Insights

Fintech – Beyond the Buzzwords

An Ode to Crowding

Equities, Factors, Quant & Systematic, Risk and Regulation

Investors should learn to love crowding, Wells Fargo’s Wai Lee says.

MarketFox Investment Commentary – Investment Innovation Institute

In Search of Temperament III – Patience

Behavioural Finance, MarketFox

Patience is a critical attribute of successful investors, but facing pressure from clients or colleagues is not always easy.

NASFund CIO Cleared of Charge

Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Pacific Region

David Brown, the CIO of PNG’s national pension fund NASFund, has been cleared of all charges against him after the Court found that no credible case had been produced against him.

Unit Trust of Samoa – A Tribute to Justina Sau

UTOS – A Tribute to Justina Sau

Asset Owners, Pacific Region, Women in Finance

Justina Sau, Chief Executive Officer of the Unit Trust of Samoa, passed away in October this year. In this article, we celebrate the life of an extraordinary business person and trailblazer for Samoan women.

[i3] Insights Year in Review – Podcasts

Editorial

In March this year, [i3] Insights published its very first podcast in partnership with MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli. In this article, we look back at our experience so far.

In Search of Temperament II – Contrarianism

Behavioural Finance, MarketFox

In this second instalment of the series on investor sentiment, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli delves deep into the mindset of contrarian investors.

To Time or not to Time Factors?

Factors, Quant & Systematic

It has sometimes been portrayed as the Battle of the Quants. For some years now, AQR founder Cliff Asness and Research Affiliates founder Rob Arnott have been at loggerheads over the question of whether you can time factors or not. And it is a question that has occupied the minds of many asset owners, not […]

Securitisation and the Willingness to Repay

Private & Alternative Markets, Women in Finance

Securitisation was almost thrown out with the bathwater in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, as mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralised debt obligations (CDO), containing sub-prime mortgages, almost brought down the financial system. But since then the securitisation market has undergone significant change, both in regulations and attitudes towards risk. And in a world […]

Future Fund Sells Illiquids Ahead of Volatility

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Financial Crisis

The Future Fund sells $5 billion in illiquid assets as it prepares for more volatility ahead.