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Money Maze Podcast

The world of finance has a huge impact on all of us. This show aims to explore and unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the investing business, via interviews with masters of the real life money maze.

Expect tips for mastering capital allocation, making better business decisions, strategies for taking your career to the next level, and revelatory profiles of leading industry figures.

Further podcasts by Simon Brewer and Will Campion

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122: Guilty! Sam Bankman-Fried&the FTX Collapse - With Michael Lewis from 2023-12-07T06:00

If you don’t know about his most recent book ‘Going Infinite’,  you’ll probably want to buy it after listening to or watching this episode with Michael Lewis, author of multiple books and asso...

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121: Red Lines, Accounting Gimmicks and Management Gloss: Why You Need to Understand Balance Sheets to Avoid Portfolio Disasters (With Steve Clapham, Founder of Behind the Balance Sheet) from 2023-11-30T06:00

For all the narratives around investing and making money, those who have survived the investment cycles for decades and earned above average returns have typically adhered to sound disciplines...

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120: Why Do Companies Die? Value Creation in Public Equity Markets - With Michael Mauboussin, Head of Consilient Research at Counterpoint Global, Morgan Stanley Investment Management. from 2023-11-23T06:00

In his report ‘Birth, Death, and Wealth Creation’, Michael Mauboussin observes and then claims that corporations are surviving longer and winning more. 

This week, we welcome Michael ...

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119:"Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War."The Evolution of War Since 1945 - With General David Petraeus&Lord Andrew Roberts from 2023-11-16T06:00

'Contrary to what was widely expected at the start of the present century, the world has not seen the end of major wars, confirming that Plato was right when he wrote that “only the dead have ...

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118: Five Forces Shaping the Global Economy - With Ray Dalio, Founder of Bridgewater Associates from 2023-11-02T06:00

According to Bloomberg, Ray Dalio and his firm Bridgewater have “made more money for investors than any other hedge fund in history”. In this interview, Ray outlines his investment thinking an...

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117: What Makes a Great Macro Fund Manager? With Scott Bessent, CEO&Founder of Key Square Capital Management from 2023-10-26T05:00

Today’s guest was a key player on the George Soros team, who in 1992 helped the Quantum Fund make $1bn, shorting sterling ahead of the UK’s withdrawal from the ERM. As Soros’s CIO, he was also...

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116: Investing Lessons from 40+ Years at the FT&Bloomberg - With John Authers, Senior Markets Editor at Bloomberg from 2023-10-19T03:00

Today’s guest has performed with Pavarotti, but in his day job he is a financial commentator and author, who spent 29 years at the Financi...

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115: The 2023 Israel-Gaza Conflict: What Next? With Sir Tom Beckett and Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies from 2023-10-17T08:11

There are certain geopolitical developments that need to be examined in an objective and timely manner for their profound strategic ramifications.

After the attack by Hamas and the ensui...

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Money Maze Vignettes: Iceland’s Vital Role in Pharmaceutical Research (With Robert Bradway, CEO of Amgen) from 2023-10-12T03:00

In this bitesize feature, Amgen’s CEO explains why Iceland’s isolated population make it a useful sample for understanding how disease arises from a genetic standpoint, and what this means for t...

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114: Are We Educating Our Children The Wrong Way? With Sir Anthony Seldon (Headmaster, Historian and Author) from 2023-10-05T03:00

William Butler Yeats, the great poet, observed, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” It may be easy to agree that education is the passport to a better future, b...

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113: Why Infrastructure May Be The ‘Perfect Institutional Asset Class’ - With David Neal, CEO of IFM Investors from 2023-09-28T03:00

In this conversation with David Neal, CEO of IFM Investors, we explore the origins of this highly unusual institution, an ‘investor-owned global investment manager’. Set up around 30 years ago t...

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112: From €4m to €40+ Billion of Assets: The Tikehau Capital Story - With Mathieu Chabran, Co-Founder from 2023-09-21T03:00

In this episode of our Private Markets Miniseries, we explore a French firm, whose growth has now firmly established it as a major force in the global alternatives industry.

Started in 2...

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112: How Technology is Accelerating&Democratising Private Markets – With Matt Brown, CEO&Founder of CAIS from 2023-09-12T03:00

In this conversation we discuss both the changing nature of demand for alternative assets as well as their supply. Matt explains how CAIS is creating the bridge between the alternative investmen...

