I chat with Alexander, CEO at Rebellion Research, on stock selection, portfolio construction and his passion for teaching.
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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
The private capital arm of the $87.4 billion Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has acquired a UK special education and fostering services provider believed to be valued at about £200 million ($326 million). mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
In this white paper by DB Climate Change Advisors, led by global head of climate change investment research Mark Fulton, the drivers of climate change for 2010 are examined in the context of strategic asset allocation. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Businesses should be forced to pay a levy to support robust shareholder engagement, says Peter Butler, chief executive of Governance for Owners (GO), a UK shareholder rights partnership, because effective stewardship will only become a fixture of the institutional investment industry when it carries a big price tag. He spoke with Simon Mumme. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored
A new series of efficient indices, launched by FTSE and the EDHEC-Risk Institute, which aims to capture equity market returns with an improved risk/reward efficiency, outperform their market-cap weighted counterparts over five years in every region except Asia Pacific ex-Japan. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The $244 billion Thrift Savings Plan, the largest defined contribution plan in the world, faces an enormous operational challenge this year as it moves from an opt-in to an opt-out default for US federal employees. Amanda White spoke with executive director Greg Long about the fund’s plans for 2010, which include a substantial investment tender.
In analysis completed for the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, Mercer has conducted a survey of active management, assessing the use and performance of active management at the total fund and asset class levels for 14 pension funds with combined assets of $950 billion, including eight funds from Europe and three from North America. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored
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