(Not) boring finds for February 2019

by Mawer Investment Management, via The Art of Boring Blog

Our finds this month include a case for “Peak Investment Industry”; the surprisingly old history of modern ETFs; Jeff Bezos on the importance of being customer-focused; and the incredible advancements in augmented reality—imagine watching a full scale whale swim by your window.

Baillie Gifford – Riding the gravy train

A compelling assessment of the investment management industry and appeal for a different set of approaches and behaviours from asset managers towards fees, risks, and reward.

Medium – The road to ETFs

A historical lookback on the origins of ETFs to over a thousand years ago in 10^th century Italy.

Bloomberg Markets and Finance – The David Rubenstein Show: Jeff Bezos (48 min)

Jeff Bezos on building Amazon, effective decision-making approaches, and the number one thing behind Amazon’s success: “an obsessive-compulsive focus on the customer as opposed to obsession over the competitor.”

WIRED – AR will spark the next big tech platform—call it Mirrorworld

The impressive developments happening in the world of augmented reality, like a full-size digital rendering of our world.

This post was originally published at Mawer Investment Management