Money Maze Podcast

199: Can A.I. Improve Investment Results? With Rob Arnott, Founder & Chair of Research Affiliates.

30 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Arnott, Founder & Chair of Research Affiliates discusses, where AI works well & can assist across the money management ecosystem, the ris...

198: Inside Saudi Arabia’s Sports and Investment Strategy: The Why, Where and How, with Danny Townsend, CEO.

16 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sport is one the world’s most powerful convening forces, but the way fans connect and engage is evolving, technology is offering new experiences an...

197: From the Shadow of the Death Camps to Leading Sequoia: A Family’s Journey Through Peril & Possibility (With Sir Michael Moritz)

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Some lives trace the currents of history; a childhood in Wales, growing up in the shadow of parents who had escaped Nazi Germany, academic distinctio...

196: Scale, Strategy, and Stewardship: Rachel Elwell, CEO, on Border to Coast’s Growing Power in UK Pensions

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As we learned from our interviews with Ontario Teachers and the Australia Future Fund, the consolidation of pension assets into sizeable pools can of...

195: From Battlefield to Boardroom: Assessing the Cyber War Frontlines - Jen Easterly on the New Era of Cyber Risk

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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, ...

194: General David Petraeus: Inside a World Glowing Red

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

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...

193: From Hedge Fund Roots to Alternative Credit Leadership: Soraya Chabarek, President & CEO, MCQS

05 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

While women leaders in finance are gradually becoming more common, that cannot be said the alternatives industry. But as traditional investment firm...

192: 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.

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Emerging Markets, once the darling of the asset allocators world, have found themselves increasingly discarded by those same allocators. Such became...

191: Can We Live Longer? What it Might Mean for Medicine, Money, & Markets - With Dr Andrew Steele

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As Mike Milken said on this podcast, “the greatest achievement of humankind in the 20th century, was the doubling of life expectancy.” If living ...

190: Marketing God. With Nicky Gumbel, Pioneer of the Alpha Course

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this Christmas special, we reshare our conversation with Nicky Gumbel!  Very occasionally one individual can have a disproportionately powerful i...

189: From Vision to Valuation: Disrupting the Future - With Cathie Wood, Founder & CEO of ARK Invest

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 pi...

188: Yield, Shield, and Scale: Inside the Ares Management Playbook (With Blair Jacobson, Co-President)

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ares is recognised as one of the leading global alternative investment managers, investing across credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructu...

187: Investing & Philanthropy - With Sir Chris Hohn, Founder, TCI Fund Management & CIFF

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In September we held our inaugural Money Maze Allocator Summit and over the two days there was fantastic discussion, debate, insights, disagreement an...

186: Rare Earths, Energy, and the Green Agenda (Money Maze Allocator Summit 2025)

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On 30th September and 1st October 2025 we held our inaugural Money Maze Allocator Summit (MMAS). We gathered 120+ global investors & allocators - ...

185: RIT Capital Partners: Global, Unconstrained, Undervalued? A Conversation with Maggie Fanari (RIT CEO)

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Founded in 1971 as the Rothschild Investment Trust, RIT Capital Partners PLC, continues today with a mandate to preserve and grow capital across gener...

184: 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.

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 bo...

183: How Good of a Communicator Are You? Messaging, Reputation, Trust & Strategy in the Age of AI - With Jen Prosek, CEO and Founder of Prosek

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode started as “Good Investor, Poor Communicator”, but as we researched this topic ahead of the conversation it became a bigger them...

182: Private Credit: Hype, Hazard, or the Next Big Thing in Long-Term Growth? With Huw Van Steenis, Vice Chair of Oliver Wyman.

28 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When someone speaks with a deep of understanding of the banking and finance systems, is widely respected, and then expresses a strong but debatable vi...

181: Wisdom From the Battle Hardened: Timeless Life & Career Insights from Top Global Executives

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Enjoy a variety of career tips & life lessons from finance leaders in this compilation special.   This episode brings together some of the most ...

