Gideon Smith: Fundamentals and the golden age for quants

I chat with Gideon, CIO & global head of portfolio management at Rosenberg Equities, on data playgrounds, hubris and the exciting future for quantitative investing.

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.

Sponsored Content

Leave a Comment

Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come

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.

Sort content by

Geopolitical volatility and portfolio resilience

Just days after US president Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on "Liberation Day", an influential group of global pension funds and investment managers, gathered at a Top1000funds.com roundtable at London’s Rosewood Hotel to discuss the current economic and geopolitical landscape, and the possibility of a lost decade of real returns.

PGGM advances 3D investing strategy balancing impact, risk and return

The latest iteration of PGGM’s impact investing journey sees a core/satellite structure around 3D investing, more active management, a total portfolio approach and the hiring of fund managers that align to the mission. Amanda White spoke to chief fiduciary investments Arjen Pasma.

Balancing fixed income risks amid rising uncertainty

Uncertainty surrounding the impact of the US administration’s policy plans weighed on markets, including the implementation and reversal of tariffs, job cuts across the federal workforce and tightened immigration enforcement.

Brunel links push into private markets to ‘innovative’ investment model

In the last seven years, the private markets allocation at the UK’s Brunel Pension Partnership has grown to £8 billion ($10.7 billion). The fund's head of private markets Richard Fanshawe charts that growth but warns of a dearth of opportunity in the UK and uncertainties in the transition ahead.

NBIM seeks long/short, market-neutral strategies amid volatility

Norway's NBIM is looking to allocate several mandates to single-country and regional long/short equity strategies in Australia, Japan, Europe, and the US. Top1000funds.com examines the growing investor interest in these strategies as market volatility and stock dispersion create fresh opportunities for active managers.

TPA’s flexibility keeps OPTrust focused on ‘the mission that matters’

With investment markets uncertain, being an investor with a global view and the flexibility to take advantage of opportunities has seen OPTrust “doing well”, its chief investment officer James Davis says. An evolution of its total portfolio approach keeps it focused on the key metric that matters to members.

Previous