Latest Intersections Podcast Episodes
Episode 13: Vice Provost Orla Shiels of Trinity College Dublin - Micro-Credentials with Macro Impact
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - March 06, 2024 00:00 - 22 minutesProfessor Orla Sheils is the Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Trinity College Dublin as well as holding the position of Professor of Molecular Diagnostics. Prior to her appointment as Vice-Provost in 2021, Orla served as the Director of Medical Ethics in the School of Medicine...
Episode 223: Geeta Kapadia of Fordham University: Channeling Student Ideas at a University Endowment
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 27 minutesGeeta Kapadia is Chief Investment Officer at Fordham University, a role she has held since August 2022. She was previously Associate Treasurer and Director of Investments at Yale New Haven Health where she headed a 5 person investment team, and prior to that had a range of roles in inve...
Episode 214: Claudia Buffini of Schroders: Defying Expectations to Deliver Impact
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 26 minutesClaudia Buffini is Corporate Responsibility Advisor to the Chief of Staff at Schroders. In this role she supports Schroders on delivering its purpose –whilst being a sustainable business, addressing The Sustainable Development Goal 10, ‘Promoting Equalities’. She previously worked as a ...
Episode 219: Ben Phillips: Looking into the Crystal Ball for the Asset Management Industry of the Future
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 39 minutesBen Phillips was Head of Asset Management Global Advisory Services at Broadridge Financial Solutions, based in New York, at the time of recording. He has recently announced his move to Oliver Wyman He has had a long background in consulting at firms such as Casey, Quirk, Deloitte and ...
Episode 220: Julia Kwamya of Tikehau Capital: On the Path to Attitude, Belief and Determination
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 37 minutesJulia Kwamya is an associate at Tikehau Capital, the global alternative asset manager, based in NYC. She has trained as an actor, musician and voiceover artist and has released her first album “Feel Good about Feeling Bad”. We are featuring songs from this album on this entire Series ...
Episode 222: Bruno Kaiser - From the Old Economy to the New - a Tour through Finance in Metals, Mining and Digital Health
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 31 minutesBruno Kaiser is CFO at Smile CDR Inc, a digital health company based in Toronto. He previously spent over 20 years in a series of investment banking leadership roles with a particular focus on the Metals and Mining Sector. We were classmates at INSEAD from 1999-2000. Our conversation t...
Episode 216: Paula Horn of Brookfield Asset Management: Credit and Problem Solving
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 37 minutesPaula Horn is Chief Investment Officer of the public securities group of Brookfield Asset Management. She has had an extensive career in investing, which has spanned investment grade credit, credit derivatives and other public investing. She holds a number of investment committee and Tr...
Episode 196: Duncan MacInnes of Ruffer: The Art of Mini-Max Regret
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 34 minutesDuncan MacInnes is an Investment Director at Ruffer LLP, where he has spent over a decade. He previously worked in wealth management. I have enjoyed listening to Duncan discuss positioning and multi-asset insights on the conference circuit and wanted to take this opportunity to discuss ...
Episode 197: Libby Cantrill of PIMCO: The intersection of Policy, Politics, Performance and Professionalism
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 38 minutesLibby Cantrill is a managing director in PIMCO’s portfolio management group. In her role, she analyzes policy and political risk for the firm’s Investment Committee and leads U.S. policymaker engagement and policy strategy for the firm. She also works closely with PIMCO’s Global Advisor...
Episode 198: Cathy Ulozas: CIO at Drexel University: Recruiting an Investment Office Towards a University's Mission
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 28 minutesCathy Ulozas is Chief Investment Officer at Drexel University where she has just celebrated her 13th anniversary as CIO. She has had a long career in asset management, including stints as a bond trader and portfolio manager. We start at the beginning of that career, trace its twists a...
Episode 199: Tory Hyndman of Charta Partners: Putting Human Capital at the Forefront
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 33 minutesTory Hyndman is a Partner at Charta Partners. She has had a career of 25 years in executive search focused on investment management, having spent time at Heidrick & Struggles as well as David Barrett Partners, where she established the London office and wider EMEA business. She is passi...
Episode 215: Debbie Fielder of Flintshire County Council: Local Vision/National Impact
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 26 minutesDebbie Fielder is deputy head of Clwyd Pension Fund at Flintshire County Council, where she has spent over 27 years. She is a leading voice on the LGPS investment circuit having been an early adopter of broad diversification and a founding member of the Welsh Pensions Partnership. Our ...
Episode 218: Melanie Pickett of Northern Trust: Leadership Constants in a Changing Asset Management World
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 37 minutesMelanie Pickett is Executive VP and Head of Asset Owners, Americas at Northern Trust, based in the Chicago area. She oversees the Alternative Asset Servicing Group and directs the firm’s strategy , growth and delivery of all firmwide products for asset owners and allocators in the Amer...
Episode 217: Francois Bourdon of Nordis Capital: Sustainable Investing for a Changing World
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 35 minutesFrancois Bourdon is Managing Partner of Nordis Capital, based in Montreal. He is also Managing Partner in Sustainable Market Strategies, an independent investment strategy research service tracking global developments in ESG/impact-investing worldwide. He was formerly Chief Investment ...
Episode 221: Laura Langton of J M Finn: Challenges in the Atlantic and Beyond
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 28 minutesWe have brought you this story to showcase an extraordinary physical challenge – the world’s toughest row – that one of our own – investment manager Laura Langton – is about to embark upon. We examine what motivates a person to take on something so extreme and so obviously strenuous and...
