A World at the Crossroads Editorial, ESG When we spoke to Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment Officer of the Principles for Responsible Investment, for the [i3] Podcast, he told us the world is at a crossroads. We could use the current economic malaise to set some climate change-related conditions to the broad stimulus packages and subsidies governments are providing to companies. Or […] Read More
Long or Short Volatility? Editorial, Financial Crisis If most diversified, multi-asset portfolios are short volatility, should institutional investors build in an allocation to long-volatility strategies for defensiveness? Read More
Frontier Sheds Light on Cluster Analysis Editorial, Factors, Quant & Systematic Cluster analysis is a good example of how machine learning can be practically applied to investment problems, a session at the Frontier Advisors Annual Conference showed. And the applications seem endless. Read More
Reimagining Due Diligence Editorial As we are faced by severe travel restrictions, video conferencing has been widely embraced as the preferred method for conducting meetings. But will it ever replace face-to-face interaction? This question is especially important when it comes to signing off on new investment mandates. Read More
Experimenting with Uncertainty Editorial In this editorial, Teik Heng Tan explains the decisions made for [i3] during the pandemic and plans for the second half of the year. Read More
Rio Tinto – A Test Case for ESG Editorial, ESG As Rio Tinto destroys a unique piece of cultural heritage will asset owners’ ESG policies enable them to respond, or will it just be business as usual? Read More
Why a Crisis need not be a Tragedy Editorial, Risk and Regulation Tragedies happen, not when one thing goes wrong, but when many things go wrong at the same time. Can we learn lessons from the sinking of the Titanic and apply them to our portfolios as the pandemic wreaks havoc? Teik Heng Tan explores this issue. Read More
Portfolio Construction Post Crisis Editorial, Financial Crisis As the pandemic starts to slow down across the world, how has the crisis affected investors’ approaches to portfolio construction? Read More
Crisis Risk Offset seems to work, but… Editorial, Financial Crisis, Innovation Now that we are in a real time crisis, how are crisis risk offset strategies behaving? Early results are encouraging, but by no means conclusive. Read More
