Nicola Horlick speaks about fund management, tokenisation and more

We asked:

What are the challenges facing the fund management industry? Is ESG a bubble or is it here to stay? What does Brexit mean for the City?Has the government done enough to save small businesses?How do music rights work as an alternative asset?What advice would she give investors?

For a full breakdown of the half hour podcast, see below:

01:00 - What challenges face the fund management industry?

02:57 - Passive management has seen the rise of mega firms, can boutiques survive?

03:49 - Is ESG a bubble or here to stay?

05:40 - What challenges does Brexit pose to fund management?

08:00 - Looking back at when we entered the EU in the 1970s, how politically active were you then?

09:33 - Will you always be active in politics?

10:10 - Small businesses are in dire straits, are they able to get the financing they need?

11:31 - Would it have been better for the government to take equity stakes?
 
14:31 - Are banks getting money out there?

16.44 - How do these specialist areas, like lending litigation and funding for music rights, work?

19:32 - Aren't young people rediscovering vinyl?

19.46 - If we can describe it as an alternative asset, can the man on the street get involved in music rights?

21.23 - Where do you see growth in the next few years, is there anything else on your horizon

26.11 - GameStop, do you have any thoughts on that?
 
28:28 - What advice would you give to millennials starting out on their investment journey