Prashant Mehra, Author at Top1000funds.com

FIS Stanford 2024

Real growth opportunities in evolving AI sector still to come

The biggest paradigm shifts in technology history - the internet and cloud computing - both had common characteristics: an initial cycle of investment in infrastructure before the applications were delivered to consumers. the Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard that artificial intelligence is unlikely to be any different.

Prashant MehraSeptember 24, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

Unified view boosting appeal of total portfolio approach

The changing nature of volatility in financial markets and a more client-centric approach that allows allocations to be tailored is helping more institutions adopt a total portfolio approach (TPA) to investment management, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford University has heard.

Prashant MehraSeptember 22, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

Policy framework, private capital key to financing energy transition

Public authorities need to develop regulatory frameworks that create incentives and provide policy support in order to attract long-term private capital for infrastructure needed for the ongoing energy transition, the Fiduciary investors Symposium at Stanford University has heard.

Prashant MehraSeptember 22, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

Figuring out the big trends to uncover global investment opportunities

Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Franklin Templeton Investments president Jenny Johnson told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium that the big trends of demographics, digitisation and de-globalisation are creating plenty of opportunities for investors, and cautioned on major global geopolitical risks, specifically, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Prashant MehraSeptember 22, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

Machine learning ‘overcoming key challenges’ in stock picking

Once regarded as a black-box approach to supporting asset management, AI and machine learning is becoming increasingly effective and transparent, now more of a "crystal box" and a useful tool for stock-picking and explaining performance attribution to clients, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford University has heard.

Prashant MehraSeptember 19, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

Higher rates, central bank divergence set to lift volatility

A higher interest rate environment, increasing divergence among major central banks, and geopolitical uncertainty are some of the major risks that top investment managers are bracing for in coming years, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford University has heard.

Prashant MehraSeptember 19, 2024