GPIF puts funds under an AI microscope
The world’s largest pension fund has introduced AI to help it better scrutinise its asset managers. That will force them to raise their game too.
Takahiro Sasaki, Hiroo Koizumi, Takao Tajiri, Hiroaki Kitano, Sony Computer Science Laboratories
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