Chris Dastoor, Author at Top1000funds.com

FIS Oxford 2024

Leveraging geographic diversification in a multipolar world

The past 20 years have seen large pools of capital become larger, more global and diversified across asset classes. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard how Bridgewater Associates is allocating capital and resources to meet this shifting paradigm and why investors can’t try to bet on certain geographic regions overperforming.

Chris DastoorNovember 21, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

Avoid looking at Fed interest rate cut as an economic saviour

Just hours before the US Federal Reserve cut interest rate, Bridgewater portfolio strategist Alex Smith cautioned the Top1000Funds Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Stanford University that any specific rate call doesn’t really matter. Instead, he illustrated a bigger picture view for the road ahead and what this means to investors.

Chris DastoorSeptember 19, 2024

FIS Toronto 2024

Enhanced tech capabilities makes reinforcement learning viable

What was once too intense to be utilised by computing processes, reinforcement learning has become a viable tool for asset owners. John Hull, Maple Financial chair in derivatives and risk management at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium this now outperforms simpler modelling approaches.

Chris DastoorJune 14, 2024

FIS Singapore 2024

AI could contribute to productivity boost: Bridgewater

Asset managers are spending vast sums of money to develop artificial intelligence systems to help them make better investment decisions. At a Top1000funds.com event in Singapore, Bridgewater co-CIO Greg Jensen discussed applying AI in financial markets as well as Bridgewater’s artificial intelligence efforts.

Chris DastoorMarch 28, 2024

FIS Singapore 2024

Asia’s climate transition requires unique regional presence

Asia is going through its own sustainability journey, and it’s different from the transition pathways in Europe and North America. Robeco head of fixed income, Asia, Thu Ha Chow told the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Singapore that this means investing in the region requires a unique, regional perspective.

Chris DastoorMarch 27, 2024