What a brief encounter with Elon Musk taught me about the limits of capitalism

What a brief encounter with Elon Musk taught me about the limits of capitalism

In 2013, on the sidelines of the Milken Conference at the Beverly Hilton, my friend and then-colleague Sean Scallan and I found ourselves in a seven-minute private conversation with Elon Musk.   He was not yet the figure he is today. Tesla was struggling. SpaceX had launched but not yet proven itself. The idea of humans

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Inquiry hits Australian superannuation

Everything from charging dead people fees to trustees nixing mergers out of self-interest has emerged, as royal commission hearings have exposed big flaws in the world's fourth-largest pension system.

A chance to make the future brighter

Top1000funds.com editor Amanda White has been named a member of the Aspen Institute Finance Leaders Fellowship class of 2018. She discusses the program, the participants, and the opportunity.

The risky business of investing

The number of different kinds of risk institutional investors must consider is overwhelming. We risked trying to make a list and, at the risk of sounding boastful, the result is worth a read.

Vale Steve Ross

Steve Ross was a pioneer of fields such as asset pricing, investment management and corporate finance. His colleagues at MIT and Caltech regarded him as generous and kind.

Finance industry resting on its laurels

The finance industry has relied on its low barriers to entry, high fees and complex language that has created enduring principal/agent problems that restrict transparency and accountability.

Finance ‘not just about making money’

Nobel Laureate, Professor Robert Shiller, will speak at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Yale School of Management from October 23-25.