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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PGGM: Impact begins at home

PGGM: Impact begins at home

PGGM is preparing to build out the third element to its impact strategy targeting biodiversity. By focusing on food and the circular economy, PGGM aims to create most impact at home. Top1000funds.com looks at the fund's impact journey.

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Korea’s national fund steps on the gas with global shift

The $200 billion National Pension Fund of Korea, which like many Asian funds sailed through the global crisis virtually unscathed, is looking to reduce its big overweight to fixed interest in favour of international equities and other growth assets.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Mezzanine opportunities in real estate

Institutional investors could consider the issuance of new performing senior and mezzanine debt as a lower risk opportunity in real estate, according to a new paper, “Real estate debt – from crisis comes opportunity”.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Investing in inflation protection

This paper by Anand Iyer and Jennifer Bender from MSCI, acknowledges that the current tug-of-war between inflation and deflation has created considerable confusion for investors, and explores these characteristics of inflation-protected bonds to see if, and to what extent, they have contributed to portfolio diversification and provided investors with protection from inflation and deflation.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored

How emerging markets are taking over in cleantech

While the emerging world is often considered a problem for global attempts to control or reduce carbon emissions, from an investment perspective it looks as if these countries may be currently offering more and better opportunities.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Aussie investors should get out more: Urwin

Australian institutions’ prevailing home-country equity bias was based on a series of lucky breaks for the domestic market and was not worth the concentration risks to which it exposed investors, said Roger Urwin, Towers Watson’s global head of investment content. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

New Jersey hunts for consultants

The New Jersey Investment Council, which manages the state pension funds, is looking for a general investment consultant and consultant for three specialist investment classes.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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