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?

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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.

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Edwin Cass: Why CPPIB cut back on emerging markets

CIO of CPP Edwin Cass explains why the opportunity to diversify and generate alpha in emerging markets because of inefficiencies is narrowing. The investor is also looking at the impact of deglobalisation and regional trading blocs in sectors and assets within the countries it invests in.

CalPERS goes big on the green transition

CalPERS, America's largest public pension fund, is more than halfway towards its goal of investing more than $100 billion in climate solutions by 2030, as it aims to grow its sustainable investment team to 20 in the next few months.

San Jose Retirement: How risk-on restored returns

Uniquely positioned in Silicon Valley, the City of San Jose Retirement System is poised to fulfil its 4 per cent target allocation to venture capital. It underscores a bold risk-on strategy that CIO Prabhu Palani has used to transform the fund he joined in 2018.

Meet the investors trying to de-risk UK transition infrastructure

Amidst the vast investment demands of UK infrastructure, the widening gap between supply and demand is starkest in green energy and power where the government has set ambitious 2030 decarbonization targets. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Compenswiss pushes evergreen private credit; benefits from internal AI

Liquidity and flexibility are key priorities in Swiss investor Compenswiss' growing allocation to private credit.

NEST reflects on 2024: Timber and thematic equities signpost growth

NEST's chief investment officer Liz Fernando reflects on the investor's key milestones through 2024 and warns that returns will likely be lower ahead.

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