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.
The $53.8 billion AP7 is using shareholder resolutions to push companies to reveal their true positions on the Paris agreement and other measures. Corporations are taking notice and changing.
Utah Retirement Systems considers its strong balance sheet, history of long-term relationships with managers and nimble governance advantages as its search for GPs in private equity begins.
Alternative private equity vehicles underperform the associated main fund, new research from Harvard's Josh Lerner and MIT's Antoinette Schoar has shown for the first time - but skilled limited partners flip the script.
Not only are pension funds bringing ESG factors into decision-making, they are also starting to call for guidance in their efforts, the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors writes.
Everything from charging dead people fees to trustees nixing mergers out of self-interest has emerged, as royal commission hearings have exposed big flaws in the world's fourth-largest pension system.
The $335 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System warned this week that it is greatly exposed to a downturn in global equity markets, as it prepares to monitor active risk closely.
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