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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Future Fund: AI world order defined by US-China split will hurt capital owners

Future Fund: AI world order defined by US-China split will hurt capital owners

A geostrategic standoff between the US and China over AI would be “extremely damaging for capital owners” according to the Future Fund, Australia’s A$337 billion ($237 billion) sovereign wealth fund, which outlined four “secular scenarios” around AI and its investment implications.

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China, emerging markets and the pandemic

The impact of the COVID-19 health and economic crisis is acutely more severe in emerging markets. What will the long-term impact of this be, and could the Renminbi emerge as a safe-haven currency?

Geopolitical risks and uncertainty

What can we learn from history and what it all means for institutional investors?

Investor responses

How are investors tackling the issues of de-globalisation and the impact on their portfolios?

COVID-19: The end of globalisation

What would de-globalisation look like given the interconnectedness and complexity of the economy and what does it mean for investors’ portfolios?

Larry Summers: the future of the world

An intimate Q&A with former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, President Emeritus and the Charles W. Eliot University Professor of Harvard University.

Investor fireside chat

How are investors positioning portfolios and managing short and-long term risks in the current environment?

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