Speaking to Legends
26 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -At 22 I graduated from university and decided to set up a crypto hedge fund. I learned everything by doing and after years of 100-hour weeks, progress started to happen. Fast forward, I am a Forbes 30 Under 30 lister, running one of the largest crypto hedge funds in the world and a frequent speaker at top conferences. I have been featured in Bloomberg, Forbes, and many other leading news media outlets. In this podcast, I speak with some of the world's most successful hedge fund managers, investors, and entrepreneurs. We discuss their journey to success, the lessons they've learned along the way, and the mindset they use to achieve greatness. FOLLOW ►Twitter - https://twitter.com/NikitaAFadeev Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikitafadeev/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/7nf/
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#19 David Mercer - Institutional Trading of Crypto
January 16, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBDavid Mercer is the Chief Executive Officer of LMAX Group, the leading operator of institutional FX and crypto currency execution venues. Following a successful management buyout, David has built LMAX Group into a key player in both the traditional capital markets and the crypto trading industry. Headquartered in the UK, the Group operates 6 exchanges globally and trades in excess of $25billion a day. In 2021, LMAX Group sold a minority stake to J.C. Flowers & Co. About LMAX Group Headquar...
#18 Jordi Alexander - Finding The Edge
January 09, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBJordi is the Chief Investment Officer of Selini Capital, a digital assets investment firm, as well as an Angel investor and advisor to tech and crypto startups. He has competed at the highest levels of strategy games competitions and transitioned from professional poker into a successful career in High Frequency Trading.
#17 Doyne Farmer - From Chaos to Order
December 19, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBDoyne Farmer is Director of the Complexity Economics programme at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Baillie Gifford Professor in the Mathematical Institute at the University of Oxford, and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. His current research is in economics, including agent-based modeling, financial instability and technological progress. He was a founder of Prediction Company, a quantitative automated trading firm that was sold to UBS in 2...
#16 Howard Morgan - Measure and Optimise Everything
December 08, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBHoward Morgan is currently the Chairman of B Capital. He co-founded First Round Capital with Josh Kopelman as the first professional Seed Stage Fund, where he remains Senior Advisor. Prior to First Round, Howard helped found Idealab with Bill Gross, and served as President of Renaissance Technologies, which he co-founded with Jim Simons. Prior to his move into the business of technology, Howard served as a professor at the Wharton School and the Moore School, both at the University of Pennsy...
#16 Howard Morgan - Founding of Renaissance Technologies
December 08, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBHoward Morgan is currently the Chairman of B Capital. He co-founded First Round Capital with Josh Kopelman as the first professional Seed Stage Fund, where he remains Senior Advisor. Prior to First Round, Howard helped found Idealab with Bill Gross, and served as President of Renaissance Technologies, which he co-founded with Jim Simons. Prior to his move into the business of technology, Howard served as a professor at the Wharton School and the Moore School, both at the University of Pennsy...
#15 Tim Draper - To Predict The Future Invent It
October 24, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBTim Draper is one of the most successful venture capitalists from Silicon Valley. 35 of his portfolio companies became unicorns which include firms like: Hotmail, Skype, Baidu, Tesla, Twitter and many more. In this episode, we discuss Tim’s path into finance, how he launched hist first VC fund, what his outlook for the adoption of AI is, and what he thinks about data privacy and venture capitals’ investing getting more quantitative.
#14 Ewan Kirk - Solve for Happiness
September 10, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBEwan Kirk, President of GAM Systematic, is a known and recognised figure in quantitative finance. He started his career in finance at Goldman Sachs, spent 13 years there and retired as a partner. Subsequently he launched Cantab Capital Partners, a Cambridge based hedge fund which managed close to $5 billion in assets under management at its peak. In this episode, we discuss Ewan’s path into finance, his time at Goldman, creation of Cantab and the principles it was built on as well as life le...
#13 Andrew McCaffery - Discipline and Courage to Persevere
August 17, 2020 17:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBAndrew McCaffery is the Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity International. Coming from humble beginnings Andrew quickly rose through the ranks and over the past 3 decades has been advising, allocating and closely working with some of the most successful and largest hedge funds worldwide. In this interview, you will learn about Andrew’s lifelong dedication to learning, the mindset of challenging yourself and entrepreneurial spirit focused on innovation. For links and more information see o...