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110: Backing the Next Generation of Underrepresented Alternative Asset Managers - With Pamela Pavkov&Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri from 2023-09-07T03:00

In the world of alternative assets, TPG almost needs no introduction. Founded in 1992 by Jim Coulter and David Bonderman, today they manage a towering $139bn in alternative assets (as of 30/06/2...

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109: Nasdaq Private Market: Helping Fast-Growing VC-Backed Firms Access Liquidity&Stay Private – With Tom Callahan, CEO from 2023-08-24T03:00

Just as the Nasdaq was launched in 1971 to automate the market for securities which were not exchange-listed, so in 2013 the Nasdaq Private Market was created to help solve private company liqui...

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Philipp Freise, Co-Head of European Private Equity at KKR, Highlights the Opportunities in Europe [REPLAY] from 2023-08-17T03:00

We are delighted to welcome KKR, and its Co-Head of European Private Equity, Philipp Freise, onto the show.

Philipp discusses his wide and impressive education, his journey through manag...

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108: In Case You Missed It: Private Markets Season 1 Highlights from 2023-08-10T03:00

In today’s episode, the Money Maze Podcast takes a short trip back to summer 2022 in light of the upcoming release of our second Private Markets Miniseries! 

 

Last year, we rele...

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107: Gold: Why, How and Now? With Randy Smallwood, Chair of the World Gold Council and CEO of Wheaton Precious Metals from 2023-08-03T03:00

We last spoke about gold on the show 3 years ago, with Evy Hambro, who runs the BlackRock natural resources team. The discussion highlighted that paper currencies have a 100% track record of los...

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106: Mike Pompeo, Former US Secretary of State&CIA Director, on Geopolitics, Leadership, and the Economy from 2023-07-27T03:00

In the third and final episode of our 'July With Jen Series', guest hosted by Jen Prosek, we welcome Mike Pompeo onto the show. Mike is the only man to ever have served as both the US Secretary ...

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105: China, AI, Entrepreneurship&the US Economy - With Billionaire Investor Thomas Tull&Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale from 2023-07-20T03:00

In the second episode of our ‘July With Jen’ miniseries, we welcome two leading entrepreneurs on the show for a varied discussion on the US economy, geopolitics, tech and more.

 

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104: Lynn Martin: Running The Iconic NYSE from 2023-07-13T03:00

In this episode, we welcome Lynn Martin, the second woman in history to run the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). 

 

The session is moderated by Jen Prosek, Founder of Prosek Partn...

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103: Value Investing: Down But Not Out? With David Einhorn, Founder&President of Greenlight Capital from 2023-07-11T03:00

Oscar Wilde defined a cynic as someone who knew the price of everything, and the value of nothing. In today’s episode, we discuss value investing with David Einhorn, Founder and President of Gre...

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102: The Ukraine War: An Update for Investors - With General Sir Nick Carter, Former UK Chief of the Defence Staff from 2023-07-06T03:00

General Sir Nick Carter, former Chief of the Defence Staff returns for a short discussion on the Ukraine War.

He addresses the current situation from a military perspective, political in...

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101: Biotechnology and Healthcare: A New Dawn? With Bob Bradway, CEO of Amgen from 2023-06-29T07:13

The late Steve Jobs of Apple said “I think the biggest innovation of the 21st century will be at the intersection of biology and technology, a new era is beginning”.

If you want see how ...

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100: Rewilding: The Next Big Investment Opportunity? With Ben Goldsmith, CEO and Co-Founder of Menhaden Capital from 2023-06-22T03:00

In a wide-ranging episode we have the opportunity to hear from Ben Goldsmith, a seasoned investor, with a particular focus on environmental opportunities, discussing how his passion in this fiel...

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99: How Tech&AI Are Disrupting The Multibillion Dollar Art Market - With Brett Gorvy, Former Chairman of Christie’s and Partner in LGDR from 2023-06-15T03:00

When Picasso’s Les femmes d’Alger was bought for $179 million, at that time, a world record for an artwork sold at auction, the spotlight shone on the world of art valuations, and this ...

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98: Are Diamonds Forever? With Bruce Cleaver, Co-Chair of De Beers from 2023-06-01T03:00

If diamonds are forever, then the organisation most associated with them is, of course, De Beers. From inception in 1888, their leadership in the diamond market has been unrivalled, and even tod...

