Michael Recce: The goldilocks approach to neuroscience, AI and investing

Apologies for the sound here, this interview was recorded using Skype and occasionally the quality drops.

I chat with Michael, Chief Data Scientist at Neuberger Berman, on using alternative data sets to improve insights into portfolios, deep diving into specific companies and industries and how these sets allow us to look at the world in a richer and more immediate fashion than ever before.

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

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Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come

Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come

China's advanced infrastructure and ballooning debt are two sides of the same story, says Carnegie Endowment nonresident senior fellow Michael Pettis, who compares China's coming consumption-led rebalancing to Japan's in the 1980s. In conversation with Top1000funds.com Asia Pacific correspondent Darcy Song, Pettis unpacks what this means for institutional investors weighing China exposure over multi-decade horizons, and why he remains bearish on the country's outlook.

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‘Built different builds different’: Embracing neurodiversity in investment

Embracing neurodiversity might not just be the key to unlocking collaboration, creativity and productivity in investment teams, it could also be the key to better returns, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard.

Culture Club: CalPERS puts people first in talent reboot under new CIO

Only two months in and CalPERS' new CIO Stephen Gilmore has already made his mark, with plans to overhaul talent and culture in the investment office, meeting frequency and the number of strategic initiatives slashed and an increased focus on data and technology to improve efficiency and reduce risk.

Liquid asset: Investing in water is good for returns, good for the planet

Water is a finite and scarce commodity, and institutional asset owners have a big part to play in ensuring the long-term conservation and management of water resources – not only for their direct beneficiaries, but also for the long-term good of the planet and future generations.

Utah’s URS: Why fossil fuels and alt energy hold key to climate crisis

US public funds should stop wasting time on thinly veiled political activism, ditch ESG conferences and repurpose most of their sustainability staff, says URS’ CIO John Skjervem. Instead they should invest in proven energy investments and move from either/or to both/and which allows fossil fuels to jostle alongside alt energy.

How long-term investors should think about stock-bond correlations

Asset owners that are long-term investors should be wary of the conventional model of assessing the stock-bond correlation that is based on several “implicit assumptions”, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard. Instead, the question investors should be asking is: are bonds a hedge or a risk?

AI already driving ‘biggest transformation in the economy we’ve ever seen’

The economic impact of AI can be better measured if every job is broken down into its component tasks, and the impact on each of those tasks is valued. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that on this basis, we’re seeing the biggest economic transformation ever.

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