Quant SS ER?

Why is SS research almost exclusively fundamental lol? Would SS research ever become quant - still issue calls, recs and reports, but just based off quant research. Wouldn't this be a good natural step for the industry?

What's stopping a SS analyst from just doing quant in his job

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