Quant hedge funds including Renaissance and Schonfeld posted their worst losses since 2023, with US-focused funds down 2.8% in January amid crowded trade

And it is the recent underperformance of Systematic funds that has people increasingly concerned, because most still remember how the August 2007 quant fund blow up unleashed a…

Quant hedge funds including Renaissance and Schonfeld posted their worst losses since 2023, with US-focused funds down 2.8% in January amid crowded trade

Quant hedge funds posted their worst losses since October 2025 in early January 2026, with Renaissance down 4% and Schonfeld off 3.9% amid crowded trade