Custom Indexing is a Tidal Wave Coming at the Investment Business


On the final episode of The Compound Show in 2020, Josh talks to Patrick O’Shaughnessy, CEO of O’Shaughnessy Asset Management about the wildly successful launch of his firm’s proprietary custom indexing platform, Canvas. Please see the full disclaimer below.

You can learn more about Canvas from Patrick’s paper, posted here.

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