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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CPP, NBIM CEOs swap notes on leading through teams, not bureaucracy

CPP, NBIM CEOs swap notes on leading through teams, not bureaucracy

In a high-level exchange between two of the world's largest and most sophisticated asset owners, CPP Investments’ chief executive John Graham shared a leadership lesson with Norges Bank Investment Management chief executive Nicolai Tangen: having an aligned senior team is one of the most critical things a leader can build. The two funds, which are consistently leaders in transparency, also exchanged playbooks on managing bureaucracy at large organisations.

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Ontario enters second phase of reform

Local pension plans have warmly greeted the second phase of pension reform in Ontario, Canada, through a bill which contains provisions such as restrictions on benefit improvements where amendments will compromise a plan’s funded position. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

The challenges of a low return environment

Institutional investors are again in a situation where virtually any combination of publicly traded investments will not meet their return goals, according to director of research at Wurts and Associates, Eric Petroff. So what should they do now?mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Sustainable investing: positioning for long-term success

A new VisionFocus report by State Street leverages new research by State Street Global Advisors to examine the growing impact of environmental, social and governance concerns on the investment decisions of institutional investors.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Vive la (pension) revolution

France’s penchant for social demonstration targeted pension reform this week, with more than one million people striking over proposals to increase the retirement age from 60 to 62. The scenes could act as a warning to other countries with similar pension shortfalls.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Top 20 managers lift share of global market

The largest 20 funds managers in the world lifted their combined market share last year as the industry recovered from two years of funds under management outflows.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Risk parity guru warns on misuse

Edward Qian, CIO of PanAgora Asset Management, coined the term “risk parity”, but he says there are misconceptions about how the approach uses leverage which, if used incorrectly, undermines its essence – risk diversification.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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