Improving Alpha: Innovation in Investing, ESG and Technology

Improving Alpha: Innovation in Investing, ESG and Technology


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Improving Alpha: Scott Chan on ‘Gearing Up’ a Collaborative Model to Mitigate Risks and Generate Returns
November 04, 2024

Last year, we were honored to have Chris Ailman as a guest on the Improving Alpha podcast. Fast forward 12 months, and lightning has struck twice for the Improving Alpha team, as we welcome Scott Chan

Improving Alpha: Shivaram Rajgopal on Ways to Eliminate Governance Disengagement and Zombie Organizations
September 30, 2024

If you are a CEO at a large public company, who do you speak with when concerned about strategy, formulation of innovative ideas, or even execution of a plan to scale your business investments? Many b

Improving Alpha: Catherine Ulozas on Innovating a Billion Dollar Endowment
September 09, 2024

Information overload can occur in even the most skilled institutional investor when considering the amount of managers and intelligence competing for their time and attention. How can a leading endowm

Improving Alpha: TC Wilson on Advancing the Practice of Good Medicine through Better Asset Allocation Strategies
July 30, 2024

Today theres tremendous focus around the practice of good medicine, the advancement of healthcare innovations, and positive patient outcomes. One company that embodies these characteristics and provi

Improving Alpha: Chris Wiggins Exploring and Exploiting the Value of Artificial Intelligence
July 08, 2024

Allocators face a barrage of ideas and debates around the use of artificial intelligence and large language models, better known as LLMs. How can huge amounts of investor data be transformed and enric

Improving Alpha: Olivier Toubia and the Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence
June 24, 2024

In an age of artificial intelligence, (AI) many allocators are realizing that humans alone, or software alone, cant match or exceed the gains that occur when software and human expertise combine. Lay

Improving Alpha: David Teten on the Future of VC Models, Tools for Improving Alpha and the Portfolio Diversification Game
June 17, 2024

The portfolio diversification game takes a ton of time, energy, effort, and even during the best of times companies that you might be super bullish about can flame out, just as easily as those that ar

Improving Alpha: Mazen Jabban on the Dangers of Delegating Away Allocator Innovation
April 15, 2024

Navigating the world of technology innovations as a chief investment officer or portfolio manager is akin to a thrilling game of high-stakes poker or a graceful tango. Your success hinges on your abil

Improving Alpha: Karen Yeyinmen on Strengthening the Institutional Investment Toolkit through Action Research
March 18, 2024

Can a culture of growth and experimentation in institutional investing unlock deeper-level benefits to improving alpha? Would you be able to risk the old conception of yourself or your organization by

Improving Alpha: Ciamac Moallemi on the Black Box of Systematic Investing, Bitcoin, and Neural Networks
February 26, 2024

Is bitcoin a safe-haven or still too risky for institutional investors to include as part of a larger portfolio allocation? How is systematic investing changing today with the influence of neural ne