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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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.
We discuss the value creation and disruption caused by digital transformation, and the related investment implications.
We explain the role stewardship plays in identifying companies positioned for success amid the energy transition.
We pick out the potential implications across the investment landscape of faster changes in consumer prices.
Looking back over the last year, some of the most popular stories include news of our Global Transparency Benchmark, a collaboration between Top1000funds.com and Toronto-based CEM Benchmarking; an interview with AIMCo's Amit Prakash on restructuring at the fund, and insight into how Bridgewater invests for impact alongside return.
UTIMCO's new CIO Rich Hall talks at the December board meeting about the profits the fund has found in SPACs, adding that UTIMCO is currently deploying strategies to arbitrage the market where Hall estimates there are still around 500 SPACs looking for acquisition targets.
The CIOs of two of Australia’s largest asset owners, Aware Super and UniSuper are looking to enhance their competitive advantage in an increasingly concentrated superannuation market.
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