Alternative Fund Insight

*Discover a new world of alternative investment insight and business intelligence — AFI membership is now available. Head to alternativefundinsight.com/membership for more information*Dave Fishwick, manager of the long-running Episode global macro strategy at M&G Investments, joins the podcast for a live conversation in Frankfurt, recorded at the inaugural Alternative Investment Congress, staged by Capinside (https://capinside.com/).This episode is brought to you in association with the Independent Research Forum, enabling professional investors toaccess a wide range of high-quality independent research. AFI recommends the Cut, its fortnightly newsletter, highlighting the latest original and thought-provoking research. www.independentresearchforum.com/You can subscribe to the AFI podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app.All feedback welcome! If you enjoyed this or other episodes please subscribe, leave a rating and review.Contact Will: will@alternativefundinsight.comVisit the website: www.alternativefundinsight.comYou can sign up for a free weekly newsletter on the AFI homepage and follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/alternative-fund-insightRelease date: 11 July 2023*No part of this audio constitutes investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future returns* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Band, CIO at Partners Capital, shares insights on asset allocation outlook in public and private markets, including the next era of returns, client perspectives, public market and hedge fund objectives, views on cash and private equity, private debt opportunities, LP client questions about private markets, sustainability, and priorities going forward.

*Discover a new world of alternative investment insight and business intelligence — AFI membership now available. Head to alternativefundinsight.com/membership for more information*This episode is brought to you in association with SCALE Global Summit, a new event shaping the future of capital, innovation and the global economy, held from May 22nd – 25th at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. AFI is proud to be a knowledge partner of the event - head to www.scaleglobalsummit.com for more information and details on how to attend.Our second industry partner for this episode is the Independent Research Forum, helping investors throughout the hedge fund industry meet expert providers. Head to www.independentresearchforum.com for more information.Marc Rubinstein, the Lansdowne portfolio manager turned financial author writing the widely-read Net Interest newsletter (www.netinterest.co) is our guest this week. We discuss the outlook for the industry, how it has changed since he started out in the pre-08 era, the rise of multi-strategy funds and more. You can read my five takeaways from the interview on the AFI website.You can subscribe to the AFI podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app.*The AFI podcast is building an engaged industry audience — do let me know if you want to access it through a commercial partnership*All feedback welcome! If you enjoyed this or other episodes please subscribe, leave a rating and review.Contact Will: will@alternativefundinsight.comVisit the website: www.alternativefundinsight.comYou can sign up for a free weekly newsletter on the AFI homepage and follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/alternative-fund-insightRelease date: 4 May 2023*No part of this audio constitutes investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future returns* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*Discover a new world of alternative investment insight and business intelligence — AFI membership now available. Head to alternativefundinsight.com/membership for more information*Activist short-seller Carson Block joined episode 16 of the AFI podcast, giving his views on the UK’s post-Brexit review of short-selling regulation, why he thinks Europe was wrong to intervene after the crisis and the outlook for Muddy Waters and his strategy in 2023.You can subscribe to the AFI podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app.*The AFI podcast is building an engaged industry audience — do let me know if you want to access it through a commercial partnership*All feedback welcome! If you enjoyed this or other episodes please subscribe, leave a rating and review.Contact Will: will@alternativefundinsight.comVisit the website: www.alternativefundinsight.comYou can sign up for a free weekly newsletter on the AFI homepage and follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/alternative-fund-insightRelease date: 23 March 2023*No part of this audio constitutes investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future returns* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*Discover a new world of alternative investment insight and business intelligence — AFI membership now available. Head to alternativefundinsight.com/membership for more information*Maiya Keidan, who covered the hedge fund industry in London for HFM and Thomson Reuters before taking up her current role as Canada M&A and funds correspondent in Toronto, joined the AFI podcast to discuss the outlook for hedge fund activists in episode 15.She discussed regulatory changes which could boost the strategy, the rise in M&A and how Canada's hedge fund industry compares to London.You can subscribe to the AFI podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app.*The AFI podcast is building an engaged industry audience — do let me know if you want to access it through a commercial partnership*All feedback welcome! If you enjoyed this or other episodes please subscribe, leave a rating and review.Contact Will: will@alternativefundinsight.comVisit the website: www.alternativefundinsight.comYou can sign up for a free weekly newsletter on the AFI homepage and follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/alternative-fund-insightRelease date: 20 February 2023*No part of this audio constitutes investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future returns* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*Discover a new world of alternative investment insight and business intelligence — AFI membership now available. Head to alternativefundinsight.com/membership-options for more information*In episode 14 of the AFI podcast, Will Wainewright is joined by Kier Boley, co-head and CIO of the Alternative Investment Solutions business at Union Bancaire Privée, which has about $16bn in alternatives.He gave an allocator's view on preferred hedge fund strategies in 2023, placed industry performance in historical context and delivered his verdict on the industry hot-topic of multi-strategy fees.You can subscribe to the AFI podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app.