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.
Low-volatility equity approaches have delivered for 10 years. As their popularity rises, Mercer looks at potential uses, causes for concern, and whether it's time to move in another direction.
Auto-enrolment will put more people into Ireland's public retirement system, while regulatory requirements will include tougher standards for trustees and more disclosure on ESG.
LGPS funds have objectives aligned with many of the social issues that impact investing targets. This should make the trend popular within the scheme, once decision-makers are properly informed.
Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico CIO Dominic Garcia is headed down the path less travelled, employing a risk-parity and alpha strategy he learned with the State of Wisconsin.
From the individual to the organisation to the industry as a whole, a belief that your objectives and your work have intrinsic value is essential to high performance and societal change.
Heightened awareness of the role of rain forests in global supply chains, and of the related risks, has led many large investors to join initiatives calling for an end to destruction of woodlands.
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