Operations

Seamus Collins: Mine Super’s big revamp

A self-proclaimed pragmatist with an investment operations background, Collins views his promotion to chief investment officer as an opportunity to boost returns by generating ‘operational alpha’.

Elizabeth FryOctober 4, 2019

The industry’s drive for scale: Who benefits?

The argument that bigger fund leads to better returns is largely dependent on liquidity and opportunity size. Further, the evidence on the benefits of scale is not encouraging so far, says Michael Kollo.

Michael KolloSeptember 9, 2019

Investment Operations

The battle of data scientists vs the quants

There are powerful forces changing the quantitative communities around the world. These include heavy competition in asset management, a desperate need to stand-out in an overcrowded field and readily available datasets and coding libraries.

Michael KolloAugust 19, 2019

Investment Operations

The rising tide: From AI to investments

The business of developing unique algorithms opens up opportunities for them to be seen as stand alone products that can be traded or shared, forming the basis of a value proposition.

Michael KolloAugust 7, 2019

Investment Operations

Illiquidity in managed funds spooks asset owners

Asset owners should worry about liquidity in managed fund investments as recent examples show large illiquid allocations to private market assets which can take considerable time to exit.

Alex WiseJuly 31, 2019