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.
CIO of Hawaii’s largest pension fund has his work cut out to return the $14.1 billion Employees’ Retirement System back to the black. Vijoy Chattergy spoke about plans to crisis-proof HIERS.
It is more than ever a “market of credits” rather than a “credit market”, according to Mercer, affording those with rigorous research coupled with patience, capital and flexibility the potential
ESG factors impact company financial performance and drive long-term value – but inadequate data is no longer an excuse for incorporating ESG into investment decisions.
CEM benchmarking has shed light on the unattractive returns – largely due to high costs – and lack of risk protection afforded by most pension funds’ hedge fund portfolios
One of Canada’s largest pension funds, PSP Investments, is addressing low growth and low returns by pursuing platforms and private debt in the race to create new investment opportunities.
'Youngster’ Warren Buffett (85) rebuffed risks from sugar and climate change as he toured the American economy with his ‘older’ offsider, Charlie Munger (92), presenting at the Berkshire Hathaway AGM .
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