Vincent Zoonekynd is a quantitative researcher at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). He holds a PhD in Mathematics from Université de Paris. During his career, he worked as a quant for banks such as State Street Global Advisors in London, Goldman Sachs in Tokyo, and Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, and for several fintech startups in London and Hong Kong.
Why factor investing often fails in practice — and how causal reasoning helps quant models perform in the real world.