Allocator and asset management expert, Ted Seides, conducts in-depth interviews with leaders in the institutional investing industry. Guests include Chief Investment Officers from leading allocators, asset managers, strategists, thought leaders, and many more. Our mission is to learn, share, and help implement the process of premier investors. Learn more and join our community at capitalallocators.com.
Bruce MacDonald, CEO and CIO of VCU Investment Management Company, discusses VCU's investment strategies, which focus on secular tailwinds like India, Vietnam, gold, and artificial intelligence. MacDonald emphasizes the importance of maintaining abundant liquidity to capitalize on market dislocations and the benefits o...
Kieran Goodwin, partner at Saba Capital, shares his three-decade career journey as a top credit trader and discusses current risks within the private credit market. Goodwin reflects on his early experiences with credit derivatives and lessons learned from his time at King Street and Panning Capital. The conversation hi...
Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of GMO, shares insights on investing, market bubbles, and long-term strategies, drawing from his six-decade career. He emphasizes the importance of frugality, a lesson learned growing up in wartime Yorkshire, and how it shaped his value-oriented investment approach. Grantham recounts the dot...
The S&P 500 has transitioned from a neutral market benchmark into a concentrated bet on a small group of technology companies tied to artificial intelligence. While active management is often labeled a "loser's game"—with SPIVA data showing only 6% of U.S. equity funds outperformed the market over 20 years—this failure...
Will Guidara, author of "Unreasonable Hospitality," explores how businesses can elevate customer experiences by focusing on making people feel seen, welcome, and valued. Guidara emphasizes the importance of investing in hospitality with the same intensity as product development, sharing examples like coat checks and ch...
Chainlink's role in upgrading financial infrastructure with blockchain technology is explored, featuring Ryan Lovell, Director of Capital Markets at Chainlink Labs. The discussion centers on Chainlink's function as a secure data conduit, essential for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, and its expansion into tr...
Katelin Holloway, founding partner at 776, explores the intersection of human and venture capital, drawing on her experience at Pixar, Reddit, and in HR. Holloway emphasizes that early-stage investing is fundamentally about people and systems, mirroring HR processes. She details 776's sourcing strategy, leveraging Alex...
Alexis Ohanian, founder of 776 and co-founder of Reddit, explores his entrepreneurial journey and investment philosophy. He recounts Reddit's initial concept as a mobile food ordering system, its early growth strategies involving blogger outreach and community engagement, and the challenges of managing content moderati...
Gavin Baker, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Atreides Management, discusses his investment philosophy, emphasizing the importance of rationality, intellectual honesty, and a willingness to be wrong. Baker highlights the need for an investment approach that aligns with one's emotional makeup, enabling r...
The state of venture capital from the LP perspective is explored, questioning if venture is broken and if it's worth the effort. Sean Warrington from Gresham Partners and Ed Grefenstette from the Dietrich Foundation share their LP strategies for navigating risks and capturing opportunities across various sectors, stage...
The Dietrich Foundation's unique investment strategy is explored through a conversation with CIO Ed Grefenstette. The discussion highlights the foundation's focus on growing assets through an illiquid portfolio heavily weighted in venture capital and private equity, a strategy inspired by founder Bill Dietrich's innova...
Bobby Jain, CEO and CIO of Jain Global, discusses his career, the evolution of trading, and the launch of his multi-strategy hedge fund. Jain reflects on lessons learned from his immigrant parents, his early days on the trading floor, and his experiences at Credit Suisse and Millennium. He emphasizes the importance of ...
Private equity faces a structural capital recycling crisis as exit activity fails to keep pace with robust fundraising and acquisition growth. While the industry has tripled its unrealized value to $3.2 trillion over the last decade, the supply of unsold companies—now totaling 29,000—overwhelms current buyer demand. St...
Stephen Gilmore, CIO of CalPERS, elucidates the Total Portfolio Approach (TPA) to investment management, drawing from his experiences at Australia's Future Fund and New Zealand Superfund. He contrasts TPA with strategic asset allocation, emphasizing TPA's focus on achieving ultimate objectives rather than adhering to d...
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund's investment philosophy and strategy are examined through a conversation with CEO Matt Whineray. He outlines the fund's creation to address future pension costs, its mandate to maximize returns responsibly, and its unique "endowments" like a long horizon and operational independence....
Brendan O'Connor, CEO of Regal Partners, discusses the evolution of his firm from a long-short equity specialist to a diversified alternative investment manager in Australia. He highlights Australia's unique market dynamics, where financials and materials dominate, offering diversifying returns compared to global marke...
Jonathan Lewinsohn, co-managing partner of Diameter Capital Partners, provides a credit market update, focusing on industry microcycles and private credit. Lewinsohn highlights the evolution and current state of private credit, distinguishing between direct lending and capital solutions, and points out the risks associ...
The podcast explores Diameter Capital's all-weather credit strategy with Jonathan Lewinsohn, co-founder, who details his early influences from his father, an equity research analyst, and his career path through investment banking, law, and distressed debt investing. Lewinsohn emphasizes the importance of understanding ...
Lane MacDonald, CIO of SCS Financial and former Olympic hockey player, discusses his journey from professional sports to investment management. The conversation explores the key attributes that distinguish successful investors, emphasizing the importance of domain expertise, alignment, and a durable edge in increasingl...
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