John Fawcett: Disrupting the secretive world of quants

I chat with John, the founder of Quantopian, on how he got started in quantitative finance, where he sees the industry evolving and how he created a global community of intrinsically motivated coders to create unique solutions to the greatest intellectual game on earth.

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The Austin advantage: Texas Teachers talks optimism, innovation and growth

The Austin advantage: Texas Teachers talks optimism, innovation and growth

Jase Auby, TRS's celebrated CIO, explains why TPA doesn't fit with its culture; why community push back on data centres could turn out to be an investor advantage, and argues the case for continuing to invest in fossil fuels. Top1000funds.com sat down with the CIO in his Austin office for an all-encompassing conversation.

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San Bernardino tilts to US equity; informed rebalancing reaps rewards

San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association, SBCERA, plans to increase its exposure to US equity in preparation for de-globalization trends. Sarah Rundell talks to CIO, Donald Pierce about asset allocation and the fund’s ‘informed rebalancing’ program.

Africa’s SWFs pledge to work together

Africa’s sovereign wealth funds demonstrate a growing sophistication as they seek to conform to international governance practices and pledge to boost co-operation and co-investment across the continent and around the world.

KLP applies legal expertise to responsible investment

Last June, Norway’s KLP excluded 18 companies due to links with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. A few months later, Kiran Aziz, took the helm as the head of RI stepping into a contentious ESG debate that captures the divide between US and European shareholders.

Defining and diligencing impact funds

In a market where the number of products with an ESG or impact label are soaring, expert impact investment consultants, Ben Thornley and Jane Bieneman, outline best practice processes for due diligence and monitoring to guide investors to more precise impact labeling and stronger impact management practices.

ARR vs funded status: North Carolina’s rock and a hard place

North Carolina Retirement Systems' Dale Folwell discusses the Herculean challenge of maintaining the pension funds funded status while lowering the assumed rate of return.

Hedge funds appeal at Ilmarinen as volatility returns

For years Central Bank bond buying has supressed the volatility on which hedge funds thrive. At Finnish pension fund Ilmarinen hedge funds are back in favour, particularly volatility, momentum, and macro strategies that don't correlate to equities.  

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