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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Limited alternatives keep global capital anchored to the US

Singapore’s Temasek said while US exceptionalism may be “fraying”, there aren’t many alternative markets that can handle the same volume of global capital. Meanwhile, fellow sovereign fund GIC believes the greenback’s reserve currency status remains solid even though currency swings could spell trouble for foreign investors.

The future is a riskier place than the present

In this regular column for Top1000funds.com, Tim Hodgson of the Thinking Ahead Institute argues that the future is riskier not only because it is uncertain, but because the quantum of risk increases with time. He unpacks what this means for investors' risk analysis and the term 'risk premium'. 

TPA just a new acronym for ‘common sense’: Pennsylvania PSERS CIO

As CalPERS becomes the first US pension fund to adopt a total portfolio approach, Ben Cotton, CIO of $80 billion Pennsylvania PSERS suggests TPA is just another acronym for something investors should already be doing: making decisions for what is best for the whole portfolio.

Why allocators need a ‘continuous exploration’ mindset for AI adoption

Asset owners are seeing a major shift in data management and analytics as AI enables more efficient investment processes. CPP Investments and OPTrust outline how the technology is being progressively integrated into their funds.

Same attacks, more pain: Cyber security face up to exponential threats

Despite headlines about exponential escalation in the cyber attacks on governments and corporation, an expert says the core threats have remained largely unchanged in the past decade. What’s different now is the attackers’ ability to inflict pain on their targets.

Allocators seek out new portfolio tools expecting higher inflation

Asset allocators are seeking new ways to optimise portfolios beyond using the historic mean variance tools in the face of higher and more volatile inflation expectations. That can mean moving from SAA to a TPA, which is often a challenging task, but a new context demands modern investment frameworks.

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