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Marshall Wace co-founder says humans trounce machines in market routs

In his new book, Sir Paul Marshall warns that machines 'do not fare well in a crisis'

Marshall Wace co-founder says humans trounce machines in market routs
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Sir Paul Marshall, co-founder of hedge fund giant Marshall Wace, warns that machines “typically do not fare well in a crisis”.

In his new book 10 1/2 Lessons from Experience: Perspectives on Fund Management, written before the outbreak of the coronavirus, Marshall comes out on the side of humans in an economic crisis.

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