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Risk Management


Smarter Decisions in Uncertain Times: Insights from Annie Duke and Morgan Housel

Investors should keep three things in mind when planning for the future amid so much uncertainty

Vikram Mansharamani: Supply Shifts Could Create 2 Economies

A global supply glut and decrease in demand had already pushed countries towards protectionism. Vikram Mansharamani says COVID-19 poured gasoline on the flames.

Changes on the Horizon for Equity Investing

Omar Selim uses self-learning quant models and big data to perform ESG analysis, and he explained to other investment professionals why they would soon need to do the same.

George Friedman’s Eyes Are on Germany

George Friedman will be watching how one last piece of the global financial crisis plays out very carefully.

Frances Barney, CFA, on Tackling Enterprise Investment Risk Management

Enterprise risk management goes beyond taking information from investment managers at face value, but it’s a better way to get a picture of the investment risks involved.

The Importance of Avoiding Unintended Bets in Your Investment Portfolio
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At the 70th CFA Institute Annual Conference, Robert P. Browne, CFA, CIO at Northern Trust, discussed his team's investment process and warned portfolio managers about understanding the full extent of the implied bets made with their investments.

Progress Interrupted by Populism

Scarcely any attendees at the 70th CFA Institute Annual Conference thought that the populist tide had peaked and would start subsiding. Panelists Neil Howe, Michala Marcussen, CFA, and Willis Sparks discussed what it meant for global economies.

Antti Ilmanen Describes a Harsh Winter for Expected Returns

AQR's Antti Ilmanen sees three distinct investing scenarios in the future: Slow pain, fast pain, or 2008 all over again. What are investors to do?

Karen Firestone on Taking the Right Risks

By applying four tenets of sensible risk taking, Karen Firestone finds better outcomes.

Investing in a Market Maelstrom

The 2016 Middle East Investment Conference will convene amid a market maelstrom of volatile oil prices, negative interest rates, geopolitical drama, and national budget revisions.