Math, Money, and Making a Difference
MIT alumnus James Simons is a mathematician and founder of the highly quantitative investment firm Renaissance Technologies where he...
Advanced Analytics in Asset Management
If you haven’t read the longish McKinsey piece I linked to earlier this week, then consider this a homework assignment. I...
MIB: Its A Model Driven World
There’s a corollary to Marc Andreessen’s argument that software is eating the world — the models will be in charge of running it....
Transcript: Matthew Granade, Point72
The transcript from this week’s MIB: Matthew Granade, Point72 Asset Management, is below You can stream/download the full...
MIB: One of the Original Quant Shops
Acadian Asset Management was a quant shop before it was fashionable. They began running money on the basis of quantitative analysis in...
Transcript: John Chisholm, Acadian Asset Management
The transcript from this week’s MIB: John Chisholm, Acadian Asset Management, is below You can stream/download the full...
MIB: John Chisholm, Acadian Asset Management
This week, we speak with John Chisholm, co-CEO and co-CIO of Acadian Asset Management. Chisholm assumed the co-CEO role after serving...
MIT: Frontiers of Quantitative Investing
My quant panel is up — here are my questions for this sharp group. 1. Complexity: is it really required or is it just noise?...
MIT Sloan Investment Conference 2019
I am heading up to Boston for some hosting duties at Friday’s annual MIT Sloan Investment Conference. Its my third...
5 Things We Learned From Cliff Asness
This is a tour de force interview by @ErikSchatzker. I want to take out a fourth mortgage on my home and send all the proceeds to...