Jim Creighton: Quant in the 90s and the AI reinvention

I chat with Jim, the former CIO of Barclays Global Investors on the history of quantitative investment, the myths of factor investing, and how machine learning can help solve difficult problems in financial markets. We touch on the future of AI and its use in the broader society – where are the opportunities and where are the potential threats?

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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CalPERS’ public and private equity reset shapes performance

CalPERS’ public and private equity reset shapes performance

CalPERS is continuing to reap the benefits of a sweeping overhaul of its public and private equity programs, with the two asset classes, which are the biggest components in the portfolio, powering a 14.8 per cent return for the $637 billion fund in the last reporting period.

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Future Fund general manager to have his say on superannuation reform

The Australian Future Fund’s former general manager, Paul Costello, is the chair of a committee advising the government on the implementation of what could be the most important reforms to the $1.3 trillion Australian superannuation industry since the introduction of compulsory super in 1992.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

US instos battle for proxy rights on boards

The ongoing saga of US investors’ right to have a say in corporate elections continues with the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) refuting the Business Roundtable’s (BRT) claims that the proxy rule will injure shareholder interests.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

State Street teams with lawyers for SWF think-tank

A three-way research collaboration, between State Street, law firm K&L Gates and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, will deliver a series of bilateral webinars, thought pieces, research, and focused executive education programs, specifically for, and about, sovereign wealth funds.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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

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