Bloomberg: AI-driven capital inflow accelerates, China's quantitative fund management scale doubles to 2.6 trillion yuan in one year

Shenchao TechFlow news: On July 03, according to Bloomberg, driven by the widespread application of artificial intelligence technology and performance leadership, Chinese quantitative funds are seeing a surge in capital being snapped up, with their assets under management doubling in less than a year to exceed 2.6 trillion yuan.

Data shows that last year the average return on quantitative stock long strategies was 44.7%, 20.3 percentage points higher than active equity funds, driving investors to accelerate their shift from traditional stock-picking strategies to quantitative investing.

Industry insiders believe that the investment logic has shifted from “choosing quantitative” to “choosing quantitative institutions with the strongest AI capabilities.” Top institutions continue to broaden their technological moats by leveraging advantages in AI, data, and talent. However, as quantitative funds continue to expand in scale and market pricing efficiency improves, industry players expect the difficulty of capturing excess returns to increase further.