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How the most powerful female hedge fund manager sees trading changing in the next 10 years
Leda Braga, 48, is considered the most powerful female hedge fund manager in the world.
In January, she launched her fund, Systematica Investments, a computer-driven fund.
With $8.8 billion in assets, Braga manages more than any other female hedge fund manager and more than many other funds run by men.
Before heading out on her own, Braga spent 14 years managing BlueCrest's biggest fund — the computer-driven BlueTrend fund.
Before that, she worked with BlueCrest's founders at JPMorgan as a quantitative analyst on the firm's derivatives research team.
The Brazilian-born portfolio manager, who holds a Ph.D.
from Imperial College, joined BlueCrest when she was 34-weeks pregnant.
In the male-dominated world of Wall Street, Braga said she hasn't experienced difficulties.
"What can I say? Me, personally, I've always liked to work," she sa
