Santa’s Top 10 Gifts for Behavioral Improvement
This year, give the gift of self-improvement. Here are the big man's best ideas for getting family, friends and colleagues into new and better habits.
5 easy ways to improve your process using behavioral science
Incorporating behavioral science into your investment process doesn't have to be difficult. We present five simple techniques to reinforce the scientific rigor of your investment decision-making routine.
Winning gold in fund management
The Performance Revolution of the 80's and 90's had a dramatic impact on British sport and was a major factor in the UK's Olympic success at Rio. What are the lessons for active managers in an increasingly competitive fund flow arena?
What we’re reading
By popular demand and after lots of great suggestions from you, we've updated the Essentia Recommended Reading List (one of our most downloaded white papers). Check out the additions to one of the best surveys of behavioral titles available.
Why human and machine intelligence need each other
Despite predictions to the contrary, humans are still better-equipped than computers when it comes to decision-making in complex, uncertain conditions. As a result, industries like asset management should be using technology to support its humans, not replace them.
Asset management innovation? Walk don’t run
Asset management firms have been hiring new innovation teams. But rather than adopt a head-on approach to change which may prompt resistance, we advocate a Kaizen approach that begins with smaller, measurable and more gradual improvements.
Active managers: The time is now
It's easy to postpone change - especially in a difficult market environment. But now is the time for active managers to make better use of the new technology now available to them, and level the playing field with the growing sources of competition.
“When you get clever with data, it can be truly beautiful”
We talk to Snežana Pejić PhD, Senior Quantitative Researcher at Essentia's London office. She tells us why crunching investor performance data trumps a life in academia, and how the new union between technology and behavioral science is helping people to become better investors.
Will google eat your lunch?
Speculation is increasing about Google’s ambitions in the asset management space. In this article, Eric Rovick argues that the real threat is not Google’s technology, but its culture and a willingness to focus on process and behavior. Today’s asset managers would do well to learn from this approach as more new entrants enter the market.
Before you vote in the next election…
As we approach the UK general election on May 7th, we’re looking at some of the ways in which behavioral science is being used to mobilise voters and affect their perception of the party candidates.