*The AFI podcast is building an engaged industry audience — do let me know if you want to access it through a commercial partnership*All feedback welcome! If you enjoyed this or other episodes please leave a rating or review.Contact Will: will@alternativefundinsight.comVisit the website: www.alternativefundinsight.comYou can sign up for a free weekly newsletter on the AFI homepage and follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/alternative-fund-insightRelease date: 6 February 2023*No part of this audio constitutes investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future returns* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*Discover a new world of alternative investment insight and business intelligence — AFI membership now available. Head to alternativefundinsight.com/membership-options for more information*In the latest AFI episode, Will Wainewright is joined by Salvatore Cordaro and Lionel Erdely, co-CEOs at Investcorp-Tages, the seasoned hedge fund allocators and seeding specialists.They explain why they are bullish on the case for hedge fund investment after last year’s market turmoil and shared plans for 2023, including possible new areas of investment.You can subscribe to the AFI podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app.*The AFI podcast is building an engaged industry audience — do let me know if you want to access it through a commercial partnership*All feedback welcome! If you enjoyed this or other episodes please leave a rating or review.Contact Will: will@alternativefundinsight.comVisit the website: www.alternativefundinsight.comYou can sign up for a free weekly newsletter on the AFI homepage and follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/alternative-fund-insightRelease date: 30 January 2023*No part of this audio constitutes investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future returns* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the twelfth episode of Alternative Fund Insight, Will Wainewright is joined by Anthony Todd, CEO and co-founder at Aspect Capital in London. He discussed the stunning performance by CTAs last year, which coincided with Aspect's 25th anniversary, and shared the firm's main research priorities going forward in the first AFI episode of 2023.You can subscribe to the AFI podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app.*The AFI podcast is building an engaged industry audience — do let me know if you want to access it through a commercial partnership in 2023*All feedback welcome! If you enjoyed this or other episodes please leave a rating or review.Contact Will: will@alternativefundinsight.comVisit the website: www.alternativefundinsight.comYou can sign up for a free weekly newsletter on the AFI homepage and follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/alternative-fund-insightRelease date: 9 January 2023*No part of this audio constitutes investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future returns* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the eleventh episode of Alternative Fund Insight, Will Wainewright is joined by Pia-Ramona Wojtinnek, head of strategy at GSA Capital in London. She discussed her journey into quantitative finance and GSA's own change in strategy in the final AFI episode of 2022.You can subscribe to the AFI podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app.*The AFI podcast is building an engaged industry audience — do let me know if you want to access it through a commercial partnership in 2023*All feedback welcome. If you enjoyed this or other episodes please leave a rating or review.Contact Will: will@alternativefundinsight.comVisit the website: www.alternativefundinsight.comYou can sign up for a free weekly newsletter on the AFI homepage and follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/alternative-fund-insightRelease date: 22 December 2022*No part of this audio constitutes investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future returns* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the tenth episode of Alternative Fund Insight, Will Wainewright is joined by Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, co-founder and chairman at $10bn quant firm Capital Fund Management.A physicist by training and a pioneer in the world of quantitative finance, Bouchaud has overseen the growth of Paris-based CFM to one of the world's largest quant hedge funds.He discusses his career in finance, the shape of CFM today, the importance to the firm of academic research and why they decided to avoid crypto risk in the portfolio. Here is a listening guide to the episode:1.57: Shape of CFM today2.45: Why has it been such a good year for systematic?5.13: What about trend-following?6.58: Significance of this year’s regime shift9.00: Has this year made you consider a change in strategy?10.28: Will market environment continue to suit trend?11.42: Has CFM gone into crypto?13.39: Do more bond market battles lie ahead?14.40: Is his academic or finance career more important?17.50: Criticism of central bank models 20.12: Need for different underlying assumptions24.05: Is there not a need for precise forecasts?25.27: Volatility driven by price trends not fundamentals27.36: Why did 1987 crash attract him to finance?29.40: Difference between economics and physicsYou can subscribe to the AFI podcast on iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any other podcast app.*The AFI podcast is building an engaged industry audience — do let me know if you want to access it through a commercial partnership in 2023*All feedback welcome. If you enjoyed this or other episodes please leave a rating or review.Contact Will: will@alternativefundinsight.comVisit the website: www.alternativefundinsight.comYou can sign up for a free weekly newsletter on the AFI homepage and follow the latest developments via our LinkedIn page: www.linkedin.com/company/alternative-fund-insightRelease date: 5 December 2022*No part of this audio constitutes investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future returns* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.