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Led by Stephen Irvine, the in-house fundamental team includes at least seven sector specialists recruited from firms like Millennium and Rokos, each managing $200m–$500m sleeves of capital. The rationale is that discretionary analysts can capture opportunities that models miss, particularly around one-off events like mergers and regulatory shocks. Qube joins DE Shaw and Engineers Gate in blending systematic and fundamental approaches, though the move carries risks including high talent costs and performance drag if calls go wrong. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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