Dodson: Allocators cannot fulfill fiduciary duty without bias reduction
Daryn Dodson · Diversity Equity & Inclusion 5: Daryn Dodson – Training and Action at Illumen Capital (Capital Allocators, EP.168) · Dec 14, 2020 · at 50:07
Daryn Dodson, founder of Illumen Capital, argues institutional investment mandates inherently require mitigating implicit bias to optimize investment returns.
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“And that mirror is asking folks to be accountable to the optimization and fiduciary duty that they've signed up for and realize that without bias reduction, that is not being met, and there needs to be a big investment in innovation and getting these tools right.”
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