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.

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Why traditional investment committees can amplify group biases

Why traditional investment committees can amplify group biases

Investment committee meetings, a governance cornerstone at every asset owner organisation, run the risk of amplifying group biases and social dynamics, and can push the IC towards recommending more extreme investment positions collectively than the average of their individual views. Bernhard Scherer, head of portfolio implementation at ADIA, unpacks the thesis in a new paper.

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Occidental managers make capital mistakes in rush to Orient

Everyone is mesmerised by the Asian growth story. The emerging middle classes, hundreds of millions of new consumers and, not the least, high fees for funds management services.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Derivatives: sour grapes or Dodd-Frank victims?

While claims the Dodd-Frank Act will make the derivatives market prohibitively expensive could be seen as a case of sour grapes from a market unregulated until now, a committee reviewing the Act has asserted that end-users of derivatives, including pension funds, will bear the brunt of the new laws.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

CalPERS draws roadmap for manager selection

CalPERS will standardise the process by which it selects investment partners as part of the investment office’s roadmap for 2011-2012 which includes six strategic priorities including the new categories of talent management and investment performance.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Bauer to head Rotman programs

The former head of research at ABP, and renowned pension academic, Rob Bauer, has been appointed associate director, programs, at the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Smaller hedge funds suffer in insto-driven market

Smaller hedge fund managers, which may well include some of the best performers, are struggling for inflows due to the institutionalisation of the hedge fund industry, new research from Preqin indicates.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Rethinking Asset Allocation

Modern Portfolio Theory is being updated with new technuiques that take advantage of the vast computational and information-aggregation capabilities available in contemporary financial markets. Increasingly, frequent non-normal returns and dramatic swings in valuations suggest that management of tail risk may emerge as a new frontier of asset allocation. Click here to download the reportmrec4inarticleinline Sponsored

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