Scott Treloar: Skiing in Singapore and how to quantify investor skill

I chat with Scott, the CEO of Singapore-based Noviscient, about shape of the hedge fund industry and how to create better systematic allocation to funds using machine learning techniques. Reflecting on his career in Deutsche Bank in Asia and running his own statistical arbitrage fund, we discuss the pragmatic applications of quantitative methods and the use of AI in society.

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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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Mobilising collective intelligence by leaving traces of good practices

Andrea Caloisi from the Thinking Ahead Institute argues that breaking down the collective action problem into shared leadership building blocks is a powerful tool in the hands of asset owners to tackle global challenges like climate change.

Denmark’s ATP creates new overlays to manage future bond equity correlation

ATP's Christian Kjær explains the rationale behind two new overlays to better navigate the risk of future correlations between bonds and equities which wrong footed the risk parity investor in 2022.

Embracing difference: Why investment teams must be cognitively diverse

Tough investment environments, pressure on costs and competition for jobs are creating pressure on investment teams to perform better. And investment professionals need to jettison some antiquated approaches to decision making to keep pace with social norms. Cognitive diversity in teams has been hailed as a saviour.

NBIM’s RI report showcases benefits of transparency

Risk-based divestments increased returns on Norges Bank Investment Management's equity portfolio by 0.07 per cent in 2023. Measuring the impact of its investment decisions, reported in NBIM's latest RI Report, is part of a concerted drive for greater transparency by the manager of Norway's Government Pension Fund Global.

CalSTRS’ Ailman talks GFC, climate risk and worrying levels of US debt

After 23 years in charge, CalSTRS departing CIO Chris Ailman has more stories from the investment frontline than most. He shares personal recollections of the GFC, his fears of the scale of the climate emergency and why worrying levels of US debt hold new risk and opportunity for investors.

Brunel keeps wary eye on markets and raises manager reporting duties

In a recently published review, Brunel Pension Partnership vows to “turn the screws” on managers and its holdings via increased RI expectations and warns that rosier economic forecasts of lower interest rates and tamed inflation may not come true.

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