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Quants worth following: William Mann, Founder and CEO of HarmoninQ Insights

"Quants worth following" is our interview series hosted by Christina Qi, CEO and Co-founder of Databento. In this series, we spotlight thought leaders in the quantitative trading industry who share insights, resources, and lessons from their unique career journeys. William Mann is the founder and CEO of HarmoniQ Insights, a research and analytics platform serving institutional investors and fintech firms. Before launching HarmoniQ, Bill spent nearly three decades in finance, working at AIG during the 2008 crisis and later holding senior roles at Bloomberg, AQR, and Two Sigma. In this interview, Bill shares what it was like to sit inside AIG Financial Products as the crisis unfolded, why liquidity—not credit—was the real risk, and how misaligned incentives still shape financial markets today. He also offers practical advice for the next generation of quants navigating today’s AI-driven landscape. Connect with Bill on LinkedIn:   / william-mann-cfa-cpa   Read the blog here: https://to.dbn.to/QWFWilliamMann Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:57 - Early signs AIG was in trouble 3:21 - What made super senior CDS seem safe—until they weren’t 9:44 - Credit risk vs. liquidity risk—why it matters 14:16 - Was the AIG rescue a backdoor bailout? 20:54 - How incentives nearly broke the system 24:19 - What it was like inside AIG during the 2008 crisis 28:55 - Lessons from AIG 33:09 - Shifting from quant exec to entrepreneur 34:58 - Advice for the next generation of quants Connect with us: Website: https://databento.com/ LinkedIn:   / databento   Twitter:   / databentohq   Instagram:   / databento