The Physical Risks of Climate Change ESG, Women in Finance Institutional investors recognise climate change as one of the key long term risks, but many struggle to find a practical way to assess the impact on their investment portfolios. Looking at physical risk is one way to tackle the problem, DWS says. Read More
My Lessons Learned from the GFC Financial Crisis, MarketFox, Risk and Regulation With the Global Financial Crisis now a decade behind us, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli shares some of the most important lessons he learned from this cataclysmic event. Read More
Forget Big Data, It’s about Tiny Data Factors, Quant & Systematic, Innovation Systematic investing today is about finding signals in lots of tiny data and you need humans to give it context, Two Sigma CEO says. Read More
TCorp Overhaul Permeates Foundations Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Risk and Regulation TCorp’s new structure places portfolio construction at the heart of its investment process, focusing on a whole-of-fund approach, CIO Stewart Brentnall says. Read More
Getting Machine Learning Back on Track Innovation, Private & Alternative Markets Quantitative portfolio manager Tony Guida felt that the discussion on machine learning and AI was heading in the wrong direction and decided to do something about it: write a book with practical applications for investors. Read More
We are all Actors in the Play of Economics Behavioural Finance, Economics The way we think and speak about investments shapes the industry we operate in, Tony Day says. The realisation that we are all actors in the play of economics should make us more aware of the importance of culture in setting an investment strategy. Read More
The Problem with Size Asset Owners, Risk and Regulation As sovereign wealth funds grow, their governance structure needs to be strengthened, but any change comes with its own set of risks, Dr Sung Cheng Chih, former Chief Risk Officer of GIC, says in an interview with [i3] Insights. Read More
The Changing Face of ESG ESG, Women in Finance CAER Chief Executive Officer Julia Leske speaks with [i3] Insights about the changes she has seen in attitudes towards ESG issues over the 10 years she has been with the ESG research firm. Read More
The Potential Pinch of the Royal Commission Economics, Fixed Income & Credit, Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance If one of the outcomes of the Royal Commission is for Australian banks to be required to strengthen their lending standards, it could cause housing credit growth to slow significantly, perhaps resulting in a credit crunch, Whitehelm Capital says Read More
