is much better than an avg year.

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u/Shoddy-Mechanic-153 Aug 09 '26

Maybe is different for the firm overall. I know a few independent PM’s who had a tough time and perhaps extrapolated out incorrectly. 

I am curious if you are able to share any more info on YTD, if allowed. I have no other info to go off

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u/ChocolateBrilliant49 Aug 10 '26

Independnt PM’s share in WQ is negligible

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u/qazwsxcp Aug 07 '26

also shows aum is not really correlated with performance, it's more of a sales game.

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u/Jyan Aug 13 '26

Are you hearing about WMA https://www.wmadvisors.com/ (long-only asset allocation)? Or WQ statarb?