I chat with Vinesh, ceo at ExtractAlpha, on the research behind alternative data, stock selection techniques and the expertise required to differentiate signal from noise.
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Reports of America’s decline as a geopolitical and economic power are exaggerated, and the noise investors should learn to ignore is really only the presidency itself, celebrated historian Stephen Kotkin told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Harvard.
International Women’s Day has come around again and still the stats are not good. The pay gap still exists, there are still too few women in C-suite positions and women have less savings in retirement. So what are you going to do about it?
Australia's Aware Super is calling for more women in core portfolio management and trading roles to “move the dial” on closing the gender pay gap. Head of income assets, Sonia Baillie, said Hollywood-style hedge fund manager stereotypes is making it difficult for young women to imagine themselves in investment roles.
The 2024 CIO Sentiment Survey finds asset owners increasingly willing to make significant allocation shifts after several years of reticence. They have a greater appetite for risk and are increasingly experimenting with new asset classes, but they are concerned about high public equity valuations.
The CalPERS board is likely to wrestle back control of setting the pension fund’s discount rate, a process that has been done automatically since 2015. Board member David Miller amongst others said this investment rate of return shouldn’t "just happen" as a matter of course, without them stepping in.
Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs bats away criticism that the sole fiduciary model is outdated, arguing it is possible to wear a fiduciary and political hat if your sole purpose is to serve the people of the state.
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