Linda Gruendken: Cycling in Cambridge and the randomness of markets

I chat with Linda, the lead scientist from GAM Systematic CANTAB, and recently named as one of the top 50 women in the hedge fund industry. We have a fascinating conversation about the difference between quant and systematic approaches, and the vast uncertainty of financial markets. We talk about the usefulness of machine learning models and the critical role that investment horizon plays.

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.

Sponsored Content

Leave a Comment

Finland’s Elo: Larger equity allocations promise new media scrutiny

Finland’s Elo: Larger equity allocations promise new media scrutiny

As Finland's pension funds prepare to increase their equity allocations to unprecedented levels compared to global peers, they must also navigate a new and unfamiliar risk. Elo's chief investment officer Jonna Ryhänen explains the fund's investment approach going forward and how it will manage stakeholder and media scrutiny as they react to swinging volatility and returns.

Sort content by

The art of dynamic asset allocation

Global practice director of Towers Watson Investment, Carl Hess, explains why the consultant has conviction in the ability to exploit mispricing between asset classes, and when dynamic strategic asset allocation works.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

The China Miracle 3.0

A gradual appreciation of the Chinese currency, although probably too gradual for some in the west, signals a far more fundamental evolutionary phase for this nation than currency management.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

An emerging markets strategy with some twists, from the Gulf

Gulf International Bank, which is owned by the six governments of the Gulf Co-operation Council, has launched an innovative emerging markets fund which uses various hedge fund strategies to provide investors with absolute returns.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Revisiting global small caps

This research insight by MSCI, shows global small caps still exhibit distinct characteristics that provide opportunities for portfolio diversification and active management. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Start smelling the chocolates

The intelligent investor, managing director of Bedlam Asset Management, Jonathan Compton, says will look forward not back. Instead of reporting on the rescue of those countries already defaulting, he believes Belgium could be the next nation to default.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

The more foreign the market, the more funds-of-funds

The world’s largest institutional investors are increasingly building their own home-region private equity programs, but turning to fund-of-funds for the rest of the world particularly when it comes to Asia, says a Hong Kong-based partner of the first fund-of funds to ever build a product covering that region.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Previous