Alpha’s Loss of Mystery Asset AllocationIf you can explain a source of alpha, then is it still alpha? Read More
The Force of Automation – A Grim Outlook for Emerging Markets Asset Allocation, InnovationEmerging markets looking to become the next manufacturing hub could miss out on the shift of cheap labour due to automation. Read More
The External Memory of Slime Asset AllocationOrganisms without a brain are able to externalise their memory to tackle complex tasks. Read More
MarketFox: Are Quants the Chiropractors of Finance? Asset Management, Behavioural Finance, Factor Investing, MarketFoxThe danger of relying too much on quantitative models is the implicit belief that unless something can be measured and identified as a factor it doesn’t really exist, Daniel Grioli writes. Read More
Investing with Scale – First State CIO on State Plus Acquisition Asset Management, Risk and Regulation, Strategy, SuperannuationDamian Graham, CIO of First State Super, talks to [i3] Insights about the rationale behind the acquisition of State Super and the benefits to its investment strategy. Read More
Curing the Gaussian Brain Behavioural Finance, Innovation, Risk and RegulationEmotions don’t stand in the way of sound financial decisions-making; they are crucial to it. Read More
TIAA looks at Expanding the ESG Universe ESG, Private & Alternative MarketsTIAA Investments has ESG specialists embedded in their real estate and farmland investment teams. Now, the asset manager has set its sight on integrating ESG into its fixed income strategies. Read More
Don’t Underestimate Technology-driven Deflation Innovation, Private & Alternative MarketsTechnological advancement and global demographics may have changed the foundations of our global economy permanently, Principal Global Investors CEO says. Read More
Making Weight – How Super Funds Can Play the Rating Game Asset Allocation, MarketFox, Risk and RegulationMarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli looks at different ways to game the performance tables of rating agencies. Read More
