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.

Nothing on this podcast is to be considered investment advice or a recommendation. No investment decision or activity should be undertaken without first seeking qualified and professional advice.

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Beyond asset classes: Active credit becomes the test case for Florida’s portfolio evolution

Beyond asset classes: Active credit becomes the test case for Florida’s portfolio evolution

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.

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California governor plans pension reform

Two of America’s largest pension funds, CalSTRS and CalPERS have warily offered support to the interjection of California Governor Edmund G Brown Jr into the debate on how to finance the state’s ballooning pension liabilities.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Future Fund goes defensive

Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, has lost more than $2 billion in the September quarter, as global share markets tumbled – despite reducing its equity exposure and moving more into defensive assets, such as cash.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

China a mystery going at breakneck speed

It’s not until you’re on the ground that the basic growth story in China is really obvious. When Guy Russo, now head of Kmart in Australia, was the head of McDonald’s in China, they called it “opening a store every four hours”.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Global union leader challenges funds to see big picture

As the G20 meeting looms, Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), told delegates at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium to stop acting as if fiduciary management existed in a bubble. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Conventional indexes still popular

A new EDHEC-Risk Institute survey of 104 European institutional investment professionals analyses the current uses and views on equity and fixed-income indexes.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Radical overhaul for $120bn New York pension funds

New York will radically overhaul its pension system, consolidating the investment strategies for its five pension funds and reforming the governance structures of the funds.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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