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.

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Macquarie: Deglobalisation the next inflection point in real assets

Macquarie: Deglobalisation the next inflection point in real assets

Global governments are partnering with private investors to boost their domestic infrastructure and become more self-sufficient in a geopolitically fragmented world, according to Ben Way, global head of Macquarie Asset Management, who said that constrained public balance sheets are increasingly reliant on private capital to meet their infrastructure needs.

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Towers Watson names top 8 challenges for decade

Improving risk management practices and allocation of capital according to risk drivers rank among the most important challenges for institutional investors to overcome in the next 10 years, according to Towers Watson.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Inflation in 2010 and beyond

The second paper by AQR examining inflation considerations in institutional asset allocation finds an equal risk-weighted portfolio performs better on average and is less dramatically affected by individual inflation and growth scenariosmrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

AP1 doubles alternatives

The Swedish AP1 will nearly double its alternatives allocation in the coming months with plans to invest up to $1.5 billion in hedge funds for the first time.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Hewitt Ennis Knupp nuptials redefine consulting

The acquisition of Ennis Knupp by Hewitt Associates, which will see the retirement of its founder Richard Ennis, is a defining moment in the investment consulting world, as clients demand the closer alignment of liability and asset management and greater attention to alternative asset research. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Ahoy! Opportunities in dock for shipping investors

Investing in ‘distressed shipping’ is a variation of the current capital scarcity theme, Mercer says. (click on the photo for more…)mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Systematic rebalancing is not necessarily best way to go

The value of systematic rebalancing of portfolios to bring them back closer to strategic allocations has been questioned in new research by Morgan Stanley.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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