Campbell Harvey: Factor investing beyond the snake oil

I chat with Campbell, Professor of Finance at Duke University, on the future of quantitative finance, academic journals, model fitting and the intellectual fallacies within inference.

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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Public equity manager challenges the case for private

Public equity manager challenges the case for private

Loomis Sayles’ Aziz Hamzaogullari has questioned whether asset allocators are giving private equity more credit than it is worth, saying the case for investing in PE rests on flawed return measurement, hidden risks and high fees and that public equities should be treated with the same “patience” that PE receives.

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How your hedge funds make money

Outspoken hedge fund manager, Cliff Asness, says breaking down the sources and challenges to manager performance will determine how investors should pay for alpha.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

With overvalued sovereign bond markets, how do you go defensive?

With continued, or even increased, nervousness surrounding the short-term future for most markets, the question of risk mitigation has once again come to the fore for institutional investors. But for defined benefit funds, in particular, this is an especially curly question.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Hong Kong may list RMB financial products

Investors may soon be able to invest in RMB-denominated ‘financial products’ on the Hong Kong stock exchange, which could also be a boon for the big global ETF providers.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

SuperStream could save $20 bn: Ernst & Young

The $20 billion prize, provides a blueprint for implementing the Cooper Review-proposed SuperStream concept.

European pension funds skittish as more pain looms

European investors – and probably many others – are “understandably skittish”, according to Mercer Investment Consulting, as the risk of a double-dip recession has increased modestly, the consulting firm says in its latest medium-term valuation review.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

European pension funds skittish as more pain looms

European investors – and probably many others – are “understandably skittish”, according to Mercer Investment Consulting, as the risk of a double-dip recession has increased modestly, the consulting firm says in its latest medium-term valuation review.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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