Saeed Amed: The New Age of (data and research) in FX and Macro

I speak with my a great voice of independent research in London on the topics of using alternative data for FX and macro research for quantitative strategies. We talk a lot about Saeed’s well known work in macro-economics, in FX research, as well as his well known and regarded book. 

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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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AI investors face post-Moore’s Law reality

Mark Horowitz, a leading computer scientist and electrical engineer at Stanford University, has declared that Moore’s Law is “basically over”, which will have significant ramifications for artificial intelligence investors who are counting on more computing power to feed into more complex models.  

Public-private partnerships key to fixing US infrastructure

The size of the current infrastructure investment gap and the speed at which it is widening mean there is both a desire and a need for more public-private partnerships to unlock funding. Investors say that collaboration with local governments and raising public awareness of private investment benefits are crucial. 

Federal backing vital for US innovation: Stanford president 

Stanford president Jonathan Levin said the university’s top priority is maintaining the partnership with the federal government while safeguarding its operational freedom, as the institution balances financial reliance on Washington and political scrutiny from the Trump administration. 

Believing the hype around data centres

With digital infrastructure projects like hyperscale data centre facilities becoming bigger, more complex and more costly, Blue Owl’s Robert Hartog believes that investors should begin to take part in what he describes as a “generational market opportunity.”

Debt beats equity in data centre boom as scarce capital lifts credit yields

Asset owners continue to weigh up the shifting risk-return attributes of the booming data centre sector including deal structures, refinancing, energy requirements, and the future of AI.

Why CalPERS doesn’t want to miss the climate revolution

If CalPERS had put more money into the Silicon Valley companies in its own backyard earlier it might be fully funded by now, jokes its sustainable investment head. But it won’t miss the same opportunities in climate investing.

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