Managing Other People’s Money ESGInvestment governance tries to codify how to put safeguards around managing other people’s money, Michael Drew and Adam Walk say. Read More
MMT – In Conversation with Bill Mitchell EconomicsProfessor Bill Mitchell is one of the key developers of Modern Monetary Theory. [i3] Insights visited Professor Mitchell in Newcastle to discuss how the theory came to be and what it says about government debt, inflation and the Green New Deal. Read More
No Data Lakes Please! Factors, Quant & SystematicGideon Smith believes machine learning will offer investors plenty of opportunities to create a special sauce for their investment process. But if you think it is simply about capturing large amounts of data, then you’ve got it wrong, he says. Read More
MarketFox – The Curse of Information MarketFoxIn this final column, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli looks at performance evaluation, which is fraught with danger, including from hindsight bias, information projection and the illusion of transparency. Read More
Taking Risk Parity Inhouse at PSERS Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Risk and Regulation, Women in FinanceThe US$ 55 billion Pennsylvanian pension fund PSERS embraced risk parity in an effort to address the asset allocation challenges laid bare by turmoil during the global financial crisis. Read More
Is the Future of Fund Management Direct to Consumer? InnovationAs fund managers face increasing cost pressures from governments, regulators and institutional investors alike, the future of this industry might be in engaging directly with the end investors. OpenInvest’s Andrew Varlamos believes technology will be the ultimate enabler of this vision. Read More
Editorial – Adventures in Cryptoland Editorial, Innovation, Private & Alternative MarketsOpinions on the sense of investing in cryptocurrencies are divided, so we decided to run a live experiment and see what a small investment in cryptocurrencies would involve. Read More
HESTA Eyes Fundamental Aus Equities Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Equities, Women in FinanceAustralian pension fund HESTA is considering creating an internal fundamental Australian equities capability in an effort to address capacity constraints and drive company engagement. Read More
Clarifying Sustainability ESGHow deep do you look into a company to determine it is a sustainable business? Looking at the primary product is a good start, Hamish Chamberlayne of Janus Henderson says. Read More
