2016 ushered in an age of techno-utopianism when a computer algorithm called AlphaGo made history. It beat the 18-time world champion of Go, a fiendishly complicated ancient Chinese board game with an astonishing 10170 possible […]

The idea that companies that are rated high on a myriad of ESG metrics will deliver superior investment returns has long lost its currency. The key issue now is how far ESG considerations are pertinent […]

A growing number of institutional investors are switching to alternative risk premia: a systematic rules-based style of investing used by hedge fund managers for the past three decades. Under it, asset classes can be broken […]

Remember BRIC? If not, you’re not the only one. In hindsight, it seems like a big marketing ploy. The acronym was coined in the last decade to highlight the rise of four awakening giants – […]

Being ‘green’ is simple but not easy. An outstanding investment phenomenon of this decade is the sky-rocketing popularity of investment funds that embed environmental, social and governance principles. Its speed and scale have, in turn, […]