#12 Mark Mobius - Life, Adventure and Impact
July 31, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBMark Mobius is one of the most recognised figures in money management and in 2011 has been named as one of the “50 Most Influential People”. Mark spent over 30 years at Franklin Templeton running its Emerging Markets Investment Trust which grew 500 fold and reached over 50 billion in AUM during his tenure. In 2018, Mark founded Mobius Capital Partners which offers an innovative private equity approach to public markets. In this episode we learn about Mark’s path into finance, his never-endin...
#12 Mark Mobius - Building and Running One of the Largest Emerging Markets Fund Worldwide
July 31, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBMark Mobius is one of the most recognised figures in money management and in 2011 has been named as one of the “50 Most Influential People”. Mark spent over 30 years at Franklin Templeton running its Emerging Markets Investment Trust which grew 500 fold and reached over 50 billion in AUM during his tenure. In 2018, Mark founded Mobius Capital Partners which offers an innovative private equity approach to public markets. In this episode we learn about Mark’s path into finance, his never-endin...
#11 Fiona Frick - The Growth and Adoption of ESG
July 17, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBFiona Frick is the CEO of Unigestion, a Swiss based boutique asset manager with $20bn in AUM, and she has been recognised as one of the most influential women in finance on numerous occasions. In this interview, we discussed how Unigestion created a collaborative ecosystem for conducting cutting edge research, the importance and adoption of ESG, the general trend for passive vs active management and how to be an early adopter of emerging trends. For links and more information see our episo...
#11 Fiona Frick - Becoming a Female CEO of a $20 Billion Asset Manager
July 17, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBFiona Frick is the CEO of Unigestion, a Swiss based boutique asset manager with $20bn in AUM, and she has been recognised as one of the most influential women in finance on numerous occasions. In this interview, we discussed how Unigestion created a collaborative ecosystem for conducting cutting edge research, the importance and adoption of ESG, the general trend for passive vs active management and how to be an early adopter of emerging trends. For links and more information see our episo...
#10 Alexander Lipton – The Pursuit of Knowledge
July 07, 2020 11:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBAlex Lipton is a prominent figure in quant finance. He spent over 20 years on the sell-side, held a number of prestigious positions in academia and received the first quant of the year award by Risk.net. He is the CTO of fintech startup Silamoney that is seeking to revolutionise financial services through distributed ledge technology. In this episode, we discuss how Alex got into quant finance and raised though the ranks, how to identify and build teams, why he thinks that stable coins are a...
#9 Victor Niederhoffer – The Market Speculator
July 01, 2020 11:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBVictor Niederhoffer is one of the most famous investors and a true pioneer. After rubbing shoulders with a few of the future Nobel Laureates at the University of Chicago, he started a trading firm and made $20 million from the starting capital of $50k within 6 months. In the 90s, he was the right hand man of George Soros and with a 34% rate of return over 20 years, in 1996, he was recognised as the world’s best trader. However, next year he was on the wrong side of the trade and lost all of ...
#8 Mark Yusko - Uncovering The Secret Behind Investment in Innovation
June 23, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 46 MBMark Yusko, Founder and CEO of Morgan Creek Capital Management, is a household name in hedge fund investing and spent over 30 years identifying, seeding and growing some of the most successful funds. In this episode, we discuss the mindset and approach of discovering and investing in the next big technological innovation, the evolution of hedge funds, state of investing during COVID19, what are some of the implications of FED's infinite Quantitative Easing and why he is bearish on the fiat-f...
#7 Marty Lueck - The Power of Innovation
June 16, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBMarty Lueck, Research Director and President of Aspect Capital, is a true pioneer and over the past 3 decades helped to transfer and evolve managed futures. He co-founded one of the best known CTAs - AHL, which stands for the surname of the three Co-Founders - Michael Adam, David Harding and Marty Lueck. AHL grew from 100 thousand to 300 million in AUM and pushed the boundaries of innovation. After selling AHL to Man Group he co-founded Aspect Capital, a quantitative hedge fund with over 7 b...
#7 Marty Lueck - Pioneering CTA in 1980th and Building a $10 Billion Quant Fund
June 16, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBMarty Lueck, Research Director and President of Aspect Capital, is a true pioneer and over the past 3 decades helped to transfer and evolve managed futures. He co-founded one of the best known CTAs - AHL, which stands for the surname of the three Co-Founders - Michael Adam, David Harding and Marty Lueck. AHL grew from 100 thousand to 300 million in AUM and pushed the boundaries of innovation. After selling AHL to Man Group he co-founded Aspect Capital, a quantitative hedge fund with over 7 b...
