Paul Wilmott: Juggling mathematics and small business

I chat with Paul on derivative pricing, the application of mathematics within financial services and the implications for society due to AI.

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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.

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Skulls, financial turbulence and risk management

Based on a methodology introduced in 1927 to analyse human skulls and later applied to turbulence in financial markets, this study by Mark Kritzman and Yuanzhen Li, published in the Financial Analysts Journal, shows how to use a statistically derived measure of financial turbulence to measure and manage risk and to improve investment performance.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored

From the editor – November 2010

November 2010 In the first of a (brief) monthly video address editor of conexust1f.flywheelstaging.com, Amanda White, observes the common challenges facing institutional investors around the globe.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Climate-change investors damn US weakness

A group of more than 250 institutional investors has damned individual country national policies, particularly highlighting inadequacies in the US, as preventing more private capital flowing into climate change-related investments. The collaborative stance comes ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Money managers snooker consultants: Ennis

Reflecting on 40 years in the investment industry, founder of Ennis Knupp & Associates and executive editor of the FAJ, Richard Ennis, tells Amanda White why the investment consulting industry is at risk of becoming a distribution arm for the money management industry.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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

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