State Street

Research

Finance model says Biden will win

Joe Biden will win the US election according to a technique used in finance to predict factor returns and the correlation of stock and bond returns. The technique, outlined in an MIT working paper, correctly predicted the past five elections, including 2016.

Amanda WhiteOctober 30, 2020

Industry events

Chiefs outline risks in global economy

The impact of inequality, the skills gap in employment, looming cyber risks and the fragility in Europe makes the chiefs of five financial services firms wary about the outlook for the global economy, delegates at the Milken Institute Global Conference heard.

Amanda WhiteMay 7, 2019

Asset Classes

Alternative PE vehicles underperform

Alternative private equity vehicles underperform the associated main fund, new research from Harvard's Josh Lerner and MIT's Antoinette Schoar has shown for the first time - but skilled limited partners flip the script.

Amanda WhiteAugust 22, 2018

Uncategorised posts

Managers want more public companies

Individual investors are being denied access to tech shares and other growth because fewer businesses are publicly listed, a panel of asset management executives told the Milken conference.

Amanda WhiteMay 9, 2018

Research

Balancing the long and short of it

Recent reports highlight challenges sovereign wealth funds face in reconciling long- and short-term objectives – and how success in private markets comes from finding and developing talent.

Amanda WhiteJanuary 4, 2017

Organisational Design

What the ‘Phi’ is wrong with investors?

New research has found that organisations and teams with more altruistic motivations for working in the investments industry are also more likely to deliver superior long-term returns.

Sally RoseDecember 16, 2016

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