180: “News of Our Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated.”  Why the City of London Remains a Globally Potent Force - With Sir Alastair King, Lord Mayor of the City of London

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Has the demise of London's leading financial services been "greatly exaggerated", and does the underlying evidence tell a very different story? In th...

179: Unlocking Global Real Estate Opportunities: Perspectives on Risks & Returns (With Brian Kingston, CEO of Brookfield Real Estate)

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Economist John Stuart Mill observed that “landlords grow rich in their sleep". Yet, as evidenced by the failure over the years of many real estate b...

178: The Silk Roads: A Decade On - Peter Frankopan, Professor of Global History at Oxford, on the Changing World Order

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Frankopan is a Professor of Global History at Oxford, and author of The Silk Roads. His work has been both profound and enduring, with the book...

177: The Courtship of Investment Allocators & Managers: Inside iConnections - With Ron Biscardi

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you are an asset allocator, what is the most effective way to widen your lens on identifying potential investment managers? And if you are an inves...

176: Beyond the Silk Roads: Middle Eastern Venture Investing - With Noor Sweid, Founder and Managing Partner of Global Ventures

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today we welcome one of the Middle East’s most successful angel investors and venture capitalists, listed in 'FORBES 100 Most Powerful Business Wome...

175: "The Consultant’s Edge" - Are Investment Consultants Indispensable? With Michael Manning, CEO of NEPC

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From the 1950s onwards, the foundations of investment consulting were laid, as pension funds and institutional investors sought professional guidance ...

174: Money Maze Podcast Corporate Trailer

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Through direct, entertaining & insightful interviews with masters of the real life money maze, we hope to learn about different approaches to allo...

173: The End of US Equity Dominance? With Chris Wood, Global Strategist and Author of 'Greed and Fear'

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 Chris Wood, former guest and highly respected global strategist, recently made a bold prediction, namely that the US stock market has reached its al...

172: Heroes or Villains? The Shrinking World of Shorting - With Carson Block, Founder of Muddy Waters

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Economic theory suggests that when competition decreases, remaining firms may have more market power, which can lead to increased opportunities to exp...

171: From Triumph to Trauma: The Dramatic Investment Arc of Neil Woodford, Founder of Woodford Investment Management

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Some of our conversations are deliberately different, and the man I interview here has cost me a lot of money! I also consider him a friend and somebo...

170: The Irreversible Convergence of Public & Private Markets – With Scott Kleinman, Co-President of Apollo Asset Management

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the world of mythology, Apollo is one the most revered and significant of all the ancient Greek and Roman Gods.  It was also the name given to an...

169: Unlocking Investment Wisdom - With Howard Marks, Co-Founder of Oaktree Capital Management

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Warren Buffet singles you out for praise, it might be fair to say you have summited the investment equivalent of K2, Annapurna and Kangchenjunga,...

168: From Rare Earths to Broader Metals: Investment Opportunities & Strategic Priorities for the West

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we’ve been very fortunate to find someone who ranks amongst the most qualified anywhere in the world to discuss this topic. He was ...

167: Space: The Next Frontier of Asset Allocation? With Mark Boggett, CEO of Seraphim Space

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Star Trek’s opening lines were potent: "Space: The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its mission? To boldly go where...

166: Reinventing Equity Investing: James Anderson's Journey, From Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust to Managing Partner & CIO of Lingotto's Innovation Strategy

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode we have the chance to talk to one of the most successful investors of his generation, James Anderson, Former Partner at Baillie G...

165: Life & Career Advice from the World’s Top Financial Executives: Compilation Special

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Enjoy a variety of career tips & life lessons from finance leaders in this New Year compilation special.  This episode brings together some of t...

164: Infrastructure: From Niche to Mainstream Asset Class - With Luba Nikulina, CSO of IFM Investors

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today is the first time we welcome back a guest who has changed firms between interviews. We recorded Luba Nikulina, on Thanksgiving day, 2022, and ou...

