The CIO Perspective
In the Allocator Series, Alan Dunne speaks with leading allocators and Chief Investment Officers from around the world to get their perspective on the challenge of asset allocation, manager selection and portfolio construction in a world of heightened macro volatility.
Cameron Dawson
Chief Investment Officer, NewEdge Wealth
September 2022
We talk about everything from NewEdge Wealth ‘s approach to asset allocation and portfolio construction, Fed policy, lessons from market history, and much much more.
Jason Morrow
Deputy CIO, Utah Retirement Systems
August 2022
We discuss challenge of running a $50bn pension plan at Utah Retirement Systems, their 40-20-20 asset allocation model, what Jason looks for when assessing external managers and why selecting and allocating to hedge funds has been the most challenging part of his role.
Bilal Hafeex
CEO, MacroHive
August 2022
We discuss the global economic outlook, how to allocate assets in the current environment, long-term drives of growth and inflation and why the Fed may have to raise rates to 8% to stem inflation.
Hugo Capel Cure
Co-Head Investments, Rothschild & Co.
April 2022
Avoiding having numerous cabins on the same ship, why high Sharpe ratios can be a warning sign and the benefit of being a chef and a critic were some of the many interesting perspectives we discussed.
Katherine Molnar & Andrew Spellar
CIOs, Fairfax County Retirement Systems
April 2022
Why high volatility rather than low volatility strategies may be more attractive, how using futures for leverage can help optimise risk allocations of a portfolio and the benefit of a stable governance structure were some of the many interesting perspectives we discussed.
Ted Seides
Podcaster and Investor, Capital Allocators
March 2022
In this episode Alan speaks to fellow podcaster and investor Ted Seides from Capital Allocators podcast about his career from working at the Yale endowment with David Swensen, to betting $1m on the performance of hedge funds with Warren Buffett, to starting and growing the Capital Allocators podcast.
Chris Schelling
Chief Investment Strategist, Venturi Wealth
March 2022
We take a deep dive into investing in alternative investments, how to get better at manager due diligence, overcoming behavioural biases in manager selection and how to add alpha through process and governance.
Alan Higgins
CIO Coutts Private Bank
March 2022
We delve into where to harvest risk premia in markets, the longer term outlook for inflation, rates and equities and challenges and pitfalls when selecting hedge fund managers.
Elizabeth Burton
CIO, State of Hawaii ERS
February 2022
Why manager selection is much more difficult than asset allocation, why asset class classifications may not be that helpful and what to look for when evaluating global macro managers were some of the topics Elizabeth had a unique perspective on.
Sebastien Page
Global Head of Multi-Asset, T. Rowe Price
February 2022
Common pitfalls when evaluating hedge fund strategies, how to account for fat tails and tail risk in portfolio construction, the interesting findings in Sebastien's paper "The Myth Of Diversification" and leadership lessons from running high performance investment teams at a $1.6trn asset manager.
Phil Huber
CIO, Savant Wealth
February 2022
We talk about whether we are at the cusp of a regime shift for bonds and equities, selecting alternative investments, which strategies might be added to traditional 60-40 portfolios, the challenge of manager selection and how to cultivate a behavioural edge as an allocator.