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WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, today announced the winners of the fifth International Quant Championship (IQC), its flagship global quant competition. The 2025 edition set a new record for participation, doubling in size to nearly 80,000 participants from 11,000 universities across 142 countries who submitted more than 263,000 alphas1.
By WorldQuant · Via Business Wire · October 8, 2025
Teams from 12 universities across the globe have been selected to participate in The 2025 International Quant Championship (IQC) in Singapore, September 28-30, 2025. The Global Finals are the culmination of the IQC’s three-stage competition, which began in March. The finalists will face off in a live challenge and presentation to determine this year’s IQC global champion.
By WorldQuant · Via Business Wire · August 6, 2025
WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, kicked off the fifth International Quant Championship (IQC), its flagship global quant competition. The IQC is a three-stage, team-based competition engaging students and early career professionals from around the globe. Participants will have a chance to compete against some of the brightest minds in finance, mathematics and technology while applying their quantitative skills at the intersection of data science and financial markets. Registration is open until May 14, 2025.
By WorldQuant · Via Business Wire · March 18, 2025

WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, today announced the winners of the 2024 International Quant Championship (IQC). The 2024 IQC saw record-breaking participation, with over 37,300 contestants from 111 countries and regions and 5,388 universities competing for a pool of $400,0001.
By WorldQuant · Via Business Wire · September 23, 2024

WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, will hold the Global Finals of the 2024 International Quant Championship (IQC) in Singapore on September 16-17, 2024. The Global Finals represents the culmination of the IQC’s three-stage competition. The 13 top-performing teams from 13 countries will compete in a live challenge and presentation to determine the overall IQC winners.
By WorldQuant · Via Business Wire · September 9, 2024

WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, today announced the launch of its flagship International Quant Championship (IQC) for 2024, a three-stage, team-based competition engaging students, academia and professionals from around the globe. Participants have the opportunity to apply their quantitative skills at the intersection of data science and financial markets by developing and backtesting Alphas1. Registration is open to sign up until May 15, 2024.
By WorldQuant · Via Business Wire · March 19, 2024

WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, today announced the completion of the 2023 International Quant Championship (IQC). The three-stage, team-based quant competition took place on WorldQuant’s BRAIN platform, where over 30,000 participants from 100+ countries built alphas1 and competed for cash prizes from a pool of over $100,000.
By WorldQuant · Via Business Wire · December 15, 2023

WorldQuant is excited to announce that it will be opening an office in West Palm Beach, FL with an opening date expected in early summer 2023.
By WorldQuant · Via Business Wire · April 5, 2023

WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, today announced the launch of its 2023 International Quant Championship (IQC), a global, three-stage, team-based competition that will bring together students, academia and professionals from around the globe. Participants will have the opportunity to apply their quantitative skills at the intersection of data and the financial markets by developing and backtesting predictive mathematical models, or alphas1. Registration is currently open to sign up until May 18 at https://platform.worldquantbrain.com/iqc.
By WorldQuant · Via Business Wire · March 3, 2023

WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, today announced the completion of the inaugural Global Alphathon competition on its BRAIN platform. The Global Alphathon is a quant competition with over 14,000 participants from more than 100 countries who build alphas1 and compete for cash prizes from a pool of over $100,000, full-time and internship opportunities at WorldQuant and other rewards.
By WorldQuant · Via Business Wire · December 21, 2022

WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, today launched its first Global Alphathon on its new BRAIN platform. The Global Alphathon is a quant competition in which individuals can build alphas to compete for cash prizes, full-time and internship opportunities at WorldQuant and other rewards. The competition will launch on August 15 and run through November 6.
By WorldQuant · Via Business Wire · August 2, 2022