Nick Wade: Driving from Beijing to Paris and stories in risk modelling

I chat with Nick, Director of Asia Pacific Marketing at Northfield Information Services, about the bubbles we live in socially, philosophically and professionally. Risk modelling has evolved to mirror active management and yet entails residual dogma and structural flaws in delivery and execution. In this fascinating conversation we unpack where AI will take financial services, the importance of time horizons and the better questions asset owners need to ask themselves in order to understand their portfolios.

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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PMT talks infra equity and how to balance stock concentration risk

PMT talks infra equity and how to balance stock concentration risk

Scenario testing has put inflation risk front and centre at PMT, the Netherlands’ third largest pension fund, and it's driving the investor to take stock of the inflation protection it gets from infrastructure. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, chief investment officer Hartwig Liersch unpacks the risk, as well as another initiative where it's balancing concentration risk in the equity allocation without hurting returns.

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Chicken, beef or vegetables: assessing the real environmental impact of AI

The inexorable rise of AI is increasing energy demand around the globe, but the technology itself is also enabling greater efficiencies. Assessing its real impact requires an understanding of both its “footprint” and its “handprint”, and its impact may not be as dire as we’ve been led to believe.

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Institutional investing is entering a new era as blockchain-based rails make markets always-on, near-instant and capable of delivering hyper-customised portfolios. Are asset owners ready?

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Khosla warns of disrupted decade before AI boom brings abundance

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Global investors face the difficult task of setting asset allocation in an environment where the global macro-economic backdrop suggests chaos and downside risk but markets continue to perform strongly.

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Investors are still split on whether it’s better to hunt for innovative companies in the public or private markets. But the biggest consideration for investing in new technologies might have more to do with liquidity.

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