Daniel Mahr – Glass Box Quant at MDT Advisers (EP.472)

<p>This Sponsored Insight features <span class= "m_4508149873805692644normaltextrun">Daniel Mahr, Head of MDT, the $26 billion quantitative equity investing group at Federated Hermes that oversees a suite of actively managed mutual funds, ETFs, collective investment trusts, and separately managed accounts. Dan joined the firm in 2002 as a junior analyst and took over leadership of the team six years later, guiding its evolution through vast changes in data, computing power, and investment methodology.</span><span class= "m_4508149873805692644eop"> </span><span class="im"><br /> <br /> <span class="m_4508149873805692644normaltextrun">Our conversation traces Dan's path from flipping IPOs as a college student to running machine learning models across global equity markets. We discuss the development of MDT's decision tree framework — a "glass box" approach to stock selection that blends transparency with sophistication — and how the team balances analytical rigor with human judgment. Dan ...