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97: Helping Institutional Investors Invest With Confidence - With Jo Holden, Mercer’s Global Head of Investment Research&Consulting from 2023-05-25T03:00

In our recent discussions with some of the world’s super allocators, we have heard about their investment objectives and varying approaches to asset allocation.

In tandem with the growth...

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96: The French Sovereign Wealth Fund – With Nicolas Dufourcq, CEO of Bpifrance from 2023-05-18T03:00

Our exploration of the world’s super allocators would be incomplete without touching down in France, who have a lesser known but still significant SWF.  

In this conversation, Nicolas Du...

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Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund - With Nicolai Tangen, CEO (Replay) from 2023-05-11T03:00

In this podcast, we have an enlightening conversation with Nicolai Tangen, CEO of the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, which manages over $1.2 trillion in assets (as of 31/12/22), making it the ...

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95: The New York State Common Retirement Fund - With Anastasia Titarchuk, CIO from 2023-05-04T03:00

 As we continue exploring the world’s “super-allocators”, we’re learning how different they are in approach and dispersed in investment decisions.

In this episode we examine these questi...

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94: Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan - With Jo Taylor, OTPP CEO from 2023-04-27T03:00

In this episode we travel to Canada as we continue our journey around the world to discuss investment approaches with the leading figures at some of the world’s top institutional allocators, du...

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93: Australia's Sovereign Wealth Fund - With Ben Samild, Deputy CIO of Future Fund from 2023-04-20T03:00

In 2002, the Australian Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, commissioned the Australian Treasury to look at the long-term issues facing the nation and how adequately current generations were prep...

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92: CalSTRS: How the $300+ Billion Pension Fund is Allocating in 2023 - With Christopher Ailman, CIO from 2023-04-13T03:00

In this miniseries we are interviewing a group of the largest institutional investors (the ‘super allocators’), to understand how these immense pools of capital think about the assets they inves...

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91: Perspectives from the World's Largest Asset Manager - With Salim Ramji, Global Head of iShares&Index Investments at BlackRock from 2023-04-06T03:00

‘Over the past decade, about 80 cents of every dollar that has gone into the US investment industry has ended up at Vanguard, State Street, and BlackRock. As a result, the combined stake in S&am...

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91: The 2023 Banking Storm: Risk or Opportunity? With Huw Van Steenis, Vice Chair of Oliver Wyman from 2023-03-30T03:00

For much of life, the world of banking might seem both impenetrable and dull yet there are times, when it vaults to being centre stage, at which point it typically ushers in fear, loathing and ...

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90: The World of Champagne - With Étienne Bizot, CEO of Bollinger Group from 2023-03-23T04:00

‘I drink my Champagne when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it when I’m not hungry and drink it w...

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Celebrating Our Two Year Anniversary from 2022-03-24T06:00

To mark two years since the show's inception, we're pleased to present this update of how the podcast is progressing and evolving to further serve our fantastic community. 

From the very ...

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Sir Chris Hohn: Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager and Philanthropist [REPLAY] from 2022-03-24T05:00

To celebrate our two year anniversary, we're resharing some of the most popular episodes of 2021. In this episode, Simon spoke to one of the world's most successful hedge fund managers, Sir ...

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$1.3 Trillion – Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund: Nicolai Tangen, CEO, discusses their investment approach [REPLAY] from 2022-03-24T04:00

To celebrate our two year anniversary, we're resharing some of the most popular episodes of 2021. In this episode, we welcomed Nicolai Tangen onto the show. Nicolai is the CEO of Norges Bank...

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The $30 Billion Absolute Return Strategy: Hamish Baillie, Partner at Ruffer Investment Management, explains how they have managed to stand out from the crowd from 2022-02-03T04:00

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The $40 Billion Outsourced Investment Office - With Arjun Raghavan, CEO of Partners Capital from 2021-10-28T03:00

From zero to $40 billion in 20 years is growth we usually associate with tech startups. When it happens to a firm in the world of asset management, it is all the mo...

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[REPLAY] A Conversation with Simon Hallett - Former CIO of Harding Loevner&Owner of Plymouth Argyle FC from 2021-07-27T02:00

Simon Hallett, former CIO of the $80 billion asset manager, Harding Loevner, describes his journey from Plymouth, England, to Oxford University and then Hong Kong before boldly heading ...

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Money Maze Podcast Trailer from 2021-04-20T01:00

Enjoy our host, Simon Brewer, summarise the show here!

The world of finance has a huge impact on all of us. Created by two industry veterans, this show aims to explore and unravel some of...

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