163: 2024 in Review!

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Simon shares an update on the show, reflecting on notable interviews and summarising the wide range of initiatives under development ...

162: Marketing God: With Nicky Gumbel - Pioneer of the Alpha Course

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With Christmas coming up, we thought today would be the perfect time to replay one of our older episodes! Very occasionally one individual can have a...

161: Who is Scott Bessent? Meet Trump's Incoming Treasury Secretary

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s guest is the new US Treasury Secretary, serving under Donald Trump. The role gives him immense responsibility for managing US obligations an...

160: Managing the Largest Public Pension Fund in the U.S. - With CalPERS CEO, Marcie Frost

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 1932, the United States was in the grip of the Great Depression. One in four Americans were unemployed, nearly 9,000 banks had failed. Franklin Ro...

159: Should Your Investment Portfolio Have the Right to Bear Arms? With General Sir Patrick Sanders

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The episode brings Sir Patrick Sanders, a British military officer, back to discuss geopolitical issues, specifically focusing on the precarious state...

158: AI Unleashed: Scott Guthrie of Microsoft, on Transforming Productivity, Finance, Energy, and Regulation

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Technological revolutions are by their nature rare events: the printing press, mobile telephony and the internet. The associated excitement can captu...

157: Gloves Off: Anthony Scaramucci on Trump, Harris, Bitcoin and the US Deficit

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Four years ago we had the chance to record a US election special ahead of the vote to determine whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump became President. We...

156: Joel Greenblatt: Legendary Investor and Author on Patience in the Investing Business

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This recording took place at the London Value Investor Conference over summer, where Simon hosted a discussion with Joel Greenblatt. Joel not only fou...

155: Super Returns! Australia’s Largest Super Fund’s CIO, Mark Delaney, Describes Their Investment Priorities

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we travel back to Melbourne, Australia, having had previous conversations with Ben Samild (now CIO of the AFF) & David Neal (CEO of IFM Inve...

154: Sport Meets Finance! Investing in Liverpool FC, PSG, Boston Red Sox and F1 - With Ian Charles, Co-Founder of Arctos

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sovereign wealth funds, private equity, Hollywood actors; the world of sports has been undergoing an investing revolution.  The last few years have ...

153: Colm Kelleher, Chairman of UBS & Former President of Morgan Stanley, Discusses Culture, Leadership, Surviving the Great Financial Crisis and UBS Today

19 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In an interview we had especially looked forward to, and with the Credit Suisse acquisition behind us, the MMP went to Zurich to talk to Colm Kelleher...

152: Sir Tony Blair, Former UK Prime Minister, on Leadership, Immigration, the Middle East & More!

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Thought-provoking, amusing, self-critical, rich with anecdotes, laced with good advice, and large servings of humility, you might not automatically as...

151: Volatility Laundering in Private Equity, the Merits of International Diversification, Value Vs Growth and Systematic Investing - With Cliff Asness

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Simon introduces Cliff Asness, Co-Founder and CIO of AQR (Applied Quantitative Research), highlighting the firm's systematic approach to investing in ...

150: War or Peace? Why the World May Be More Dangerous than the 1930s - With General Sir Patrick Sanders, Former UK Chief of the General Staff

08 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we have the huge pleasure and privilege to talk to General Sir Patrick Sanders, who until June of this year served as Chief of the Gen...

149: The $5 Trillion High Yield Debt Markets: Trouble Ahead or Compelling Returns? - With Victor Khosla, Founder & CIO of Strategic Value Partners

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode comes from the SuperReturn conference in Berlin, with guest Victor Khosla, Founder of SVP. Set up in 2001, the firm manages $18 billion i...

148: Greed & Fear! What to Own, What to Avoid and Are We Wrong About China? With Chris Wood, Global Head of Equity Strategy, Jefferies (Hong Kong)

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you write a widely followed weekly piece for nearly 30 years, assessing investment risks & rewards, geopolitical implications, and extracting s...

