Asset management

How Jenny Johnson beat family‑name ‘bias’ to lead $1.5 trillion asset manager Franklin Templeton

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How Jenny Johnson beat family‑name ‘bias’ to lead .5 trillion asset manager Franklin Templeton

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Shaped by family legacy, grit and a deep sense of responsibility, Jenny Johnson reflects on the pivotal decisions that took her from “the founder’s granddaughter” to the CEO of Franklin Templeton.

‘Humans are the most important part’ of investing, says a fund manager whose firm makes every call with algorithms

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‘Humans are the most important part’ of investing, says a fund manager whose firm makes every call with algorithms

The internet was becoming mainstream in the late 90s, but Miro Mitev was head-down exploring something that wouldn’t become popular for decades: AI. Now an asset manager, Mitev was an early adopter of AI in finance after discovering the capabilities of neural networks in 1997 while studying at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He told CNBC he saw the potential of neural networks for financial forecasts. “I fell in love … Read more