Sonali Pier is a Managing Director at PIMCO in Newport Beach, with a particular focus on Multi-Sector Credit. She previously worked as a credit trader and was named recently to the Marketwatch 50 most influential people in markets. Our conversation starts with her education, and a stock picking competition at the tender stage of sixth grade, which launched an interest in finance and economics.
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Series 5 of 2024: Trailer: The AI of Everything – Due Diligence, Financial Literacy, Agriculture and beyond
It has been a highly charged summer. Between the big year of elections, a series of political and geopolitical surprises and a few market shocks, it has been anything but the silly season. We have launched a few episodes of Fiftyfaces TV focused on investor identity and responsible investing and we have continued covering the issue of maternal mortality, women in sports and other matters close to our hearts.
261. David Golub of Golub Capital: Giving Culture the Credit
David Golub is President at Golub Capital, a direct lender and credit manager established in 1994, and celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. As the son of a psychiatrist and psychologist, a path into finance was originally a divergent path, and a somewhat non-linear one at that.
Series 3 of 2024 – Trailer – A Tour through Public Service, Private Wealth and Culture
Summer is coming, and so is Series 3 of the 2024 Fiftyfaces Podcast, and this series is filled with themes that we have not touched in as much depth before. The notion of service, and in particular serving public funds – whether in an officer, trustee or consultant capacity is explored in depth – we look at the mindset required, the rewards that accrue, and how to attract new talent into this segment.
Episode 224: Apurva Schwartz of Harding Loevner: Turning the Lens on Investment Company Culture
Apurva Schwartz is a portfolio specialist at Harding Loevner LP. She was previously a principal at Rocaton Investment Advisors, where she was a senior member of the investment team. Prior to that she held a series of roles in equity analysis and investing. Our conversation starts with her serendipitous start in finance and how that experience of picking stocks drove her to launch her own hedge fund. Her interest then expanded to analyzing managers themselves and a career in investment consulting. This came full circle then when she chose her next move, which was back into the investment management field.
Jenny Segal – The Power of Culture at Work
Why is flow at work like liquid motivation? How can you harness motivation to build a better culture from the ground up? How will this help you retain employees, get better results and all-around better wellbeing? In this short video by Jenny Segal of Speaking With...
313. Krishna Mohanraj of Diamond Hill: Why the Power of Teams is Forever
Krishna Mohanraj is International Portfolio Manager at Diamond Hill Capital Management, a $30bn asset manager headquartered in Columbus Ohio. Prior to joining Diamond Hill, Krishna spent time at Sanford C. Bernstein and Exelon corporation and prior to that was a product manager and solution architect.
305: Rich Byrne of Benefit Street Partners: When your Opponent is your Teacher and Ego is the Enemy – lessons from Jiu Jitsu for finance and life
Rich Byrne is President and CEO of Benefit Street Partners as well as a decorated Brailian Jiu Jitsu champion. In this fascinating podcast we discus his journey from a fine arts major to a leading figure in finance and the many twists and turns in between.
303. Erik Hirsch of Hamilton Lane: Self-awareness at a firm and personal level as a key to driving meaningful change in private markets
Erik Hirsch is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Hamilton Lane, where he is responsible for the firm’s strategic direction and operations. The firm currently has over $900 billion in assets under management and supervision and is committed to driving meaningful change in private markets for the institutions and other clients that it serves.
302. Beverley Gower-Jones, OBE FEI of The Clean Growth Fund: Limiting Carbon for Cleaner Growth – The Investment Opportunity
Beverley Gower-Jones, OBE FEI is Managing Partner at The Clean Growth Fund and Chief Executive Officer at Carbon Limiting Technologies. She is an independent member on Governments Net Zero Innovation Board (NZIB). The Board provides strategic oversight of government funding of net zero innovation programs.