147: Vista Equity Partners: The $100 Billion Private Equity Software Group - With Rachel Arnold, Co-Head of Vista Equity Partners’ Endeavor Fund

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this shorter interview, recorded at Berlin SuperReturn, Rachel Arnold, Co-Head of Vista’s Endeavour strategy, a fund focused on small-cap private...

146: “Running Up That Hill” - Strava’s Co-Founder, Mike Horvath, on Building, Branding and Delivering: An Entrepreneurs’ Story

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you wrote a business plan in the 1990s that was way ahead of its time - a 20th century idea that needed 21st century technology to work - then put ...

145: Why the Fed Can’t Forecast, How Zero Rates Were a Huge Mistake and is Nvidia’s $3tn*+ Valuation Sustainable? With Rob Arnott, Founder of Research Affiliates

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Arnott has published over 100 academic papers, co-authored several books, and his firm Research Affiliates developed the strategies behind approxi...

144: Retail in the 21st Century: Seb James, CEO of Boots, Discusses Health, Technology, Data and the Customer

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a world where competitive survival has become rarer, one UK retail institution has survived for 175 years, remains a trusted brand, with over 50,00...

143: How to Make Money in the $275 Trillion* Energy Transition & Can Tesla Survive?

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Whether you’re a believer in the timelines, or sceptical about its urgency, the energy transition is underway, and its ramifications are immense. Bo...

142: Novo Holdings: Controlling Shareholder of Novo Nordisk, Europe's Most Valuable Company - With CEO, Kasim Kutay

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this interview, we welcome the CEO of Novo Holdings, which manages the assets and wealth of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, one of the world’s large...

141: The 30% Club and the Future of Institutional Investment Management - With Hanneke Smits, Global Head of Investment Management, BNY Mellon

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Research demonstrates that diverse companies outperform their less diverse peers. The 30% Club’s mission, led by Chairs and CEOs, is to increase gen...

140: LSEG: Partnering with Microsoft and Why London Remains a Leading Financial Hub - With LSEG CEO, David Schwimmer

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

If you were asked ‘What is the London Stock Exchange Group, (LSEG)?’, most investors would answer, ‘the London Stock Exchange, of course.’ Yet...

138: Why the World Economy Gets a B Grade - With Baroness Dambisa Moyo (Economist, Legislator & Author)

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Armed with a degree, MBA, MPA, and a PhD, the author of 5 bestselling books, a trained economist, a previous employee of Goldmans Sachs, a life peerag...

137: Money Maze Podcast 2024 Trailer

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Through direct, entertaining & insightful interviews with masters of the real life money maze, we hope to learn about different approaches to allo...

136: Cryptocurrencies: Ill-Advised Speculation or an Alternative Asset Class? With Nic Cary, Co-Founder and Vice Chair at Blockchain.com

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Back in September 2021, we met with Nic Cary of Blockchain.com, which was already well on its way to becoming one of the world’s leading digital ass...

135: Insights from CPP Investments: Canada’s Largest Global Pension Fund - With Suyi Kim

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this interview, we return to Canada. Having interviewed Jo Taylor of OTPP last year, this time we sought out one of the most well-known and success...

134: Gold! Why & How to Own It, Tokenisation and Investor Positioning - With David Tait, CEO of the World Gold Council

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s not every day that one of our guests from the world of finance has successfully scaled Everest 5 times, been awarded an MBE by the Queen, raise...

133: Marketing God: With Nicky Gumbel - Pioneer of the Alpha Course

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Easter special we explore a slightly different realm: religion! Very occasionally one individual can have a disproportionately powerful impact...

132: Why We Need Integrated Energy Companies - With Ann Davies, bp Senior Vice President, Wells

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest today earned her master’s degree in physics, captained her rugby team at Oxford, and then a few years later was posted as bp’s engineeri...

