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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Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come

Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come

China's advanced infrastructure and ballooning debt are two sides of the same story, says Carnegie Endowment nonresident senior fellow Michael Pettis, who compares China's coming consumption-led rebalancing to Japan's in the 1980s. In conversation with Top1000funds.com Asia Pacific correspondent Darcy Song, Pettis unpacks what this means for institutional investors weighing China exposure over multi-decade horizons, and why he remains bearish on the country's outlook.

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‘Coherence’ key for defined contribution

As the world moves to defined contribution structures, many questions remain about its robustness, not the least of which is how defined contribution funds deliver adequacy.

GPIF announces boosted stewardship role

A year on from signing the PRI, the world’s biggest pension fund will seek discussion with non-Japanese asset owners regarding advances in environmental, social and governance practices.

Finance ‘not just about making money’

Nobel Laureate, Professor Robert Shiller, will speak at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Yale School of Management from October 23-25.

Program related investment highs + lows

Program related investment is a growing passion for wealthy individuals behind foundations and endowments, but it is a growing source of concern for their chief investment officers.

QSuper’s value beyond a balance

With the transition from a closed fund to one that anyone can join, QSuper chair Karl Morris discusses how the delivery of financial advice will have the biggest impact on the lives of members

PERA renames asset buckets

The Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico, is re-calibrating its asset allocation and re-adjusting private equity.

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