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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Why traditional investment committees can amplify group biases

Why traditional investment committees can amplify group biases

Investment committee meetings, a governance cornerstone at every asset owner organisation, run the risk of amplifying group biases and social dynamics, and can push the IC towards recommending more extreme investment positions collectively than the average of their individual views. Bernhard Scherer, head of portfolio implementation at ADIA, unpacks the thesis in a new paper.

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Ontario Teachers’ leading net zero strategy

For asset owners wanting to know how to set interim targets for your net zero portfolios, here’s how to do it. Amanda White speaks with Deborah Ng from Ontario Teachers’ on their world-class approach.

CEOs flag Bitcoin equivalent in carbon market

Ahead of COP26, Allianz's Oliver Baete and Enel's Francesco Starace join a panel discussion at the PRI's annual conference on what policy makers urgently need to achieve. They are concerned the climate conference won’t bring the change that is needed to tackle the environmental emergency.

Diversity: How can we measure progress if we don’t have the data?

Consulting firms at the centre of driving change around diversity disclosure in asset management turn the focus onto their own organisations with a commitment to reporting by the same standards. President of Verus, Shelley Heier, who is the driver of the IIDC explains the impact.

Asset owners need to spell out mandate details for ESG integration

In a discussion on the changing relationship between asset owners and managers when it comes to integrating ESG, panellists including PGGM's Arjen Pasma at this year's PRI Digital Conference emphasised the importance of collaboration, long-term goals and being very specific in mandates.

Border to Coast: cost savings and alpha generation

In the three years since formation Border to Coast has proven success on both sides of the ledger, providing significant cost savings for its underlying partner funds and giving them access to investments they would not have dreamed of as single entities. The passionate CIO of Border to Coast, Daniel Booth, talks to Amanda White about the fund’s success and what is next in its quest for constant improvement.

65% record return for Washington Uni endowment

America’s university endowments are reporting blistering returns thanks to soaring equity markets and their large venture allocations. Washington University’s managed endowment pool is an outstanding performer, returning a whopping net 65 per cent for the fiscal year 2020-21 and nearly doubling its size to $15.3 billion. CIO Scott Wilson explains how they did it.

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