When the Law ignores diversification - Risk and Return #5

About this episode

This episode discusses how a legal change in the United States allowed trust funds to embrace diversification in investment.

A legal change can transform how thousands of institutions invest — and significantly improve their outcomes. In this episode of Risk and Return , together with Emanuele Rizzo , Professor in the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting at Esadewe explore how a regulatory reform in the United States redefined the concept of prudence in investment and finally allowed trust funds to apply one of the most fundamental principles of finance: diversification. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Esade

Guest: Emanuele Rizzo

Topics covered

• investment
• regulatory reform
• diversification
• finance
• trust funds

Keywords

• investment
• diversification
• regulatory reform
• trust funds
• finance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Esade, Ausha

Places: United States

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