Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with entrepreneur John Hope Bryant, who is the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Operation HOPE Inc., the US's largest not-for-profit provider of financial literacy and economic empowerment tools. Described as the "Conscience of Capitalism," Bryant is also chairman and chief executive officer of John Hope Bryant Holdings, Bryant Group Ventures and The Promise Homes Company (Promise Homes). Bryant’s founded organizations have provided more than $3.5 billion in capital for the underserved over the past 30 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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John Hope Bryant on Financial Literacy

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Robyn Grew, who was recently named CEO of the world’s biggest publicly traded hedge fund, Man Group, which has $145 billion in assets under management. As president, she was responsible for corporate sustainability and responsible investing; Man Solutions and Man FRM; central trading, funds treasury and bank relationships; operations; financial crime; corporate real estate; and communications. Grew is also a member of Man Group’s senior executive governance committee. She previously served as COO, general counsel, chief administrative officer, and global head of legal and compliance. Grew previously held senior positions at Barclays Capital, Lehman Brothers and LIFFE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robyn Grew on Portfolio Construction

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Howard Lindzon, who is co-founder and managing partner of the early stage seed investment fund Social Leverage. Lindzon also cofounded the social network Stocktwits, which pioneered the "cashtag" and today has over 6 million monthly unique visitors; in addition, he has written several books and hosts the podcast "Panic With Friends."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Howard Lindzon on Business Ideas Before the Internet

Coming soon: When nerdy gamer Sam Bankman-Fried rocketed to fame as the world’s richest 29-year-old, he pledged to donate his billions to good causes. But then his crypto exchange FTX collapsed Billions of dollars were missing, and Sam was in handcuffs. Those who knew him were left wondering — who was Sam really? A well-meaning billionaire who made a mistake? Or a calculating con man? From Wondery and Bloomberg, the makers of The Shrink Next Door, comes a new story of incredible wealth, betrayal and what happens when “doing good” goes really really bad. Learn more here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spellcaster-the-fall-of-sam-bankman-fried/id1685258534See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Introducing - Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Julian C. Salisbury, who is chief investment officer of asset and wealth management at Goldman Sachs. Salisbury is also a member of the management committee and the board of advisers for Launch With GS, Goldman Sachs’s $1 billion investment strategy grounded in the data-driven thesis that diverse teams drive strong returns.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julian C. Salisbury on Managing Global Assets

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Benjamin Clymer and Jeffery Fowler of Hodinkee, the preeminent website for enthusiasts of modern and vintage wristwatches. Clymer, who’s been dubbed “The High Priest of Horology,” founded the site in 2008 and is currently executive chairman; Fowler was appointed Hodinkee’s chief executive officer in 2022.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Benjamin Clymer and Jeffery Fowler on Hodinkee

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Brian Hamburger, who is the founder, president and chief executive officer of the business and regulatory compliance consultancy MarketCounsel Consulting, as well as the founder and chief counsel of the Hamburger Law Firm, a boutique law firm which focuses on investment and securities industry matters. Hamburger is also the president of MarketCounsel Productions, which hosts events such as The MarketCounsel Summit, which has been called “the Davos of wealth management.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brian Hamburger on Surging Merger Business in RIAs

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Joseph Baratta, who has served as global head of private equity at Blackstone – the world’s largest alternative asset manager, with $975 billion in assets under management – since 2012. Baratta, who joined the firm in 1998, is also a member of the board of directors and management committee, and serves on many of the firm’s investment committees.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joseph Baratta on the Future of Private Equity

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Aswath Damodaran, who holds the Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education at New York University's Stern School of Business. A nine-time "Professor of the Year" winner at NYU, Damodaran teaches classes in corporate finance and valuation to MBA students. He has also written several books on corporate finance and equity valuation and has published widely in journals. He received his MBA and Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles. His next book, "The Corporate Lifecycle: Business, Investment, and Management Implications," will be published in December. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aswath Damodaran on the Future of Business Education

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Ken Kencel, who is president and chief executive officer of Churchill Asset Management, a private credit firm with $46 billion in assets under management that was the top US private equity lender in the 2022 PitchBook league tables and was named 2022 Lender Firm of the Year by The M&A Advisor. Churchill Asset Management is an affiliate of Nuveen, the $1.1 trillion asset-management arm of TIAA. Kencel, who has more than three decades of experience in the investment industry, also serves as chairman of the board, president and CEO of Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Inc., Churchill’s publicly registered business development company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ken Kencel on the Rise of Private Capital

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with former hedge fund manager Dominique Mielle, author of 2021’s “Damsel in Distressed: My Life in the Golden Age of Hedge Funds.” Mielle spent two decades as a partner and senior portfolio manager at Canyon Capital Advisors and was named one of the “50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds” by the Hedge Fund Journal and E&Y. She currently serves on the boards of four publicly traded firms and one private company. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dominique Mielle on Luck and Resilience in Finance

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Cliff Asness, who cofounded AQR Capital Management — which has $100 billion in assets under management — and serves as its chief investment officer. Also an active researcher, Asness has contributed to publications such as The Journal of Portfolio Management, The Journal of Finance and The Journal of Financial Economics, and has received a variety of accolades, including the James R. Vertin Award from CFA Institute in recognition of his lifetime contribution to research. Asness earned his master's in business administration as well as his Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cliff Asness on Quant Value Investing

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Richard Bernstein, the chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC, which manages $14.6 billion in assets. Bernstein, who was previously chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch, has been named to the Institutional Investor’s “All-America Research Team” 18 times and has been inducted into the Institutional Investor Hall of Fame. He is also the author of “Style Investing: Unique Insight into Equity Management,” which is widely viewed as the seminal book on style-oriented investment strategies, as well as “Navigate the Noise: Investing in the New Age of Media and Hype.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richard Bernstein on Quantitative Analysis

 Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with Dr. Maria Vassalou, who is co-chief investment officer of multi-asset solutions at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Prior to her career in asset management, Dr. Vassalou was an associate professor of finance at Columbia Business School, which she joined in 1995 and where she established many of the investment principles she employs today. She earned her Ph.D. in financial economics from London Business School.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maria Vassalou on the Small-Cap Effect

Bloomberg Radio host Barry Ritholtz speaks with David Layton, who is the chief executive officer of Partners Group, a global private markets firm with more than $135 billion in assets under management. Layton, who joined Partners Group in 2005, leads the firm's executive team and global executive board and is also a member of the global investment committee. He was previously the head of Partners Group's private equity business department.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David Layton on Being an Outbound Global Driven Firm

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