Alternative sources, Dataminr, Mifid II and predicting future events by examining social media and alternative news sources. As the January 2018 deadline for MiFID II compliance approaches, and institutional investors, hedge funds and related entities scramble to meet the requirements, there is one issue that might get easily overlooked: news and informational diversity. [klarman] Institutional investors have a responsibility to consider different perspectives which are not often reflected in the mainstream In a world where charges of “fake news” fly about as casually as using avocado on toast, do professional investors have a fiduciary responsibility to examine all sides of…
Do Professional Investors Have A Fiduciary Responsibility To Examine All Sides of Issues?
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.