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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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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