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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The twin forces rewriting the rules of investing

The twin forces rewriting the rules of investing

Portfolios built for the old world will be severely tested as emerging forces rewrite the rules of investing. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that geopolitical and macroeconomic upheaval, together with the disruption wrought by AI, should force asset owners to rethink the structure and composition of portfolios.

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Ibbotson reveals the ABCs – alphas, betas and costs – of hedge funds

Hedge funds, in aggregate, have generated positive alpha in the past 11 years. This finding, made by Roger Ibbotson, founder of Ibbotson Associates and Professor of Finance at Yale University, proves the strategies can resist powerful market declines but often fall short of providing absolute returns to investors. He spoke with Simon Mumme about the

CalPERS rates reputational risk above investments

Risk to reputation is more important than risk to investments according to a survey of internal staff at CalPERS completed as part of its governance/risk management initiative. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Ibbotson says Brinson ‘not quite right’ on returns

Portfolio specific asset allocation policy and portfolio security selection, timing and fees contribute equally to the variation of portfolio returns according to new research by Professor Roger Ibbotson of Yale School of Management, progressing earlier work by Brinson et al which attributed more than 90 per cent to asset allocation.   mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1

CalSTRS expands active/passive decision making

CalSTRS will double the ranges of its active/passive global equities allocations in a bid to enable investment staff to allocate funds tactically across active and passive rather than be forced to rebalance to strategic asset allocations. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

SEC reforms aim to boost liquidity

Associate director at RogersCasey, Carolyn Cross examines the SEC-approved money market fund reforms, which aim to bolster liquidity, increase credit quality, and improve the flexibility and transparency of operations to ensure money market funds can weather the next crisis, summarising key provisions of the new rules and how they impact investors. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1

Europe’s instos need ‘thorough rethink’ on regional splits

This latest research by MSCI Barra Research analyses the equity allocations of European institutional investors, arguing the practice of separating international equities allocations into regional mandates at a strategic level “deserves a thorough rethink” mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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