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Money Maze Podcast

by Money Maze Podcast · English · Business

The world of finance has a huge impact on all of us. This show aims to explore and unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the investing business, via interviews with masters of the real life money maze. Expect tips for mastering capital allocation, making better business decisions, strategies

New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 55 min
Latest: 25 Sep 2026
Language: English

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25 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

The Region that Defies Prediction. The Middle East’s Past Upheavals and the Storms Yet to Break. With Author Simon Sebag Montefiore

Today we welcome a reappearance of author Simon Sebag Montefiore. These few lines set the tone for an outstanding book and brilliant guest: “ But even in easier times, the Middle East has the ability to surprise even the most informed observers and intelligence maestros. After all, the experts failed to predict the emergence of Turkey in 1922, the crowning of Reza Shah in Persia in 1925, the creation of Israel in 1948, Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Suez gambit in 1956 and his union of Egypt and Syria in 1958, Israel’s victory in 1967, the fall of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and rise of Ruhollah…

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E205 · 17 Sep 2026 · 59 min
Fraud, Fees and Fake Degrees! Where is the Allocation to Alternatives Headed? Albourne’s CEO, John Claisse, Explains their approach, Why Due Diligence Matters, and Where the Investment Flows are Secular, Not Cyclical.
John Claisse explores the evolution of alternative investing, from private markets and hedge funds to AI, digital assets, due diligence and opportunities across Asia. Albourne has expanded from its genesis in Sussex in 1994, to one of the most recognized global investment advisors in the world of alternatives. It is unusual both as an employee-owned organisation, and because it has adhered to its original vision of advising only and never to manage capital. John Claisse frames the alternative industry today. He discusses institutional priorities, the change in allocating behaviour, the…
E204 · 3 Sep 2026 · 51 min
Come Fly with Me! Delta Air Lines, The World’s Biggest Airline Discusses Why it’s Not the Business Warren Buffett Used to Avoid - With CEO, Ed Bastian.
“Airlines are a terrible business. They’re capital‑intensive, unionized, and heavily regulated… there’s very little moat.” So Warren Buffett once observed. But is that still true? In this episode, we examine the thesis for investability and try to understand the direction and shape of flying. Ed discusses the economics, competition, premiumisation, the case for “a moat” or structural advantage, and what customers want. He also explains why the competitive landscape has changed, why new entrants will find it much harder, the opportunity with retail-in-flight, the extraordinary partnership…
20 Aug 2026 · 56 min
AI and the Investment Edge: Enhancement, Replacement, or Reinvention?
It is already changing how firms conduct research, construct portfolios, manage risk, and make investment decisions. In this special compilation episode, we bring together three perspectives from across public markets, hedge funds and private markets, to explore how AI is transforming investment management today and where it may lead tomorrow. Andrew Veglio, founder and CEO of Vantage Investment Management , examines where AI sits in the evolution of technologies and argues the end game is replacement not improvement of much of what we, as investors, do. Kristian West, Head of Investment…
6 Aug 2026 · 45 min
A New Era: Richard Oldfield on the Future of Schroders and the Asset Management Industry
Most CEOs take years to make their mark. But after three decades dissecting and helping other people’s businesses at PwC, our guest today spent just two years inside Schroders before deciding it was time to sell the 222-year-old business. In this conversation, Richard Oldfield explains why he was convinced it was the right path to take, and why the family-controlled business and its board were persuaded. He describes the irresistible forces changing the investment business and specifically analyses the co-existence of private and public assets, the potential paths of passive and active, and…
E203 · 23 Jul 2026 · 54 min
The Golden Age of Absolute Returns?  With Davidson Kempner’s Managing Partner and CIO, Tony Yoseloff
In the world of global credit and event-driven investing, there are few firms that have been both quietly competitive, whilst simultaneously successful and long-standing. Founded over 40 years ago, Davidson Kempner may not be a household name, but they have navigated cycles by identifying the opportunities which emerge from dislocations, and complexity when the power between borrowers and lenders shifts. In this conversation, we discuss if it’s possible to assess where we are in the economic cycle. Tony then disentangles the term “private credit” and explains where he believes blockages and…