Bonus Episode: Steven Eisner - After the Big Short: On Lessons for the Next Crisis, Emotion in Investing, Peacocks and Feather Dusters
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 25 minutesWe are delighted to bring you this lively bonus episode of a live conversation with the legendary Steven Eisman, who became famous for shorting Collateralized Debt Obligations in the run up to the 2008 financial crisis. He was featured in the film adaptation of The Big Short under the n...
Episode 200: Monika Mantilla of Altura Capital: Reaching New Heights
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 30 minutesMonika Mantilla is the President and CEO of Altura Capital, which provides institutional investors and strategic partners a mechanism of investing in underserved markets including high-performing small and diverse businesses. She is also a Co-Founder and Managing Member of Small Busines...
Episode 201: Sonali Wilson of Wellington Management: A Legendary Industry Networker Encourages Women Across All Borders
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 35 minutesSonali Patel Wilson is Managing Director and Director of Alternatives, Americas at Wellington Management where she is based in the New York City area. She sits on the investment committee of the Harry and Jeanette Foundation in Baltimore and she is the trustee of EWAAB Encouraging Women...
Episode 202: David Semmens of Cadro: Riding the Fintech Wave of more Interactivity and Personalization
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 28 minutesDavid Semmens is Chief Investment Officer at Cadro and an External Investment Committee Member at Wealthify where he was previously CIO. He holds additional Investment Committee and advisory roles and is an adjunct lecturer at Heriot-Watt University. Our conversation starts with David’...
Episode 203: Tom Raber of Alvine Capital: Making the Sale and Reading the Room
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 37 minutesTom Raber is the founder and Managing Director of London-based Alvine Capital, a reverse enquiry solutions firm that Tom founded in 2005, with a particular focus on finding solutions for institutional investors in alternative assets. Originally from Sweden, he previously held leadershi...
Episode 204: Christine Reed of Ninety One: Emerging Market Debt Investing - Learning to Take Risk on the Frontier
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 39 minutesChristine Reed is an analyst on the Fixed Income team at Ninety One covering Latin American sovereign and currency markets. Based in New York, Christine is responsible for all Latin America coverage and supports the alpha decision-making process across investment capabilities. She previ...
Episode 205: Howard Fischer of Gratitude Railroad: Refocusing the Intention of Capitalism as a Force for the Greater Good
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 40 minutesHoward Fischer was the original founder of Basso Capital hedge fund and the co-founder of the Gratitude Railroad initiative in 2013. He is now the Chairman Emeritus of Basso Capital and “Chief Evangelist” at The Gratitude Railroad. The Gratitude Railroad is an initiative that unites 9 “...
Episode 206: Jenn Barry of Aaron Wealth Advisors: The Evolution of Wealth Advice and Focusing on What Really Matters
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 30 minutesJennifer Barry is an investment advisor at Aaron Wealth Advisors in Chicago. She previously spent over 26 years at Citi, where she held a series of roles and focused on institutional equity sales most recently. We start with Jenn’s upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit and the culture o...
Episode 207: Brian Portnoy of Shaping Wealth: Funded Contentment and the Importance of Focusing on The Who
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 41 minutesBrian Portnoy is the founder of Shaping Wealth, a learning technology platform transforming the human experience of money. It combines science and story to show people how to underwrite a meaningful life, and is the source of the term “funded contentment. He previously led investor educ...
Episode 208: Betsy Cohen of Cohen Circle: Creating Impact in Fintech and Beyond
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 34 minutesBetsy Cohen has built financial businesses for her whole career. She is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Cohen Circle, a growth stage investment firm focused on the fintech and impact spaces. She was previously CEO at The Bancorp Bank, which she founded in 2000 and previously worked at J...
Episode 209: Paul Guilliotti of Richmond and Wandsworth Councils: From Pooling to a League 2 Football Teams - The Life and Times of a Real Life Ted Lasso
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 34 minutesPaul Guilliotti is Assistant Director – Financial Services – at Richmond and Wandsworth Councils. He has had a long career in local government and is a frequent participant in discussions around leveling up and LGPS pooling. Our conversation starts with Paul’s childhood where he spent ...
Episode 210: Colin Robertson, Independent Investment Advisor: From Game Theory to Risk Management and the Importance of Nuance
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 40 minutesColin Robertson is an independent advisor to two LGPS funds – London Borough of Tower Hamlets and London Borough of Harrow, within a portfolio career that he has had since 2013. He previously held the role of Global Head of Asset Allocation for Aon Hewitt and previously at Mercury Asset...
Episode 211: Andy Ayim, MBE: Setting the Standard at Angel Investing School
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 30 minutesAndy Ayim, MBE is an investor and founder based in the UK, and runs an Angel Investing School designed to “teach people how to invest small tickets in start-ups effortlessly.” He has run the School since January 2020, and is a venture partner and board member of numerous technology comp...
Episode 213: Cathie Wood of ARK Investment Management: Going Back to the Future with AI
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 42 minutesCathie Wood is CEO of ARK Investment Management LLC (“ARK”). Prior to ARK, Cathie spent twelve years at AllianceBernstein as Chief Investment Officer of Global Thematic Strategies where she managed $5 billion. Cathie joined Alliance Capital from Tupelo Capital Management, a hedge fund s...
Episode 212: Caroline Lovelace of Preserver Partners: Learning to Take Risk and Preparing for Plan B
Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections - January 03, 2024 00:00 - 36 minutesCaroline Lovelace is Founding Partner at Rose Hill Park Alternative Asset Managers, as well as Preserver Partners as CIO and Co-Portfolio Manager. Preserver is diverse-owned and Memphis-based. It runs a multi-strategy fund that invests through external managers. She has had an extensive...
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