I chat with Anthony, Director at Verge Labs, on the open-source revolution, how we should frame the conversation around ethics and potentially optimistic viewpoint as artificial intelligence evolves.
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More than 40 asset managers were shortlisted for a private credit mandate for the £8 billion UK DC plan, NEST. It chose three. Sarah Rundell looks at the process and structures, and what the fund looked for in a manager.
The finance industry can not end modern slavery and human trafficking but it will not end without the finance industry. Head of ESG at NZ Super, Anne-Maree O’Connor, says investors can engage in a new report ‘Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking,’ to learn more about the specific role that they can play in making slavery a thing of the past and help achieve the SDGs.
Apologies for the sound here, this interview was recorded using Skype and occasionally the quality drops.
I chat with Michael, Chief Data Scientist at Neuberger Berman, on using alternative data sets to improve insights into portfolios, deep diving int
Traditional performance monitoring reports do more harm than good, argues Phil Edwards, who suggests a more effective monitoring framework shifts the focus away from performance numbers and towards the fundamental characteristics of the stocks held in the portfolio, perhaps borrowing some elements from private markets.
As concerns about climate change reach fever pitch, Harvard Business School has published a report that shows investment strategies that “aggressively’ reduce carbon emissions can significantly boost fund performance.
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