Managing the risk of fake news
Fraud and falsehoods are nothing new but technology has made it much more difficult to separate fact from fiction. Professor Stephen Kotkin discussed investing in a world of deception.
Impact investing’s case for scale
Impact investing has come a long way in the past two decades, going from a niche strategy to a $1.5 trillion industry, but there are still challenges for it to reach institutional scale due to the lack of products and insufficient evidence of outperformance in some parts of the market.
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A fiduciary duty to all of society
Saïd Business School’s Peter Tufano says investors’ responsibility is to make decisions for the collective good; he identifies 12 future threats to the species to consider in strategy.
China, US rivalry looks volatile
Are the two world powers on a collision course for war? Could global investors get smashed between the two? Unfortunately, the answers appear to be yes and yes.
APG takes the lead on AI
APG is one of the few large asset owners putting AI to work effectively in its investment process. Amanda White looks at how it is integrating machine learning and more to enhance decisions.
Principles to guide investment
Investors will play a major role, whether active or passive, in climate change mitigation. To enable prudent decision-making, we propose three physically based engagement principles that could be used to assess whether an investment is consistent with a long-term climate goal.
FIS 2026 at Harvard University