Simon Hoyle, Author at Top1000funds.com

FIS Oxford 2024

Why the impact of technology is limited only by the laws of physics

The potential of technology is constrained only by the laws of physics, whether classical or, increasingly, quantum. As the power of technology increases it allows us to understand the world in a lot more detail – including why the current path to net-zero isn’t going to work.

Simon HoyleDecember 6, 2024

FIS Oxford 2024

AI is a copilot, not a driver, of asset owner organisational change

The use of AI in asset owners’ investment operations continues to proliferate but increasingly they’re setting clear boundaries around what it is and is not permitted to do, while resisting the temptation to allow AI to dictate organisational change.

Simon HoyleDecember 5, 2024

Manager Relationships

Operational alpha: The evolution in fund manager due diligence

Asset owners who assess their outsourced fund managers are facing mounting challenges that mean emerging tools, such as AI, are key to successful operational due diligence. Top1000funds.com takes a closer look at the responsibilities and skillsets of those conducting ODD and why it's core to a successful investment function.

Simon HoyleMay 6, 2024

FIS Singapore 2024

Recasting emissions abatement as expensive rather than hard

When it comes to figuring out how a company will get to net zero and how their transition will be financed, more investors are making a distinction between emissions that are hard to abate, and emissions that are expensive to abate.

Simon HoyleMarch 19, 2024

Featured Story

AI is the challenge (and opportunity) of a lifetime for asset owners

AI may be the greatest challenge and opportunity facing the current generation of institutional asset owners. Top1000funds.com takes a deep dive into the world of machine learning and how and why the world’s leading asset owners are embracing AI in their assessment of investments and their own internal efficiencies.

Simon HoyleJanuary 10, 2024

FIS Stanford 2023

I’ll tell you what’s wrong with the Fed: Ross Levine on a flawed regulator

Blaming the 2008 financial crisis, and more recent turmoil in the US banking system, on the US Federal Reserve Board’s lack of regulatory power, or arguing that shocks to the system were unforeseeable, leaves the system vulnerable to the same thing happening again

Simon HoyleOctober 9, 2023

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FIS Oxford 2024

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FIS Singapore 2024

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FIS Stanford 2023

I’ll tell you what’s wrong with the Fed: Ross Levine on a flawed regulator

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