#6 David Hand - Dark Data and Why What You Don't Know Matters
June 09, 2020 12:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBProfessor David Hand, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London, has published over 300 scientific papers and 30 books, won many prestigious awards and was a president of the Royal Statistical Society twice. During this interview, Professor Hand explains what is dark data and why this simple, but highly influential concept, is widely overlooked. He also talks about the edge of the most successful quant hedge funds and why statistics is fund...
#6 Prof David Hand - Dark Data and Why What You Don't Know Matters
June 09, 2020 12:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBProfessor David Hand, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London, has published over 300 scientific papers and 30 books, won many prestigious awards and was a president of the Royal Statistical Society twice. During this interview, Professor Hand explains what is dark data and why this simple, but highly influential concept, is widely overlooked. He also talks about the edge of the most successful quant hedge funds and why statistics is fund...
#5 Prof Campbell Harvey - Think Big and Pursue Big Ideas
June 03, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBProfessor Campbell Harvey is a Professor of Finance at Duke University. He has 70 thousand citations and is one of the most recognised researchers in finance. Professor Harvey spent over 33 years in academia, published over 125 papers and advised some of the largest and most influential financial institutions. In our latest episode, he shares stories and lessons he learned while studying under several Nobel laureates. He also explains why he claims that over 50% of claimed research findings ...
#5 Campbell Harvey - Think Big and Pursue Big Ideas
June 03, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBProfessor Campbell Harvey is a Professor of Finance at Duke University. He has 70 thousand citations and is one of the most recognised researchers in finance. Professor Harvey spent over 33 years in academia, published over 125 papers and advised some of the largest and most influential financial institutions. In our latest episode, he shares stories and lessons he learned while studying under several Nobel laureates. He also explains why he claims that over 50% of claimed research findings ...
#4 Steve Mobbs - Life and Career of a Quant Hedge Fund Manager
May 27, 2020 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBSteve Mobbs was the co-founder of OxAM, a quantitative hedge fund that peaked at $5 billion in AUM. In this episode, Steve gives his behind the scene of the hedge fund world and expands on his experience. You will learn how and why his first fund failed and what lessons he learned from that experience. He also explains how he started OxAM and grew it from a small team with AUM of 10 million to a multi-billion dollar powerhouse with over 100 employees. Steve also goes in length to discuss the...
#4 Steve Mobbs - Failing, Bouncing and Building a $5 Billion Hedge Fund
May 27, 2020 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBSteve Mobbs is the Co-Founder of Oxford Asset Management, a quantitative hedge fund which peaked at $5 billion in AUM. In this episode, Steve gives his behind the scene of the hedge fund world and expands on his experience. You will learn how and why his first fund failed and what lessons he learned from that experience. He also explains how he started OxAM and grew it from a small team with AUM of 10 million to a multi-billion dollar powerhouse with over 100 employees. Steve also goes in...
#3 Aaron Brown – Risk Management, Gambling and Wall Street
May 19, 2020 16:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBAaron Brown is the author of The Poker Face of Wall Street and former Chief Risk Officer at AQR. He was a top professional poker player in the 1970s and also honed his quantitative risk-taking skills in sports betting and advantage gambling. He is one of the pioneers of risk management and spent over 35 years on Wall Street as a trader, portfolio manager. In this episode, he tells us about his early days of gambling, career on Wall street, evolution in risk management, and shares his thought...
#2 Francesco Filia - Don't Be Afraid of Change
May 12, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBFrancesco Filia, CEO of Fasanara Capital, started his career at J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch and then co-founded Fasanara Capital in 2011. In this episode, we learn about Francesco’s days on the sell-side and the underlying principles on which he built his hedge fund. He also talks about why he is bearish on the market but bullish on the economy and why he thinks VaR is a bad measure of risk what is a better one. We close by Francesco’s outlook for the asset management industry. For links...
#1 Victor Haghani – Why No One Should Get Rich Twice
May 11, 2020 16:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBVictor Haghani has been actively involved in the market for over 35 years and was one of the founding partners of Long-Term Capital Management. LTCM was one of biggest hedge funds, with $128 billion assets, until 1998 almost collapsing and causing a global financial crisis if the Federal Reserve didn't step in. In this episode, we discuss Victor’s early days at Salomon Brothers, the launch of LTCM, and the subsequent debacle. Victor reflects on his past and discusses lessons he learned from ...