A Reflection on Diversity on Wall Street Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance Portfolio Manager Denise Selden has had a tremendous career on Wall Street, which spans almost 60 years. But working as one of the few women on Wall Street in her early days certainly provided some challenges. Read More
The Changing Face of Active Management Asset Allocation & Strategy Big technology platforms, such as Amazon, not only disrupt the retail industry, they also affect the nature of active management, David Eiswert says. Read More
Combining Best Ideas in Search for Alpha Asset Allocation & Strategy Good ideas take time. In fact, one of the best ways to kill creativity is to act swiftly and decisively. In a lecture delivered in 1991, British comedian John Cleese gave an insight into why some people are more creative than others and come up with better ideas. Despite what you might think, talent was […] Read More
Too Many Investment Advisers Don’t Get Portfolio Construction Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance Portfolio construction is a specialised skill and there are too many professionals in the investment industry who manage people’s money without the right knowledge to build portfolios, according to the new chair of the CIMA Society of Australia. “I took the chair role because there are a lot of people who make decisions about investments […] Read More
Knowledge Management: Keeping Track of What We Know Asset Allocation & Strategy Institutional investors sit on treasure troves of knowledge about financial transactions, industry networks and due diligence reports. Ashby Monk says the management of this knowledge should be a top priority. Read More
True Equity Diversification is Hard Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Equities Diversification is good, but what assets will truly diversify you from equity risk, Michael Block, CIO of the Australian Catholic Superannuation & Retirement Fund, asks. Read More
Theory Behind Crisis Risk Offset Makes Sense: CAIA Asset Allocation & Strategy, Financial Crisis Keith Black, who leads a team that develops the curriculum for CAIA, discusses the merits of the increasingly popular crisis risk offset strategy. Read More
APG – Pushing the Limits of Factor Investing Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners Dutch pension fund APG has been running factor-based strategies for more than two decades, but the fund’s Head of Quantitative Equity suspects it’s on the eve of a very big change. Read More
Looking for Liquidity in PNG Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Pacific Region, Private & Alternative Markets Running a pension fund in Papua New Guinea comes with its own unique challenges. Managing liquidity in a mostly illiquid market is one of them, NASFund CIO David Brown says. Read More