Understanding everything about quantitative management: Podcast Blindé x Stéphane Levy

Quantitative management often makes you fantasize: algorithmic models, mathematical predictions, AI, automatic trade-offs... but what is really going on behind a quantitative fund? In this exceptional episode, Blindé welcomes Stéphane Levy, Strategist and Head of Innovation at IRIVEST Investment Managers, a pioneer in quantitative equity management in Europe for over 25 years.

The team has developed a unique approach based on:

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• Price momentum
• Earnings momentum (consensus analysis)
• And since 2019, an artificial intelligence model dedicated to stock-picking.

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Stéphane reveals without filters:

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• How does a quantitative model work, why this method often beats discretionary management,
• How to avoid human emotional biases,
• Why active ETFs are getting closer to their business,
• And how to navigate a universe of 1,500 actions that humans cannot process alone.

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A rare episode that exposes the other side of the picture: models, risks, factors, economic cycles, sector rotation, and even the limits of momentum.

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