Simon Hoyle, Author at Top1000funds.com

InFocus

Making better decisions faster: AI makes its impact felt on investing

Making more accurate predictions is the key to investing successfully. AI is a tool well suited to this task, and while it’s already proving its worth in practice and even as major pension fund investors continue to roll it out, they recommend caution and setting out clear use cases.

Simon HoyleNovember 6, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

‘Built different builds different’: Embracing neurodiversity in investment

Embracing neurodiversity might not just be the key to unlocking collaboration, creativity and productivity in investment teams, it could also be the key to better returns, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard.

Simon HoyleOctober 3, 2024

InFocus

Liquid asset: Investing in water is good for returns, good for the planet

Water is a finite and scarce commodity, and institutional asset owners have a big part to play in ensuring the long-term conservation and management of water resources – not only for their direct beneficiaries, but also for the long-term good of the planet and future generations.

Simon HoyleOctober 2, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

AI already driving ‘biggest transformation in the economy we’ve ever seen’

The economic impact of AI can be better measured if every job is broken down into its component tasks, and the impact on each of those tasks is valued. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that on this basis, we’re seeing the biggest economic transformation ever.

Simon HoyleSeptember 30, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

Synthetic biology can save us – if it gets the capital it needs

In years gone by, governments underwrote the development of new technologies before opening the doors to the private sector to exploit the applications. Today, the private sector is the primary source of R&D funding, and foundational research in technologies such as biotech are struggling to attract capital.

Simon HoyleSeptember 25, 2024

InFocus

The long and the short of harnessing demographics for better returns

Demographics is destiny, or so the saying goes. As populations grow, and as they move about, there will be investment opportunities that arise from their needs, their activity and their consumption. The trick for investors, however, is working out how long-term trends figure in generating shorter-term investment performance.

Simon HoyleSeptember 4, 2024