I chat with Alex on his experiences across a range of environments, the role of machine learning in Australia’s future and how to best deploy data science in academia and industry.
Nothing on this podcast is to be considered investment advice or a recommendation. No investment decision or activity should be undertaken without first seeking qualified and professional advice.
Alabama-based timber manager RMS has developed its own index to measure biodiversity in its forests. The move is in response to a jump in the number of asset owners asking biodiversity questions.
With more than $A5 billion ($5.3 billion) invested in infrastructure through some 120 different types of assets, AustralianSuper is examining whether diversity is all its cracked up to be when it comes to infrastructure investing. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The Texas Teachers Retirement System (TRS) continues to build innovative relationships with its managers, the latest of which has seen it take a $250-million equity stake in asset manager Bridgewater Associates LP.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
EDHEC-Risk Institute has conducted research looking at an application of the improved estimators for higher order co-moment parameters as they apply to the optimisation of hedge fund portfolios.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund has to delicately balance the twin demands of being a long-term investor with providing capital to rebuild the shattered Irish economy.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Research on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) and investments has advanced in rigour, coverage and volume, but data quality, and the problems of reverse causality are still concerns for academics looking for a meaningful relationship between ESG factors and investment performance.
Emerging market equities in Asia and Latin America could be a bright spot in the lingering gloom hanging over global markets this year, according to BlackRock’s managing director of iShares Russ Koesterich.
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