131: Wine, Whisky and Champagne: Buy, Sell or Hold? With Gary Boom, Founder and CEO of Bordeaux Index

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In May 2021, we turned our attention to an investor dilemma – Should we view wine as a proper asset class? And how should we think about the wine in...

130: How Passive Investing May Have Created a Bifurcated Market for Value Investors

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this bitesize feature, David Einhorn, Founder & President of Greenlight Capital, discusses the potential impact passive investing has had on va...

129: Private Markets Miniseries: Season 2 Highlights

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, the Money Maze Podcast takes a short trip back to 2023 to revisit our Second Private Markets Series.  We shared fascinating co...

128: Money Maze Vignettes: From Baseball Icon to Warren Buffet 2.0? (With Alex Rodriguez, CEO of A-Rod Corp & Former Baseball Pro)

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this bitesize feature, A-Rod Corp’s CEO, Alex Rodriguez, discusses principal capital, creating opportunities for partners, and A-Rod’s geograph...

127: PIMCO: Insights from the CEO of a $1.8 Trillion Fixed Income Manager

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With a successful career incorporating 18 years at Goldman Sachs, and then CEO of the Man Group, Emmanuel explains today’s landscape for investors a...

126: Lessons from 5 Decades of Investing – With Rosalind M. Hewsenian, CIO of Helmsley Charitable Trust

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why does a teacher trained to help children with special needs decide to  switch, earn an MBA, then work at Pepsi, become an investment consultant, a...

125: Is Active Management Worth Paying For? With Terry Smith (CEO, CIO & Founder of Fundsmith)

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest today has been referred to as "the English Warren Buffett" for his style and success in investing. His book, published in 1992, Accounting f...

124: Can We Eliminate Cancer? The Medical Revolution - With Mike Milken, Chairman of the Milken Institute

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What if clearing out early stage cancers from your body could become as routine as going to your dentist, or what if a single vaccine could protect yo...

123: Oxford University Endowment Management: Purpose, Strategy and Implementation - Sandra Robertson, CEO & CIO of OUem

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What do JR Tolkien, Emma Watson, Oscar Wilde, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Niall Ferguson & Dr. Seuss have in common?  They all attended Oxf...

123: 2023 in Review!

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the Money Maze Podcast is packing up and shutting down for Christmas and New Year. But before we get away, we wanted to catch you up on ev...

122: Guilty! Sam Bankman-Fried & the FTX Collapse - With Michael Lewis

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you don’t know about his most recent book ‘Going Infinite’,  you’ll probably want to buy it after listening to or watching this episode wi...

121: Red Lines, Accounting Gimmicks and Management Gloss: Why You Need to Understand Balance Sheets to Avoid Portfolio Disasters (With Steve Clapham, Founder of Behind the Balance Sheet)

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For all the narratives around investing and making money, those who have survived the investment cycles for decades and earned above average returns h...

120: Why Do Companies Die? Value Creation in Public Equity Markets - With Michael Mauboussin, Head of Consilient Research at Counterpoint Global, Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In his report ‘Birth, Death, and Wealth Creation’, Michael Mauboussin observes and then claims that corporations are surviving longer and winning ...

119: "Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War." The Evolution of War Since 1945 - With General David Petraeus & Lord Andrew Roberts

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

'Contrary to what was widely expected at the start of the present century, the world has not seen the end of major wars, confirming that Plato was rig...

118: Five Forces Shaping the Global Economy - With Ray Dalio, Founder of Bridgewater Associates

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

According to Bloomberg, Ray Dalio and his firm Bridgewater have “made more money for investors than any other hedge fund in history”. In this inte...

117: What Makes a Great Macro Fund Manager? Meet Scott Bessent, Trump's Treasury Secretary

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s guest is the new US Treasury Secretary, serving under Donald Trump. The role gives him immense responsibility for managing US obligations an...

116: Investing Lessons from 40+ Years at the FT & Bloomberg - With John Authers, Senior Markets Editor at Bloomberg

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s guest has performed with Pavarotti, but in his day job he is a financial commentator and author, who spent 29 years at the Financial Times, ...

