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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LPPI: Keeping AI risk in check

LPPI: Keeping AI risk in check

As the risk of an AI bubble grows, LPPI's Richard Tomlinson reflects on how the LGPS pool manages and measures AI exposure. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, he also explains how he has been moulding the fund's investment structure to be fit for a post-LGPS reform future.

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Nobel laureate advises a different focus on risk to enhance returns

Nobel Prize-winning economist Myron Scholes advises investors to think differently about risk to improve the way it is managed, to help boost returns. He told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium the focus of asset owners should shift from thinking of risk as a constant to considering how risks are changing.

Flawed Fed encouraging excessive risk taking

An increasing willingness of regulators to bail out investors at times of crises is reducing the competitive environment in which banks and financial institutions operate, the Fiduciary investors Symposium at Stanford University has heard. It is also encouraging more risky behaviour, and creating a fragile system in the longer run.

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Transition risks of net zero

The transition to net zero is well underway, but it won’t be a smooth path and getting there will pose significant risks for investors. These are the conclusions of a new report by Pictet Asset Management and the Institute of International Finance. It will require higher levels of borrowing by the companies they invest in; the

The trait that will define ‘the California model’, according to CalPERS

Allocation to climate solutions and the ability to generate alpha from that across asset classes are what will define the future “California model”, according to CalPERS managing director of sustainable investment, Peter Cashion.

Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance chair calls for more action from governments

Five years after signing up to net zero, climate-conscious asset owners have a message for governments: act now, or put global prosperity at risk. As policymakers, investors and climate action advocates descend on NYC for Climate Week, chair of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, Günther Thallinger, reflects on the progress.

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