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FIS Chicago 2022

Fama, the father of modern finance, talks stock picking, ESG and democracy

Stock picking is not a solution to today’s challenging investment environment, warned Eugene F. Fama, The Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and 2013 Nobel laureate in economic sciences. Active management run counter to diversification, key in the current climate, he says.

Sarah RundellJune 16, 2022

FIS Chicago 2022

Fed has inflation and recession risk under control

Raghuram G. Rajan, Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, argues that Federal Reserve policy suggests inflation will start to come down. He reflects on the toxic risk of high levels of leverage combining with asset declines.

Sarah RundellJune 6, 2022

Chicago 2015

Investment strategy challenge

Roger Urwin of Towers Watson and Jaap van Dam of PGGM, report on a productive workshop at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium where delegates brainstormed ideas for the ideal investment model for the future.

Amanda WhiteDecember 17, 2015

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The Fama of modern finance

When Eugene Fama enrolled at Chicago Booth School of Business in 1960, “finance was a joke”, he says in a candid and fascinating insight into his more than 50 years as a student, academic and teacher at the university. The essay, published by Chicago Booth’s Capital Ideas, details Fama’s own history but also a short […]

Amanda WhiteOctober 11, 2013