E202 · 9 Jul 2026 · 52 min
What Do You Call an Institution That Can Play Anywhere in the Capital Stack? With Sixth Street’s Co-CIO & Co-President Julian Salisbury
In a world where investment classification rules supreme, Sixth Street believes that its flexible architecture, approach, and culture make the firm different. Sixth Street, founded in 2009, manages more than $130 bn, suggesting flexible capital unlocks opportunities in a world that never stands still. Sixth Street’s Partner, Co-President & Co-CIO Julian Salisbury is a veteran of 25 years at Goldman Sachs, including former head of its asset management and merchant banking businesses. Julian discusses how Sixth Street works as One Team with a shared mission to deliver the best investment…
E201 · 25 Jun 2026 · 1 hr
The Future of Flight? Building an Electric Aviation Business with the Man in the Pilot’s Seat - Kyle Clark, CEO & Founder, BETA Technologies
BETA Technologies is a Nasdaq-listed aircraft manufacturer breaking new ground with its advanced pursuit of building world-beating electric planes. Kyle Clark, Founder and CEO, explains the economic advantages of electric aircraft. He discusses assembly to operating systems, and then explains how oil majors are the beneficiaries of planes constantly refuelling, but those who own and make the electric airplanes & their batteries have a much greater continued advantage. He describes how the US wants to lead in electric aviation, the military demand, why regulation can help as it creates…
11 Jun 2026 · 54 min
What Does It Take to Run One of the World’s Most Powerful Law Firms? With Alan Mason, Global Managing Partner, Freshfields
For the first time in our 6-year existence, the MMP wanted to dive into this somewhat opaque world, in line with our mission to de-mystify areas of business and finance vital to us all. Alan discusses the evolution of the top law firms, why US competition is ferocious, why he relocated to the US to help drive their business, and how they can advise global tech clients simultaneously. He answers the questions of “what do clients want”, “how do you stay at the top”, acquiring and retaining talent, culture, expansion, using data, reward, and the work/life balance. He also offers a series of…
28 May 2026 · 58 min
“The Craft of Active Equity Ownership.” The Cevian Approach to Activism, with Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Lars Förberg.
“Activism” might be one of the less helpful terms in modern investing, a label that conjures everything from boardroom bust-ups, to terse exchanges between disgruntled shareholders and incumbent managements. However, in this conversation, Lars explains the early insights gained from collaborations with the great Carl Icahn, to building Cevian, and creating a long-term, extremely successful fund, investing in a small number of listed European and UK companies to help bring about significant, value-creating change. He explains the voyage from identification to ownership; from constructive…
E200 · 14 May 2026 · 39 min
Is the 60/40 Portfolio Still Fit for Purpose? State Street Investment Management’s CEO, Yie Hsin Hung, Discusses Flows, Valuations, EM, Private Equity Returns and Tokenisation, the Next Investment Frontier
We were surprised, when researching for this interview, to learn that State Street Investment Management are the fourth largest asset manager globally, with circa $6 Trillion of assets. Size confers both opportunity and challenges, however, and in this conversation Yie-Hsin talks about the global savings gap and the evolution of Asset Management. She addresses the place of the historic 60/40 allocations in a world where bonds may not deliver, and inflation is stubborn. She reflects on the turbulence in private markets, the emerging market debt and equity opportunities and why tokenisation is…
E199 · 30 Apr 2026 · 39 min
Can A.I. Improve Investment Results? With Rob Arnott, Founder & Chair of Research Affiliates.
Rob Arnott, Founder & Chair of Research Affiliates, discusses where AI works well & can assist across the money management ecosystem, the risk of ‘AI hallucination’ & over-reliance, quant vs human judgement, and the future of work. Amidst the volumes written about AI’s impact on the business and investing worlds, we wanted to ask some specific questions about adoption, learning, implementation and limitations within the investing universe. We asked these questions of Rob Arnott, founder of Research Affiliates and a previous guest, whose firm is steeped in data, systematic disciplines and…
E198 · 16 Apr 2026 · 56 min
Inside Saudi Arabia’s Sports and Investment Strategy: The Why, Where and How, with Danny Townsend, CEO.
