Podcast · 348 episodes
Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry, page 2
by Ted Seides – Allocator and Asset Management Expert · English
Allocator and asset management expert, Ted Seides, conducts in-depth interviews with leaders in the institutional investing industry. Guests include Chief Investment Officers from leading allocators, asset managers, strategists, thought leaders, and many more. Our mission is to learn, share, and help implement the process of premier investors. Learn more and join our community at capitalallocators.com.
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Senior Decision Makers: Nicholas Csicsko, Trinity Wall Street (EP.508)Nick Sisco, Managing Director at Trinity Wall Street Endowment, discusses how senior allocators should build manager relationships and decide whether to stay through drawdowns, emphasizing…29 Jun 2026 · 58 min · 27 chapters
Homegrown CIO at Williams College - Abigail Wattley (EP.507)Abigail Wattley, CIO of Williams College’s $4.5B endowment, explains how an internal promotion preserved strategy “since day one,” how she built her investment skills over ~20 years, and how Williams…22 Jun 2026 · 47 min · 19 chapters
[REPLAY] Collette Chilton – Humility and Loyalty at Williams College (EP.174)Colette Chilton, CIO of Williams College, discusses how she built and governs Williams’ endowment/investment program—starting from scratch in 2006, surviving the Lehman/Bear period, and evolving from…22 Jun 2026 · 54 min · 31 chapters
WTT: AI: Fundamentals, Valuation, and the Next Allocator DilemmaHow to assess AI companies as late-stage private firms prepare for IPOs, focusing on “fundamentals vs prices” and the “next allocator dilemma” when private winners become public index constituents.17 Jun 2026 · 8 min · 3 chapters
Hotel Investing at EOS – Jonathan Wang (EP.506)EOS Investors’ hotel investing approach—how Jonathan Wang underwrites markets using supply/demand “compression” data, runs vertically integrated operations, and creates value through…15 Jun 2026 · 56 min · 25 chapters
Contrarian Quality at GQG Partners – Rajiv Jain (EP.505)Rajiv Jain, chairman/CIO of GQG Partners, argues that “quality” is defined by barriers to entry and forward-looking durability, and that today’s AI “MAG” economics are lopsided: massive capex with…8 Jun 2026 · 1 h 5 min · 30 chapters
Operator-Led Private Equity at Ethos - Erik Brooks (EP.504)Erik Brooks explains how Ethos Capital applies operator-led private equity—bringing seasoned C-suite operators into sourcing, diligence, and post-close value creation—while targeting durable business…1 Jun 2026 · 58 min · 24 chapters
Fundraising Mastery: The Tao of Kimmer – John Kim (EP.503)Fundraising “mastery” through persuasion and meeting execution. John “Kimmer” Kim argues fundraising success comes from a repeatable sales process plus reducing investor fear and building trust,…25 May 2026 · 1 h 9 min · 28 chapters
Making Mistakes – Josh Steiner (EP.502)How “mistakes” differ from “failures,” why people hide mistakes due to shame, and how to reduce mistakes in investing and leadership using psychological frameworks (schemas), better process, and…18 May 2026 · 57 min · 25 chapters
Will England, Derek Drummond, and Tony Caruso – Disintermediating Pod Shops (EP.501)Capital Allocators episode about Dockside, a managed account platform that “disintermediates” traditional hedge fund pod shops by giving institutional allocators direct access to individual portfolio…11 May 2026 · 53 min · 22 chapters
Sloane Payne and Dave Joerger – Why Culture Matters (EP.500)WCM Investment Management’s culture and how it drives performance—“Why Culture Matters”—especially through trust, accountability, hiring for character, and scaling culture without relying on rigid…4 May 2026 · 55 min · 26 chapters
Alex Sloane & Matt Perelman – Buy-and-Build Playbook in the Core Economy at GSP (EP.499)Garnett Station Partners’ buy-and-build strategy for “core economy” founder-led businesses, using speed plus diversification to reduce micro-market risk, disciplined purchase-price discipline, heavy…27 Apr 2026 · 1 h 4 min · 30 chapters
Rodney Comegys – The Mechanics of Indexing at Vanguard (EP.498)Vanguard’s philosophy and day-to-day mechanics of indexing—how to build “total market” equity exposure globally, manage index concentration risk, implement index changes, and add limited value while…20 Apr 2026 · 47 min · 25 chapters
Randall Stutman – Giving Feedback, Followership, and Admired Leadership (EP.497)How admired leaders build followership and deliver feedback with minimal resistance, using a behavioral “power-to-suggestion” framework and specific questioning techniques (how questions, echo…13 Apr 2026 · 1 h · 27 chapters
[REPLAY] Randall Stutman - Admired Leadership (EP.150)Randall Stutman discusses “Admired Leadership” and the behaviors behind admired, high-performing leadership—plus how his coaching process works and what investors/allocators should look for in…13 Apr 2026 · 1 h 5 min · 28 chapters
Promote Giving – A New Model for Performance-Driven Giving (EP.496)Promote Giving, a performance-driven giving pledge for alternative asset managers.9 Apr 2026 · 24 min · 12 chapters
Bruce MacDonald – The Playbook for Building a Mid-Sized Endowment from Scratch (EP.495)Bruce McDonald explains how VCU’s endowment/health system investment team builds a focused, liquidity-rich portfolio from scratch, avoids “market timing,” and targets secular tailwinds while keeping…6 Apr 2026 · 1 h · 23 chapters
Kieran Goodwin – Private Credit Concerns (EP.494)Private credit risks—asset-liability mismatches, liquidity/marking problems, leverage, and “reflexive” redemption dynamics in interval funds and non-traded BDCs; plus how Saba Capital is positioning…30 Mar 2026 · 49 min · 34 chapters
Jeremy Grantham – Bubbles, Value Investing, and the Long Game at GMO (EP.493)Jeremy Grantham (GMO co-founder) explains how major market bubbles form around “obviously serious” investment ideas, why timing is hard, and how value investors should manage career risk and…23 Mar 2026 · 1 h 18 min · 32 chapters
WTT: When the Benchmark Becomes a BetThe episode argues that the S&P 500 has stopped functioning as a neutral, diversified benchmark and now behaves like a concentrated “bet” on a small set of AI-linked technology winners, creating…19 Mar 2026 · 9 min · 3 chapters
Will Guidara – Unreasonable Hospitality (EP.492)“Unreasonable Hospitality” argues that companies should invest as relentlessly in how they make people feel as they do in the product itself.16 Mar 2026 · 58 min · 30 chapters
Ryan Lovell – Chainlink: The Infrastructure Pipes for Multi-Chain Finance (EP.491)Ryan Lovell – Chainlink: The Infrastructure Pipes for Multi-Chain Finance12 Mar 2026 · 45 min · 16 chapters
Katelin Holloway – Human Side of Venture Investing at 776 (EP.490)Human-side venture investing—how people systems, trust, and culture drive early-stage outcomes under uncertainty; how 776 operationalizes founder support using software plus HR-style underwriting.9 Mar 2026 · 1 h 11 min · 33 chapters
[REPLAY] Alexis Ohanian – From Reddit to 776, a Technology Company that Deploys Venture Capital (EP.388)Alexis Ohanian discusses his path from Reddit co-founder to venture investing, then explains 776’s approach to deploying venture capital as a technology company (Cerebro operating system, transparent…9 Mar 2026 · 1 h 11 min · 29 chapters