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  • Why is Shopify in top 10?

    Why is Shopify in top 10?

    TSX 60 are the most important 60 companies in Canada and Shopify [SHOP] is one of them. What we fail to understand is why SHOP after falling near 90% is not at the bottom of the weightage list among the Canadian 60 components list. Why is it in the top 10? And why does it…

  • No Alpha No Pay

    No Alpha No Pay

    Payment irrespective of alpha in the asset management industry is an ESG issue that needs to be addressed urgently if the industry has to evolve.

  • Dismantle ESG Label

    Dismantle ESG Label

    Mr. Bowman, thank you for the ESG label dismantle call. Your choice of words fired up the reader’s motivation for change. I want to do my bit and stand by you not only in agreement about full consequence investing, doing the right thing, and adopting a more integrated approach, but also reinforce that the ESG…

  • Romanian AI investment solutions startup AlphaBlock raises funding to enhance its product line

    Romanian AI investment solutions startup AlphaBlock raises funding to enhance its product line

    February 1, 2019 AlphaBlock, a Romanian AI company that builds investment management solutions for pension funds, family offices, and hedge funds, has raised an undisclosed amount from Real Ventures, a Canadian early-stage venture capital firm. The investment brings the startup’s valuation to $15 million. AlphaBlock is building an ecosystem to boost the distribution of cross-domain intelligent…

  • Demystifying Incentives in the Consensus Computer

    Demystifying Incentives in the Consensus Computer

    The verifier’s dilemma, which remains an open problem is another example of gaps in the current blockchain architecture and the consensus mechanism.

  • AI-Fintech-Blockchain

    AI-Fintech-Blockchain

    While the world seems to have a solution for every problem, an app for everything, one simple problem about Bubbles and Crisis bother no one. How to make bubbles less bubbly and crisis less severe. We are so busy counting our crypto wealth, it does not bother us whether the wealth is here tomorrow and…

  • Fake Gucci Illusion

    Fake Gucci Illusion

    I was in Mumbai recently, meeting fund­­­ managers to understand where India was on the smart beta road. How fast was investor education evolving? What was the appetite for ETF’s? And what should be done from the regulation point of view to take the Indian markets to the next stage?