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Aqr Capital

Name: Aqr Capital
Author: hanxueyuan

by hanxueyuan · GitHub ↗ · v1.0.0 · MIT-0

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Description

Quantitative hedge fund founded by Cliff Asness, specializing in systematic factor investing across equity long/short, risk parity, and global macro strategies.

README (SKILL.md)

AQR Capital Management

Quantitative hedge fund founded by Cliff Asness, pioneering systematic factor investing (value, momentum, quality) at institutional scale.

历史时间线

1998: Cliff Asness founds AQR after leaving Goldman Sachs' quant group
2000: AQR becomes one of first hedge funds to publish academic research openly
2005: Launches mutual fund platform — brings quant strategies to retail investors
2012: Surpasses $100B AUM
2015-2018: Underperforms during value stock drought; Asness publishes 'Quality Minus Junk'
2020: AUM reaches $140B+; launches crypto quantitative strategies
2024: $180B+ AUM; one of world's largest quant asset managers

商业模式

Multi-strategy quant: equity long/short, risk parity, global macro, factor premia. Charges management fees (0.30-0.80% for mutual funds, higher for hedge funds) plus performance fees. Unique for making research public — over 100 white papers published. Retail and institutional clients.

护城河分析

Academic rigor — founders are published researchers; systematic process removes emotional bias; scale in factor investing provides data advantage; mutual fund platform democratizes quant strategies; culture of transparency (publishing research is uncommon in hedge funds).

关键数据

aum: $180B+
founded: 1998
founder: Cliff Asness (ex-Goldman Sachs)
strategies: Equity L/S, risk parity, factor premia, global macro
headquarters: Greenwich, Connecticut

有趣事实

Cliff Asness was Eugene Fama's student at Chicago Booth — the father of the efficient market hypothesis. AQR's entire philosophy is built on the academic insight that factors like value, momentum, and quality can generate excess returns. AQR publishes more academic papers than most universities.

Usage Guidance

This skill appears safe from a security perspective. Treat its investment-related facts as general background information and verify financial claims independently before relying on them.

Capability Analysis

Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: aqr-capital Version: 1.0.0 The skill bundle contains purely informational content regarding AQR Capital Management. The SKILL.md file provides historical and business data without any executable code, scripts, or prompt injection attempts, and the _meta.json contains standard metadata.

Capability Tags

crypto

Capability Assessment

✓ Purpose & Capability

The provided SKILL.md is a coherent informational profile for research on AQR Capital, quantitative investing, and factor strategies.

✓ Instruction Scope

The skill gives background information and read_when contexts only; it does not instruct the agent to execute commands, access accounts, trade, scrape data, or modify anything.

✓ Install Mechanism

There is no install spec, no code, no required binaries, and no environment variables or credentials.

✓ Credentials

No local filesystem, network, OS, or external-service authority is requested, which is proportionate for an informational research skill.

✓ Persistence & Privilege

The artifacts show no persistence, background activity, privileged access, memory use, or credential handling.

How to Use

Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
Run the install command in chat: /install aqr-capital
After installation, invoke the skill by name or use /aqr-capital
Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output

Version History

v1.0.0

- Initial release introducing AQR Capital Management. - Covers history, business model, moat analysis, key facts, and notable trivia. - Highlights AQR's pioneering role in systematic factor investing and research transparency. - Useful for those researching quant hedge funds, factor investing, or comparing systematic vs discretionary management.

Metadata

Slug aqr-capital

Version 1.0.0

License MIT-0

All-time Installs 0

Active Installs 0

Total Versions 1

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Aqr Capital?

Quantitative hedge fund founded by Cliff Asness, specializing in systematic factor investing across equity long/short, risk parity, and global macro strategies. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 33 downloads so far.

How do I install Aqr Capital?

Run "/install aqr-capital" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.

Is Aqr Capital free?

Yes, Aqr Capital is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.

Which platforms does Aqr Capital support?

Aqr Capital is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).

Who created Aqr Capital?

It is built and maintained by hanxueyuan (@hanxueyuan); the current version is v1.0.0.

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