Asif Noor: Opening up on data and financial fragility

I chat with Asif on his career journey, how the world changed after the GFC and what he sees for the future of machine learning assisting with rigorous testing of a hypothesis.

Career, systems, how the world changed after GFC, data sets that are interesting, AI and machine learning, neural networks, testing a hypothesis and data.

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.

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Why traditional investment committees can amplify group biases

Why traditional investment committees can amplify group biases

Investment committee meetings, a governance cornerstone at every asset owner organisation, run the risk of amplifying group biases and social dynamics, and can push the IC towards recommending more extreme investment positions collectively than the average of their individual views. Bernhard Scherer, head of portfolio implementation at ADIA, unpacks the thesis in a new paper.

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