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 UK’s LGPS pool, £120 billion ($161 billion) Border to Coast, is hunting for strategic relationships with asset managers and global asset owners as it prepares to invest £40 billion in private markets. Chief executive Rachel Elwell speaks to Top1000funds.com about the fund's approach to finding long-term partnerships in the market.
A group of more than 50 investors has formed to help raise awareness and standards for data protection. As related risks become a primary concern for directors, PRI is co-ordinating efforts.
The $6 billion Adventist Health System is considering more risk as it grows and is seeking to gain from efficient processes. The goal remains maximum effectiveness in provision of healthcare.
Australia's $107 billion sovereign wealth fund added risk based on near-term outlooks and boosted its holdings in private equity, during a year in which it handily beat one-year and 10-year aims.
The $15 billion Canadian pension plan considers active engagement more effective than divestment and market forces more immediate than regulation, as it works towards a low-carbon economy.
Thanks to recent history, flawed methodology and ill-chosen indices, most say PE consistently outdoes public equity. But the right data tells a different story, Oxford academics write.
As the fifth round of Australia’s financial services royal commission came to a close, counsel assisting criticised many retirement savings funds for their retention strategies, conflicts of interest and other practices deemed not in members’ best interests.
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