Katie Sullivan of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), sets the stage for a discussion of carbon markets and environmental commodities.

Lenny Hochschild of Environmental Commodity Partners considers carbon trading from the investor’s perspective: What is actually being bought and sold? What are the characteristics of environmental...

With about 20% of global carbon emissions under carbon pricing, we are witnessing renewed investment opportunities in the environmental commodity space. While this remains a niche market opportunity,...

As passive strategies continue to gain market share, Thiel Macro’s Michael Green has been considering the implications. In a thought-provoking presentation, Michael builds an interesting thesis,...

Many correlate the overall health of the crypto industry with the price of Bitcoin. While prices plummeted across the board in 2018 it has been accompanied by continued development in new and...

Nicolas Girod, Head of Markets at ClearBlue Markets, reviews data on today’s carbon markets and how they came to be.

The search for alpha requires dealing in unknowns. Some are known unknowns; others we’re completely blind to. To make progress, we simplify, abstract and employ models (mental and/or quantitative),...

The search for alpha requires dealing in unknowns. Some are known unknowns; others we’re completely blind to. To make progress, we simplify, abstract and employ models (mental and/or quantitative),...

Even with terabytes stored in servers and observations over multiple decades, there’s actually very little data at our disposal in finance. Michael gives a fantastic presentation revealing the...

Ed Rzeszowski (Blackrock) leads a panel exploring a variety of timely questions facing practitioners of quantitative investing strategies. The panel includes Michael Brandt (QMS Capital Management),...