ESG and Investment Theory and Design

At Callan’s recent National Conference, our guest speakers tackled the major issues and themes facing institutional investors in the coming years. We’ll cover the highlights of their comments in a series of posts. This is the fourth; the first appeared here, the second here, and the third here. In a panel moderated by comedian and former venture capitalist Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, […]

Aging and Financial Decisions

At Callan’s National Conference, Hal Hershfield of UCLA and Raphael Schoenle of Brandeis discussed misperceptions about aging.

The New Faces of Cybersecurity

R. David Edelman, a former technology adviser in the Obama administration now at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, focused his talk at Callan’s National Conference on what he called the “new faces of cybersecurity.”

Trade Wars and Other Risks to the Global Economy

Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, highlighted the “extraordinary dichotomy” between the political realm, full of grim news, and the global economy and financial markets, which are remarkably strong. The focus for investors, she said, should be to take a stance on which of those two views is right: Should they believe in the strength of the economy or take a signal from the bad political news?