One of the largest liquid alternative funds in Europe is managed by the investment team behind J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Systematic Alpha Fund strategy.

Speaking to Yazann Romahi, the London-based CIO for quantitative beta strategies of the team, Financial Standard found out the reasons for its popularity. Not only does the fund have a lot of analytical grunt behind it (including 14 quantitative research analysts and 15 technologists), it also dares to defy convention in terms of how they work (more porous exchange of investment ideas between the analysts and the technologists), how they look at alternative risk premia and - a factor that all tech-savvy investors will appreciate - how the team leverages AI.

Watch the video for our interview with Romahi or read the article "Alternative beta catches on" here.