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After the sub-prime mortgage market turbulence, which cast long shadows over many parts of the financial industry, the total mutual fund asset that employ quantitative model is estimated to be over US$ 400 billion at the end of June 2016. As of 2019 the figure was to surpass the $ 1tn management
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