Sport is one the world’s most powerful convening forces, but the way fans connect and engage is evolving, technology is offering new experiences and the investing world increasingly wants a piece of the action. One of the powerful new players, is SURJ, Saudi Arabia’s sports investment arm, and leading their team is Danny Townsend, CEO, whose career has moved from professional football, to leading sports and entertainment businesses. We also welcome a co-interviewer, a titan of the sports commentary world, John Inverdale. In today’s discussion, Danny explains how they weigh the state of play.…
E197 · 2 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
From the Shadow of the Death Camps to Leading Sequoia: A Family’s Journey Through Peril & Possibility (With Sir Michael Moritz)
Some lives trace the currents of history; a childhood in Wales, growing up in the shadow of parents who had escaped Nazi Germany, academic distinction at Oxford and Wharton, followed by a career that moved from journalism to the apex of Silicon Valley venture capital and a philanthropic record that speaks quietly, but profoundly. In this episode, we also welcome co-interviewer, Sandra Robertson, former guest and previous CIO at Oxford University Endowment Management. In this fascinating conversation Michael starts by discussing what “makes a brilliant entrepreneur”, before reflecting on…
E196 · 19 Mar 2026 · 57 min
Scale, Strategy, and Stewardship: Rachel Elwell, CEO, on Border to Coast’s Growing Power in UK Pensions
Moreover, if executed well, it offers the potential to act with a long-term horizon as true asset owners, and to unlock investment opportunities that individual funds might struggle to access alone. Today in the UK, one of the most consequential organisations in UK pensions, is Border to Coast. They sit at the centre of one of the most significant shifts in UK institutional investing in a generation, and as of April 2026, will oversee nearly £120bn of local authority assets. Rachel Elwell explains their investment approach, the motivation behind the merged pools and the advantages scale…
E195 · 5 Mar 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
From Battlefield to Boardroom: Assessing the Cyber War Frontlines - Jen Easterly on the New Era of Cyber Risk
We have had some extremely distinguished guests over the last 6 years, but we haven’t secured one who combines, a Rhodes Scholar, US Army Colonel, Counter terrorism expert, leading the US’s cyber intelligence defence agency, and a lecturer at Oxford and beyond, whilst also having worked at Morgan Stanley, and now CEO at RSAC. Jen plots a journey from Oxford to Westpoint, from Colonel of the US’s first Cyber Battalion to the Whitehouse, working under Condoleezza Rice and then chosen by President Biden to create CISA, The US’s first cyber defense agency. In a whirlwind, world-wide tour, Jen…
E194 · 19 Feb 2026 · 1 hr 7 min
General David Petraeus: Inside a World Glowing Red
A first! For the first time since our inception 6 years ago, we welcome back a guest for their third visit. General David Petraeus, once described by Simon Sebag Montefiore as the ultimate soldier-scholar, is Chairman of the KKR Global Institute. Prior to this, David had a distinguished US military career and was the CIA Director during the Obama administration. He assesses the heat map of geopolitical and military tensions which is glowing red. Starting with the Indo-Pacific he assesses President Xi’s removal of his top Generals, what this might mean, and why peace must prevail despite the…
E193 · 5 Feb 2026 · 51 min
From Hedge Fund Roots to Alternative Credit Leadership: Soraya Chabarek, President & CEO, MCQS
While women leaders in finance are gradually becoming more common, that cannot be said the alternatives industry. But as traditional investment firms increasingly acquire alternatives and private markets firms, their leaders, styles and backgrounds are experiencing a changing topography. One of those to have been instrumental in helping build some well-known alts firms, from GLG to Moore Capital and now MCQS, is their President and CEO, Soraya Chabarek. Soraya discusses the characteristics of some of the top hedge fund performers, the egos and enigmas, females in finance, the art of selling,…
E192 · 22 Jan 2026 · 47 min
Emerging and Frontier Markets: Cyclical Bounce or the Beginning of a Secular Advance? A discussion with Peter Elam Håkansson, CEO and Founder of East Capital.
