Under 9% of Quant Experts Believe Graduates Are ‘Well Equipped’ for AI & Machine Learning Challenges
New York, 07 November 2025 - Less than nine percent of quantitative finance professionals believe that new graduates possess the AI and machine learning expertise needed to succeed in the field. This striking insight is one of the key findings from a survey conducted by The CQF Institute, a global network for quantitative finance professionals (“quants”), at its Annual Quant Insights Conference held this week.
The survey highlights an urgent need to bridge the skills gap in quantitative finance as AI becomes a critical asset. With 83% of survey respondents leveraging or developing AI tools, key technologies being used include machine learning (31%), generative AI (31%) - with ChatGPT leading at 31%, followed by Microsoft/GitHub Copilot (17%) and Gemini/Bard (15%) - and deep learning (18%), with 54% of quants using these tools daily. Primarily, quants employ generative AI for coding and debugging...
