Igor Halperin: On the application of reinforcement learning in Finance

Fantastic conversation with Igor Halperin around the application of reinforcement learning into forecasting problem, and the limits to data and understanding the world. 

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Finland’s Elo: Larger equity allocations promise new media scrutiny

Finland’s Elo: Larger equity allocations promise new media scrutiny

As Finland's pension funds prepare to increase their equity allocations to unprecedented levels compared to global peers, they must also navigate a new and unfamiliar risk. Elo's chief investment officer Jonna Ryhänen explains the fund's investment approach going forward and how it will manage stakeholder and media scrutiny as they react to swinging volatility and returns.

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Infrastructure – the way out for the west?

Infrastructure investment has not caught on in the US, compared with institutional investing peers such as Canada, Australia and the UK. But Arjuna Sittampalam, research associate with EDHEC-Risk Institute and editor of Investment Management Review, argues infrastructure is perceived as a way out of the morass in which the US finds itself.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1

US ivy league endowments cling to returns … just

Endowments are back, just. The annual survey of their returns by NACUBO-Commonfund showed an average return of 11.9 per cent for the 850 college and university endowments in the study for the year to June 2010.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Forget sovereign debt as a safe haven: Mercer

The status of sovereign debt as a safe-haven investment has been put into question and the whole approach to bond investing may need to be revisited, according to Mercer, which has urged institutional investors to focus in the coming year on the ‘new realities’ of the global marketplace, which includes sufficient flexibility in their portfolios.mrec4inarticleinline

Israel’s offshore resources to secure SWF future

Israel is considering establishing its first sovereign wealth fund within one year using revenues from recent offshore natural-gas finds, following calls by the International Monetary Fund to do so.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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Empirical literature and MSCI analysis show that high implementation costs indicate there is little evidence the average managers in either emerging market or small caps have produced either higher or more persistent risk-adjusted returns relative to their developed market and mid-cap peers. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Islamic Finance Opportunity for Long-Term Growth

Governed by distinct moral and legal codes, Islamic finance differs greatly from conventional investment approaches, emphasizing the sharing of risk and reward. This Vision Focus paper highlights this alternative form of investing and how it is becoming increasingly attractive to investors around the world. Click here to download the reportmrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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