Emerging Markets, once the darling of the asset allocators world, have found themselves increasingly discarded by those same allocators. Such became the re-allocation away from them and the magnetism of the US & its technology companies, that as recently as the end of 2024, Emerging Markets were at a 50 year low, relative to the S&P 500. With some improved relative performance, it may be asked if this is a flicker, or are we at the foothills of a bigger reallocation? East Capital’s CEO, Peter Håkansson, discusses the opportunities, the lessons drawn from researching them for 3 decades, and…
E191 · 8 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
Can We Live Longer? What it Might Mean for Medicine, Money, & Markets - With Dr Andrew Steele
As Mike Milken said on this podcast, “the greatest achievement of humankind in the 20th century, was the doubling of life expectancy.” If living longer seems a powerful goal, the caveat would be only if it goes hand in hand with being healthy whilst being older, AND in not running out of money! In this conversation, Dr Andrew Steele examines, diagnoses, evaluates, and prescribes the implications, actions, benefits, costs and possibilities associated with living longer, healthier lives. He examines the financial and health aspects, the drugs already breaking new ground, why reasons for…
E190 · 18 Dec 2025 · 1 hr 2 min
Marketing God. With Nicky Gumbel, Pioneer of the Alpha Course
In this Christmas special, we reshare our conversation with Nicky Gumbel! Very occasionally one individual can have a disproportionately powerful impact on a collection of people, but very rarely does that person’s impact grow in time and reach, and expand beyond anyone’s expectations and for millions, be responsible for enhancing their lives. In this episode we explore a slightly different realm: religion. Our guest, the Reverend Nicky Gumbel, talks of his own odyssey from barrister to clergyman, before widening both awareness and access to Christianity to those outside the church via the…
E189 · 4 Dec 2025 · 1 hr 23 min
From Vision to Valuation: Disrupting the Future - With Cathie Wood, Founder & CEO of ARK Invest
When we interviewed Howard Marks in March of 2025, he observed, “It's the pioneers who get the arrows”. Many consider a 21st century investment pioneer to be Cathie Wood. She embraces disruptive innovation themes early, has faced intense criticism during large drawdowns, has reshaped ETF thinking and is characterised as bold, influential, and controversial. Cathie explains why studying under Arthur Laffer inspired her to think about private sector disruptive innovation driving growth. She explains how multiple S curves can operate simultaneously, and how Ark fuses the macro and thematic with…
E188 · 27 Nov 2025 · 55 min
Yield, Shield, and Scale: Inside the Ares Management Playbook (With Blair Jacobson, Co-President)
Ares is recognised as one of the leading global alternative investment managers, investing across credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure. Listed on the NYSE, it has over 4,000 employees, $595billion in assets* and a substantial geographical footprint. Blair explains the high yielding Ares-managed listed vehicle, ARCC, which as a business development company (BDC) structure must distribute 90% of taxable income and averages 9% of yields*. He discusses how being a public entity gives them a “currency” which is highly valued by employees, and also how it has helped with brand…
E187 · 13 Nov 2025 · 49 min
Investing & Philanthropy - With Sir Chris Hohn, Founder, TCI Fund Management & CIFF
In September we held our inaugural Money Maze Allocator Summit and over the two days there was fantastic discussion, debate, insights, disagreement and a lot of learning. It proved incredibly popular & much of that was a result of the quality of panels, moderators & topics. Of all the conversations, one that particularly resonated with us was the chance to interview Sir Chris Hohn about two topics with which he is fantastically acquainted: investing and philanthropy. As you will discover in this episode, he perhaps stands above most mortals with the clarity of his thinking and the…
E186 · 30 Oct 2025 · 52 min
Rare Earths, Energy, and the Green Agenda (Money Maze Allocator Summit 2025)
