Editorial – Page 3 – Investment Innovation Institute

Long or Short Volatility?

Donna Davis, Associate at Frontier Advisors

Frontier Sheds Light on Cluster Analysis

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.

Wouter Klijn, Director of Content at the Investment Innovation Institute [i3]

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.

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.

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?

Titanic lessons for investment management

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.

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?

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.

Teik Heng Tan, Executive Director, the Investment Innovation Institute [i3]

A Different Kind of Disruption

Editorial, Financial Crisis, Innovation

Is there an upside to the widespread disruption we see as the coronavirus rips through the world population? Teik Heng Tan explores the intersection of chaos and innovation throughout history.