Low returns
The next generation will face real investment returns of only two per cent based on historical data, says Professor Elroy Dimson. The "Generation Z" born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s will likely face a future of very low annualised…
Beta activism
Third-stage corporate governance is taking centre stage over climate change, says Jon Lukomnik, a recent Pembroke Visiting Professor at Cambridge Judge Business School. Jon Lukomnik, the Managing Director of Sinclair Capital LLC and former Executive Director of the Investor Responsibility…
Investing in the future – what aspiring finance experts need to know
China, climate change and social virtue – a career in private wealth/investment management is now about so much more than the figures. Investment expert and Cambridge MBA alumna Janet Mui (MBA 2010) gives an insight into the breadth and depth…
Artificial intelligence in asset management: hype or breakthrough?
by Dr Mehrshad Motahari, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Finance and Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance Dr Mehrshad Motahari Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a major trend and has disrupted most industries in recent years. The financial services sector…
2015 Commonfund Prize Winner announced
Winning paper: Tim Jenkinson, Howard Jones, (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford) and Jose Martinez (University of Connecticut School of Business) for Picking Winners? Investment Consultants' Recommendations of Fund Managers The Commonfund Prize, awarded for original research relevant to endowment…
Nominations open for Commonfund research prize
Newton Centre for Endowment Asset Management teams with Commonfund The Newton Centre for Endowment Asset Management at Cambridge Judge Business School is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Commonfund Prize, awarded by the Commonfund Institute. The Institute is the focal…
Investment and Pensions Europe UK roundup: NAPF, PMI, Newton IM, Cambridge, State Street
Newton Investment Management and the University of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for Endowment Asset Management have agreed a five-year partnership. The centre will be rebranded the Newton Centre for Endowment Asset Management. “The partnership with Newton will reinforce Cambridge…
Financial Times Adviser: Newton and Cambridge Uni to research long-term investing
The Centre for Endowment Asset Management at Cambridge Judge Business School has entered into a five-year partnership with Newton Investment Management, part of BNY Mellon. The Centre will be renamed the Newton Centre for Endowment Asset Management. "We share the…