Ashby Monk
11 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 5 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 1, 2023 by Ashby Monk · said 8 times in 7 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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May 1, 2023 negative
May 1, 2023 negative
May 1, 2023 negative
Monk: Asset owner boards lack tech and data leaders
“I don't see a lot of technologists sitting on boards of directors of pension funds or sovereign funds or endowments. You see lots of ex-finance professionals. You see lots of representative people coming out of the constituencies, teachers, firemen, public emp…”
May 1, 2023 bullish
May 1, 2023 neutral
May 1, 2023 positive
Monk: Tech's primary allocator unlock is internal portfolio visibility
“If you get your tech stack right, fundamentally transforms what you know about yourself. It's less about what you know about the world. It's great to use technology and chat GPT to go collect knowledge on the world, but ultimately I think the real unlock with …”
May 1, 2023 positive
Monk: Conservative asset owners only innovate when forced by crises
“So the punchline to answer your question is we often need crises to drive change because these organizations are fairly conservative and slow moving and they are monopolistic. But interestingly, technology is going to reveal little mini crises inside these fun…”
May 1, 2023 negative
Monk: The investment industry lacks tools to evaluate market recovery shapes
“And so weirdly, we don't have great tools in the investment industry to think about the shape of recoveries. And so we have a lot of work through MPT on drawdowns, on value at risk, We do a lot of work on volatility and variance, but we don't think as much abo…”
May 1, 2023 negative
Monk: ESG ratings are like Big Macs—cheap, accessible, but opaque
“You know, I joke with my students sometimes that the ESG ratings are like Big Macs. They're easy to get. They're cheap. They taste pretty good. But it's not clear they make you healthier, and you definitely don't know everything that's inside.”
May 1, 2023 positive
Monk: Allocators should target specific cash flows over generic 7.2% returns
“Right now, when you say, oh, I need 7.2%, which is a very generic destination, everybody's like, well, I need this amount of private equity, and I need that amount of hedge fund. But when you say, no, no, here's your confidence interval for the amount of cash …”
May 1, 2023 positive
Monk: Sustainability and ESG factors correlate with faster portfolio recoveries
“So what we're learning, and the findings are still being developed on our team, is that it's these sustainability factors, these long-term factors, employee satisfaction, environmental footprint, things like that, that you would say, well, really good ESG tool…”