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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Florida State Board of Administration has built an active credit portfolio spanning public and private markets, CIO Lamar Taylor says the initiative could be the first step in a broader shift away from traditional asset-class investing towards a framework centred on return drivers and risk exposures.
CalSTRS has plenty of cash as it positions for opportunities emerging out of the current economic volatility. In the longer term, the fund’s asset allocation will continue to move away from global equities into private markets as the dust settles and makes way for more US opportunities.
The Norwegian Parliament has approved $1.4 billion in seed funding for a specialist Nordic small-cap equity fund. It will be overseen by the domestic pension fund, Government Pension Fund Norway, whose CEO Kjetil Houg said its birth chimes with the trend of investors putting more capital to work at home.
The proposed US sovereign wealth fund remains shrouded in uncertainty as the deadline to release a plan for it quietly passed without announcements from the White House. Debates about the need for it continue, but Stanford academic Ashby Monk argues clear purpose and sound governance are what truly matter.
In a wide ranging investment committee meeting, University of California CIO Jagdeep Singh Bachher argues that rationale for increasing the equity allocation and warns that although excluding fossil fuels currently works 'ok' it may come up for review.
Günther Schiendl, chair of Austria's VBV Pension Fund board explains how he's enabling younger savers to access more equity investment. However, despite long-held plans to develop the allocation to private equity, US tariff and trade policy has halted the strategy for now.
After a decade in the top investment job at the $69 billion Maryland State Retirement Fund, Andrew Palmer will retire at the end of June. He speaks to Amanda White about his achievements and reflections on an industry where he has worked for 40 years.
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