Daniel Mahr

Head of MDT Group, Federated Hermes · 1 appearance on the record.

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Daniel Mahr oversees the MDT systematic equity team at Federated Hermes, which manages mutual funds, ETFs, and institutional accounts using proprietary quantitative models. He is known for MDT's glass box decision-tree framework, combining machine-learning algorithms with disciplined risk controls.

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3 assertions · 2 opinions · 10 insights · 10 disclosures · 1 what if · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 3 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

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Mahr: MDT Advisers has used machine learning tools since 2001
“At MDT, we've been using these machine learning tools since 2001. So we have a 24 year head start on someone who is new to the game.”
Daniel Mahr Nov 20, 2025 ▶ 13:10 Daniel Mahr – Glass Box Quant at MDT Advisers (EP.472)

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Disclosure
Mahr: MDT originally audited trades using a paper tree taped to the wall
“Back in the OneTree day, we would print out the tree and tape it on the wall of our trading room. Every time we were reviewing a trade, we would simply walk through the sequence of questions On that paper tree on the wall to help inform what specifically was m…”
Daniel Mahr Nov 20, 2025 ▶ 25:32 Daniel Mahr – Glass Box Quant at MDT Advisers (EP.472)
Disclosure
Mahr: MDT re-optimizes every portfolio nightly using decision tree forests
“Every night we download updated data from all of our vendors. We recalculate all of our characteristics. We run all the companies in the domestic equity market through our forests and have updated forecasts. Every portfolio that we run is re-optimized and gene…”
Daniel Mahr Nov 20, 2025 ▶ 41:31 Daniel Mahr – Glass Box Quant at MDT Advisers (EP.472)

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Daniel Mahr – Glass Box Quant at MDT Advisers (EP.472) Nov 20, 2025 41m
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