Nancy Zimmerman – People, Process, and Fixed Income Arbitrage at Bracebridge (EP.517)

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   E519 · 8 Oct 2026 · 1 hr

   Real Estate Credit Over Yield at Invesco – Charlie Rose (EP.519)

   Charlie Rose is the Global Head of Real Estate Credit at Invesco, where he oversees an $85 billion global platform. Before joining Invesco, Charlie worked in real estate as an academic researcher, jack-of-all-trades through the financial crisis, and investor up and down the capital stack for eight years at Canyon Partners. Our conversation covers Invesco's "credit over yield" approach, property-first underwriting, collaborative work inside the firm, and relationship-based focus. We discuss sourcing through repeat borrowers, risk management, portfolio construction, contrarian calls, including…

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   E518 · 5 Oct 2026 · 57 min

   Building the Total Portfolio at Ontario Teachers – Stephen McLennan (EP.518)

   Stephen McLennan is the Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, where he oversees asset allocation for the $300 billion fund responsible for the retirement security of 346,000 teachers. Stephen joined OTPP in 2003 and worked across credit, natural resources, infrastructure, and Total Fund Management, before splitting the CIO seat with Gillian Brown in 2024 — a dual-CIO structure that is unique among Canada's largest pension funds. Our conversation traces that path and discusses OTPP's total portfolio strategy, including the balance of top-down asset allocation with…

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   E516 · 21 Sep 2026 · 48 min

   André Perold – Investing Through Exponential Change (EP.516)

   André Perold is the co-founder and CIO of HighVista Strategies, an alternative asset manager overseeing $14 billion that searches for alpha opportunities in structurally inefficient markets. André has twice been a past guest on the show, starting way back with episode #2 and both conversations are replayed on the feed. This conversation starts with André's assessment of the most exciting and unusual investment environment he has experienced, alongside his thoughts on how to build capabilities and construct portfolios to navigate exponential change. We then turn to the beautifully inefficient…

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   21 Sep 2026 · 54 min

   [REPLAY] André Perold – Pockets of Inefficiency at HighVista Strategies (EP.169)

   André Perold, the Co-Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of HighVista Strategies, a $4B firm with roots in endowment-style investing that searches for inefficiencies across asset classes. André was the 2nd guest on the show, where we discussed his background as a renowned investment professor at HBS and the founding of HighVista. Our second conversation covers the evolution of HighVista over the last few years. We discuss changes in the business and the firm's response by focusing on inefficient markets. We then dive into examples of opportunities in biotech, private credit and…

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   21 Sep 2026 · 49 min

   [REPLAY] André Perold – Academic Practitioner (EP.02)

   André Perold is the Chief Investment Officer and Co-Managing Partner at HighVista Strategies, where for the last dozen years he has sat at the helm of a now $3 billion fund that takes a multi-asset class, endowment-like approach emphasizing broad diversification and risk management. Over this period, André has definitively rebuffed the cliché that those who can't do, teach. In his prior career, he spent over 30 years teaching at the HBS, where he is the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus. André had a distinguished career teaching investment management at Harvard and is a…

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   E515 · 14 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

   AI in the Investment Office – Abby Barlow, Laura Hill, Brian Sugrue, Jenny Heller, John Lawrence, Matt Bank, Kristin Kallergis Rowland, Jon Webster (EP.515)

   AI is top of mind for everyone in the investment business. Our Summits are abuzz with curiosity about what others are doing. I asked 8 CIOs to share how they're using AI today, including what's working and what isn't, the tools they've adopted, and where they're headed next. They range from a single-family office with one investment professional to one of the largest pension funds in the world with thousands. What emerged is a range of use cases — from using AI as a personal productivity tool, to changing investment workflows, organizing institutional knowledge, improving decisions, and…

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   7 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

   Best of Habit Formation: James Clear

   This week's Summer Series concludes with a two-fer on habits. There may be no better way to improve the investment process than to understand what it takes to improve ourselves. We've got two of the best – James Clear and Katy Milkman, experts and authors of wildly bestselling books Atomic Habits and How to Change. Please enjoy my conversations with James Clear and Katy Milkman, both from 2021. We hope you've enjoyed this summer exploration in improving the investment process with some of the best conversations over the last nine years. Learn more about Capital Allocators University . Try…

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   7 Sep 2026 · 58 min

   Best of Habit Formation: Katy Milkman

   This week's Summer Series concludes with a two-fer on habits. There may be no better way to improve the investment process than to understand what it takes to improve ourselves. We've got two of the best – James Clear and Katy Milkman, experts and authors of wildly bestselling books Atomic Habits and How to Change. Please enjoy my conversations with James Clear and Katy Milkman, both from 2021. We hope you've enjoyed this summer exploration in improving the investment process with some of the best conversations over the last nine years. Learn more about Capital Allocators University . Try…

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   3 Sep 2026 · 15 min

   SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Capital Allocators University Online

   We're excited to share something we've been working on for a while: we're bringing Capital Allocators University online. For years, CAU has been an in-person, once-a-year cohort of 25 or 30 professionals, built around a set of disciplines that matter enormously for investors and investor relations professionals but rarely get taught explicitly. We put together a brief conversation to share more on what the course covers, who it's for, what we learned from the past five years, and why we decided to move it online. Full details here . We look forward to welcoming you as a member. Special…

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    31 Aug 2026 · 45 min

    Best of Negotiations: Chris Voss

    This week's Summer Series is another two-fer, this time on negotiations. The first is with legendary former FBI-hostage negotiator Chris Voss, the author of Never Split the Difference and founder of the Black Swan group where he teaches tactical empathy in negotiations. The second is with Yale professor Daylian Cain, who opened my eyes to the importance of walking away. Learn more about Capital Allocators University . Try ALEX by Admired Leadership. Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership Editing and…

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