On 30th September and 1st October 2025 we held our inaugural Money Maze Allocator Summit (MMAS). We gathered 120+ global investors & allocators - many of whom have been previous guests - for 2 days of fascinating investment discussions. It proved incredibly popular & much of that was a result of the quality of panels, moderators & topics! The moderator was the brilliant Annachiara Marcandalli , Global Head of Sustainability at Cambridge Associates . The panel was Brian Menell (Chairman and CEO, TechMet ), Per Lekander (CEO, Clean Energy Transition ), Bill Orum (Partner, Capricorn Investment…
E185 · 16 Oct 2025 · 42 min
RIT Capital Partners: Global, Unconstrained, Undervalued? A Conversation with Maggie Fanari (RIT CEO)
Founded in 1971 as the Rothschild Investment Trust, RIT Capital Partners PLC, continues today with a mandate to preserve and grow capital across generations through a multi-asset, global and unconstrained strategy. As one of the UK’s largest investment trusts, with total assets of approximately £4bn (over 20% of which is owned by family members), RIT targets CPI + 3% as one of its benchmarks, aiming to meet those real return objectives for long-term wealth preservation. In this conversation Maggie explains the asset allocation, where private assets represent 30% of the assets, public…
E184 · 18 Sep 2025 · 1 hr 19 min
From Westminster to Silicon Valley: A Connected World at Risk - Sir Nick Clegg on threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI & Political Conflict.
It’s not every guest who would admit in their new book, with brutal honesty, “I’ve been vilified, satirised, protested against- a hate figure both on left and right.” But it is also uncommon, if not without precedent, for someone who has led their political party, been deputy Prime Minister for 5 years, to then re-invent themselves, chameleon-like, move to silicon valley and join the senior ranks of one of the world’s most successful technology companies, Meta. Before he discusses his new book “How to Save the Internet - The Threat to Global Connection in the Age of AI and Political…
E183 · 9 Sep 2025 · 52 min
How Good of a Communicator Are You? Messaging, Reputation, Trust & Strategy in the Age of AI - With Jen Prosek, CEO and Founder of Prosek
Today’s episode started as “Good Investor, Poor Communicator”, but as we researched this topic ahead of the conversation it became a bigger theme than simply, why at times, great investment managers are often less effective communicators. In this conversation, we explore how communication is changing; first in the asset management community as firms adapt, and acknowledge the importance of their brand, through to the newer ways they seek to communicate, explain and position their enterprises. Jen then expands into other incredibly important areas for young and old. In an A.I integrated world…
E182 · 28 Aug 2025 · 52 min
Private Credit: Hype, Hazard, or the Next Big Thing in Long-Term Growth? With Huw Van Steenis, Vice Chair of Oliver Wyman.
When someone speaks with a deep of understanding of the banking and finance systems, is widely respected, and then expresses a strong but debatable view, about a developing asset class, we think it’s important to hear that voice and to challenge and distil its key messages. So in this episode we welcome back a former guest who appeared on the MMP in March 2023 during the banking storm, during with Silicon Valley Bank and then Credit Suisse. His conclusion was unequivocally that this was no repeat of the 2008 GFC, as has been proven. In addressing his recent report from Oliver Wyman, titled…
E181 · 14 Aug 2025 · 12 min
Wisdom From the Battle Hardened: Timeless Life & Career Insights from Top Global Executives
Enjoy a variety of career tips & life lessons from finance leaders in this compilation special. This episode brings together some of the most insightful lessons and perspectives we’ve gleaned from past guests, covering everything from life wisdom to industry-specific strategies. You’ll hear from an extraordinary lineup, including Peter Frankopan, Ron Biscardi, Luba Nikulina, and James Anderson. But that’s not all—we’ve also included insights from Michael Manning, Stephen Roberts, Marcie Frost, Mark Boggett, and Chrsitina McGuire. We hope you find this useful! The Money Maze Podcast is…

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New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 55 min
Latest episode: 25 Sep 2026
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