How This Fund Manager Used AI to Short Guzman y Gomez and Won
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 30 Aug 2025
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- Australian
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- 1 Sept 2025, 03:50 pm
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Zhe Chen’s fund has seen strong returns, thanks to going long Qantas and Pro Medicus. But its short book – including a bet against the fast food chain – has also helped.
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The article details how Zhe Chen, a fund manager at Acadian Asset Management, successfully employed artificial intelligence to strategically short the fast-food chain Guzman y Gomez, leading to substantial gains as the company's share price dropped. The approach underscores the increasing integration of AI in financial markets, where algorithms analyze extensive data sets to inform investment decisions. Although the article is not primarily focused on AI safety, it illustrates the advanced capabilities of AI in processing financial data and decision-making. The content lacks direct implications on AI governance or catastrophic risk but highlights the growing role of AI in various sectors, relevant for discussions on AI regulation.
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MarketsEquity MarketsMonday fundiePrint articleGus McCubbingMarkets reporterSep 1, 2025 – 5.00amSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginAcadian Asset Management’s Zhe Chen was among the sharemarket’s biggest winners when Guzman y Gomez’s share price tanked nearly 20 per cent on the day of its earnings results this month.The 39-year-old’s Australian Equity Long Short fund, which uses artificial intelligence to process millions of data points each day from a pool of roughly 1000 stocks, jumped into the Mexican fast food chain and built a short position just before the earnings call on August 22.Loading...Gus McCubbingis a markets reporter in the Melbourne newsroom. He was previously the Australian Financial Review’s Victorian political correspondent.Connect withGusonTwitter.EmailGusatgus.mccubbing@afr.comSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreFetching latest articlesDion Lee lost his business. He’s backLauren SamsThe one dish worth $1.4m a year to this iconic Sydney restaurantThe CEO who found her mojo when she demoted herselfThe surprisingly simple dish this top chef eats for breakfastSally Patten and Iona RennieDate nights, shared calendars: How power couples make it workHow AI has already changed everything you know about recruitment10 things I now know about chess after using this AI-assisted boardJohn DavidsonEscargot, parfait and steak frites are back in vogue – here’s whyHow this Melbourne GM followed in the skis of Michelle ObamaPub king Arthur Laundy has a court double dateHannah Wootton‘I’m going to f--- you through the courts’: Inside Tony Denny’s worldJustin Hemmes’ partner joins life-saving charity