PWM's round table discussion with Professor Robert Haugen, inventor of the Minimum Variance concept, highlights the importance of quantitative investing in the post-crisis climate. Private banks and institutions, requiring predictable returns for their clients and long-term savers, are increasingly incorporating systematic investment processes in their portfolio construction models.
The growing importance of Asia to the wealth management industry is underlined by the flow of new money from the region and a number of senior executives moving to the area, writes Sebastian Dovey