Goldman Sachs' massive quant business now rivals AQR and Two Sigma. We talked to the bank's top quant about asset growth, finding data sources and why critics of computerized trading are wrong.

Goldman Sachs's Quantitative Investing Strategies group is one of the Wall Street bank's biggest and fast-growing units.

September 19, 2019   |   View Online »

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