Edward Tricker | Quantitative strategies, transparency of the black box and underpinnings of team culture

In episode 66, Alex Proimos speaks with Edward Tricker, chief investment officer, quantitative strategies, at Graham Capital Management.

This episode covers the underpinnings of a successful research process within a quantitive investment business. It looks at the desired culture that makes up a quantitative team, the innovation of ideas within a highly competitive environment that ensures academic robustness and positive returns. It also covers some of the fallacies around machine learning and its challenge with transparency, and finally, we discuss the rise in volatility in markets, the changing ecology of market structure and the role of diversification and convexity in portfolios.

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Pension Policy Podcast: Relieving members of the longevity risk burden

In Episode five of the Pension Policy Series, Allianz Retire+ chief executive David Kane joins Conexus Financial acting co-chief executive and editor-in-chief Aleks Vickovich to assess the commercial landscape for retirement income solutions across super and advice.   Retirement remains only a small part of Australia's $4.5 trillion superannuation pool. Kane says funds have been slow to implement the Retirement Income Covenant, and many responses to date have been cut-and-paste. Funds have built strong accumulation capability over more than three decades, but they lack the balance sheets to guarantee retirement income, raising the prospect that without the right solutions, members may be left carrying longevity risk themselves. 

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