Swiss quant start-up Vestun opens systematic US equity hedge fund to external money Submitted By Hugh Leask | 07/10/2020 - 4:18pm Zurich-based Vestun, a start-up boutique manager focused on AI-based investment programmes, has opened its market agnostic systematic US equity hedge fund programme to new outside investors. The flagship strategy, which is managed on the firm’s Hawkrel AI platform and trades liquid US stocks, is designed to autonomously adapt its portfolio and risk exposure according to prevailing market conditions.