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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.
Antti Ilmanen, a principal at AQR Capital Management, says everything is expensive because interest rates are at all-time lows.
A deeper understanding of the tensions that have driven ongoing clashes will be essential for investment professionals looking to adapt their approach to the global economy.
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.
European authorities underestimated the effects of the financial crisis on banks, resulting in a “lost half decade,” says Lorenzo Bini Smaghi. But there is room for the eurozone to regain competitiveness.
Steven Major, CFA, global head of fixed-income research at HSBC, explained that a year ago his team was criticised for predicting long term government yields 1% lower than market consensus. He wished he had been wrong, but today, the term premium on long-end US bonds is negative.
In his opening keynote address at the 2014 European Investment Conference, Lord Adair Turner, senior fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, spoke about the shortcomings of “too big to fail” and inflation targeting.
James Montier combines vivid imagery with blunt commentary on investor behavior, and the markets have given him a lot to talk about.
Philippa Malmgren of DRPM Group says the far-reaching effects of central bank actions are influencing geopolitical conflicts.
Often the price battle between buyers and sellers is described as the battle between fear and greed. I see the conflict as being between two vastly different sets of fears, with very little greed involved. The focus is not… READ MORE ›