115: The 2023 Israel-Gaza Conflict: What Next? With Sir Tom Beckett and Emile Hokayem of the International Institute for Strategic Studies

17 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There are certain geopolitical developments that need to be examined in an objective and timely manner for their profound strategic ramifications. Af...

Money Maze Vignettes: Iceland’s Vital Role in Pharmaceutical Research (With Robert Bradway, CEO of Amgen)

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this bitesize feature, Amgen’s CEO explains why Iceland’s isolated population make it a useful sample for understanding how disease arises from...

114: Are We Educating Our Children The Wrong Way? With Sir Anthony Seldon (Headmaster, Historian and Author)

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

William Butler Yeats, the great poet, observed, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” It may be easy to agree that...

113: Why Infrastructure May Be The ‘Perfect Institutional Asset Class’ - With David Neal, CEO of IFM Investors

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation with David Neal, CEO of IFM Investors, we explore the origins of this highly unusual institution, an ‘investor-owned global inv...

112: From €4m to €40+ Billion of Assets: The Tikehau Capital Story - With Mathieu Chabran, Co-Founder

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of our Private Markets Miniseries, we explore a French firm, whose growth has now firmly established it as a major force in the global...

112: How Technology is Accelerating & Democratising Private Markets – With Matt Brown, CEO & Founder of CAIS

12 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation we discuss both the changing nature of demand for alternative assets as well as their supply. Matt explains how CAIS is creating ...

110: Backing the Next Generation of Underrepresented Alternative Asset Managers - With Pamela Pavkov & Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri

07 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the world of alternative assets, TPG almost needs no introduction. Founded in 1992 by Jim Coulter and David Bonderman, today they manage a towering...

109: Nasdaq Private Market: Helping Fast-Growing VC-Backed Firms Access Liquidity & Stay Private – With Tom Callahan, CEO

24 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Just as the Nasdaq was launched in 1971 to automate the market for securities which were not exchange-listed, so in 2013 the Nasdaq Private Market was...

Philipp Freise, Co-Head of European Private Equity at KKR, Highlights the Opportunities in Europe [REPLAY]

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are delighted to welcome KKR, and its Co-Head of European Private Equity, Philipp Freise, onto the show. Philipp discusses his wide and impressive...

108: In Case You Missed It: Private Markets Season 1 Highlights

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode, the Money Maze Podcast takes a short trip back to summer 2022 in light of the upcoming release of our second Private Markets Min...

107: Gold: Why, How and Now? With Randy Smallwood, Chair of the World Gold Council and CEO of Wheaton Precious Metals

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We last spoke about gold on the show 3 years ago, with Evy Hambro, who runs the BlackRock natural resources team. The discussion highlighted that pape...

106: Mike Pompeo, Former US Secretary of State & CIA Director, on Geopolitics, Leadership, and the Economy

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the third and final episode of our 'July With Jen Series', guest hosted by Jen Prosek, we welcome Mike Pompeo onto the show. Mike is the only man t...

105: China, AI, Entrepreneurship & the US Economy - With Billionaire Investor Thomas Tull & Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the second episode of our ‘July With Jen’ miniseries, we welcome two leading entrepreneurs on the show for a varied discussion on the US econom...

104: Lynn Martin: Running The Iconic NYSE

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we welcome Lynn Martin, the second woman in history to run the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).  The session is moderated by Jen ...

103: Value Investing: Down But Not Out? With David Einhorn, Founder & President of Greenlight Capital

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Oscar Wilde defined a cynic as someone who knew the price of everything, and the value of nothing. In today’s episode, we discuss value investing wi...

102: The Ukraine War: An Update for Investors - With General Sir Nick Carter, Former UK Chief of the Defence Staff

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

General Sir Nick Carter, former Chief of the Defence Staff returns for a short discussion on the Ukraine War. He addresses the current situation from...