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Back to Simplicity

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Back to Simplicity
Foto: Thomas Leth Olsen. La industria ha perdido el toque: hay que volver a lo básico

Author: Fórmate a Fondo

  1. Simplicity is the ultimate goal of any endeavour. Simplicity aids understanding. Simplicity promotes efficiency. Simplicity means fewer things can go wrong
  2. Sadly, simplicity has eluded the financial industry, opines the Asian Equity Team at Aberdeen Asset Management
  3. The more elaborate the mathematics used to support an investment strategy the greater the likelihood experience was being replaced by theory, investment with speculation
  4. Whether they like it or not, fund managers are being treated more like banks, amid proposals in the U.S. to categorize them as being ‘systemically important’ to the financial industry