I chat with Christina about her experiences starting her own firm dealing with high frequency trading strategies, and her observations about how high frequency strategies have evolved, where they are now, and where they may be going in the future.
Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come
China's advanced infrastructure and ballooning debt are two sides of the same story, says Carnegie Endowment nonresident senior fellow Michael Pettis, who compares China's coming consumption-led rebalancing to Japan's in the 1980s. In conversation with Top1000funds.com Asia Pacific correspondent Darcy Song, Pettis unpacks what this means for institutional investors weighing China exposure over multi-decade horizons, and why he remains bearish on the country's outlook.
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Large language models to spark ‘sea change’ in investment analysis
Andrew Lo, finance professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, believes large language models can bridge the gap between fundamental and quantitative investing in a way that was unfathomable five or 10 years ago, and create ‘quantamental’ investment strategies which would bring together the best of both worlds.
GIC ups US equities allocation despite valuation worries
Singapore's GIC boosted its US equities allocation in the year to March 2025 despite the expectation that high valuations could "provide a challenging backdrop for forward returns”, according to the fund's latest annual report released on Friday.
TRS eyes threat of retail investors in private markets
The growing amount of capital from retail investors flowing into private equity and real estate has consequences for institutional investors. The private markets team at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas pondered the risks in a recent investment committee meeting.
Sydney University’s private asset portfolio under scrutiny for defence ties
An external panel has recommended that Australia's Sydney University minimise investments in defence and security-related industries within its A$770 million ($510 million) private asset portfolio rather than divest and book a A$67 million loss.
Norway’s KLP drops defence groups because of weapon sales to Israel
As geopolitical uncertainty leaves many European pension funds exploring how to invest more in defence, Norway's KLP has just divested two listed defence companies for selling weapons to Israel because of human rights concerns in Gaza.
UK investor group forms to highlight the importance of good governance
A group of UK pension funds have formed a new pressure group, the Governance for Growth Investor Campaign, to boost oversight of the companies in which they invest, warning that the British government’s sweeping overhaul of listing rules has watered down longstanding shareholder rights.
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