MI223: Using Alternative Data for Alpha w/ Mike Chen
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4.6 • 593 Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TIP. |
| 0:02.9 | So sustainability actually has a link to financial performance, but only through this channel |
| 0:08.2 | called materiality. |
| 0:09.7 | And I think this is something that, you know, I hope the listener can understand. |
| 0:13.2 | Not all higher sustainability rated company will lead to better stock return or better price |
| 0:17.6 | return, but only those issues are material to how a company operates. |
| 0:22.0 | We're now finding more and more evidence of the linkage between sustainability and financial |
| 0:26.4 | performance. |
| 0:31.0 | On today's show, I'm joined by Mike Chen, who is the head of alternative alpha research at Roebako |
| 0:36.9 | and has a wealth of knowledge |
| 0:38.5 | in the areas of sustainability, machine learning, and alternative data, where he has published |
| 0:43.6 | a number of journal articles on these topics and has extensive experience working in the |
| 0:48.8 | quantitative investing field. |
| 0:50.5 | Previously, he was head of sustainable investments at Panagora, a portfolio manager at BlackRock, |
| 0:56.4 | as well as Morgan Stanley. During this episode, I chat with Mike all about what alternative data is, |
| 1:02.7 | how it is increasingly being used by hedge funds, quantitative funds, and some of the world's largest |
| 1:07.8 | asset managers like BlackRock to inform their investment decisions |
| 1:11.4 | and achieve alpha, what sectors they are able to get better insights on by using alternative |
| 1:16.8 | data, what implications this has for retail investors' returns. We also talk about two major |
| 1:22.4 | themes Mike thinks investors should pay attention to, including biotech and sustainability, |
| 1:28.6 | how to get exposure to these themes, and why including sustainability considerations into your investment process can help |
| 1:34.8 | improve your returns, and so much more. I found today's conversation with Mike so interesting, |
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