Bassem I. Awadallah provides expert commentary on some of the findings of CFA Institute survey of investment professionals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Read more
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With unprecedented changes in the foreign institutional investor quota and related rules, as well as the hint of further new policy moves by the government, the China A-Shares market is starting to attract investor interest once again. Read more
Leave a CommentVikram Mansharamani, a lecturer at Yale, discusses five lenses for identifying historical asset bubbles that then burst and provides examples of where his lenses point to a bubble (China) and where they don’t point to a bubble (food prices). Read more
Leave a CommentKent Osband offers that the mathematics of turbulence provides a mathematical framework for bridging modern portfolio theory’s rationalism with behavioral finance’s irrationalism. Read more
Leave a CommentRobert Johnston, director of the global energy and natural resources practice at Eurasia Group, addresses the prospects for the United States becoming a natural gas “superpower,” and the global geopolitical and investment implications of the US shale energy boom. Read more
Leave a CommentJason Trennert of Strategas offers his sometimes contrarian outlook for equity markets while sharing insights on the European currency crisis and the prospects for inflation. Read more
Leave a CommentDavid Guin, a partner at Withers Bergman LLP, discusses the implications of the SEC’s new definition of family offices and explains what a good compliance policy should look like. Read more
Leave a CommentAfter the Great Recession investors are still searching for answers on how to best examine and understand bank credit quality. Invictus Group’s CEO Kamal Mustafa, a penultimate insider’s outsider, offers not just perspective on the problem but genuine solutions. Read more
Leave a CommentMichael L. Mayo, CFA, discusses the state of corporate governance in the financial industry, whether he expects to see more shareholder activism when it comes to the big banks, and how breaking up the mega-banks would unlock value for shareholders. Read more
Leave a CommentEdward Mason shares his views on how the Church of England reflects its moral values in its investments as an institutional investor. Read more
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