“The US tax system needs an overhaul.”
“A policy rethink could control the sub Saharan population boom.”
“The World Bank’s leadership selection process no longer reflects today’s sources of innovation and economic growth.”
These are some of the sound bites from recent press. Clearly there’s an underlying theme – a call for reform. At Onesixtyfourth, we found this especially interesting given the results from...
At this time of year, after the excesses of holiday festivities our thoughts often turn to New Year’s resolutions. Certainly, the media has been reporting resolutions, large and small, over the past week. And, we’re not exempt from tracking them; we’re even exploring them a bit in a survey we’re fielding this week.
As we know, the same resolutions generally emerge the world over:...
Technology & Gen Y: together since day 1
“I can’t walk for five minutes alone without being on my phone.”
In the beginning, there was man and there was technology. They were two distinctive things. At first, technology was scientific - impersonal and complicated; functional and grey; raw and brutal. Today, there is little segregation between our lives on and off-line. Technology is as habitualized...
With past performance no longer predicting the future, investors are looking for asset managers that have an edge
In the bull market every asset manager could make money. Today, however, mediocre managers can’t hide behind market performance.
“We are trying to see what differentiates them; assessing what gives them their edge.”
Only the genuinely talented consistently make money. With past performance no longer predicting the future,...
