Seven Decades of Investing Expertise

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[00:03:19] - [First question] - The four P’s of leadership and what she thinks are the most important roles of a CEO 

[00:06:00] - The difficulty of finding and recruiting great people and keeping them invested 

[00:07:18] - Things she looks for in her senior leadership team

[00:07:59] - Knowing when to be more or less involved as a leader

[00:09:30] - Her takeaways from working in a family-owned business

[00:11:20] - Advice she’d give to families who are building businesses together

[00:12:06] - Thoughts on the role technology will play in the asset management industry

[00:16:13] - The current state of internal costs and frictions that blockchains could alleviate

[00:18:17] - General views on disruption and considering ones position when thinking about the future

[00:20:09] - Knowing when to start a project internally or acquiring an existing project

[00:23:10] - The hardest things about effective M&A decisions

[00:23:42] - Overseeing a hybrid model of singular focus between multiple investment groups

[00:28:26] - The pros and cons of active management against passive adoption

[00:31:15] - Costs and fees in the industry and how they might change in the future 

[00:33:04] - Talking to clients when they don’t have one specific view on strategy

[00:34:57] - When consensus is helpful and appropriate for making important decisions

[00:36:10] - Formative experiences in her career that has shaped her worldview

[00:38:34] - Managing emotions through seemingly chaotic situations

[00:39:13] - The impacts on psychology when being a top performer and an average one

[00:41:15] - Managing and adapting strategy when faced with highs and lows 

[00:42:55] - Acquiring alternative managers and defining what alternative assets are

[00:46:26] - Relevant trends on how capital is pooled and their client base over time

[00:47:52] - What is under-discussed in the world of asset management today writ large

[00:49:01] - Other leaders she’s met or knows that have had her in awe

[00:50:30] - What about Cathie Wood has made her story and approach so successful

[00:51:38] - How she runs a great board meeting and ways to improve meetings themselves 

[00:53:34] - Lessons learned about time management as the leader of a public company

[00:54:52] - What purpose means to her 

[00:56:18] - Ways we can incentivize young and new people to start investing

[00:59:10] - Her favorite things that her dad has taught her and how she’d describe him 

[01:00:57] - What has her most excited about the future  

[01:01:34] - The kindest thing that anyone has ever done for her