Episode 43: IEEFA’s Tim Buckley Note: This podcast was recorded before BlackRock announced to divest from thermal coal in its active strategies. Climate change has been a divisive issue in the investment world, as many investors struggle to articulate the impact of this development on their portfolios. But Tim Buckley brings clarity to this discussion with a sharp analytical framework […] Read More
Episode 41: VMLH’s Vijoy Chattergy Vijoy Chattergy is the founder and president of VMLH, a consulting firm for global institutional investors. Previously, Vijoy was Chief Investment Officer of the US$17.5 billion State of Hawai‘i Employees Retirement System. He is well known for implementing an investment philosophy that focuses on functional risk classes instead of asset classes, which led him to […] Read More
Episode 38: Promethos’ Ivka Kalus Ivka Kalus is a veteran of the investment management industry, having worked as a senior international equity portfolio manager for the likes of Boston Advisors, Pax World Management and State Street. She has been named among the top three female investors in the US by Citywire. In April 2019, Kalus launched Promethos Capital, a majority […] Read More
Episode 36: GMO’s Lucas White Lucas White is the lead portfolio manager for the GMO Climate Change Strategy and a member of GMO’s Focused Equity team. Together with the firm’s co-founder Jeremy Grantham, Lucas has developed a strategy to invest in companies that are likely to profit from climate change mitigation and the transition to a low-carbon economy. In this […] Read More
Episode 28: JANA’s John Coombe In this podcast, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli speaks to John Coombe, executive director with asset consultant JANA. John is one of Australia’s most respected asset consultants, advising some of the largest pension funds in the country. He is known for his outspoken, but always insightful comments and this time is no different. He speaks about […] Read More
Episode 26: MFS’ Mike Cantara MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli sits down with Mike Cantara, Senior Managing Director, Global Client Group, MFS Investment Management to talk about Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) issues. Cantara emphasises the importance of striking the right balance: “Companies that pay attention to material issues add value over time, but companies that pay attention to immaterial […] Read More
Episode 25: Fidelity’s Alva Devoy Alva Devoy is Managing Director Australia for Fidelity International. Alva started out her career as a molecular engineer, developing vaccines, but the Iraq War made her change her mind about her path and she switched to asset management. She talks to MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli about the business of asset management, robo advice and the […] Read More
Episode 18: Rob Prugue Rob Prugue is probably known best for his 15 years at the helm of the Asia-Pacific business of fund manager Lazard Asset Management. A role he left at the beginning of this year to ‘hang up his boots’, as he called it. Before Rob joined Lazard, he spent time at pension fund SAS Trustees amongst […] Read More
Episode 17: WTW’s Sue Brake In this podcast, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli speaks with Sue Brake, Senior Investment Consultant for Willis Towers Watson, about the importance of governance in asset management and the real cost associated with bad governance. Daniel also manages to get Sue to play a game in which he asks her to respond to quotes by David […] Read More
