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Herman Warren, Africa Director for The Economist Corporate Network, discusses the economic and social impact of Covid-19 on sub-Saharan Africa in general, and South Africa in particular, the outlook for the continent post-pandemic, whether the commodities boom will turn into a supercycle, the role of China, and what Africa can expect from the Biden administration.

Andrew Lo discusses his various fields of expertise and research with Anastasia Diakaki. Professor Lo's most recent work in healthcare finance, more timely than ever, serves as the starting point for a conversation covering the COVID-19 pandemic, machine learning applications in biopharma, artificial intelligence and the interpretability of machine learning results in the finance industry. When it comes to preparing for the future, we ask Andrew Lo: "Do we all need to become computer scientists?"

Topics discussed:

1:30 - Professor Lo's philosophy and approach in health care finance sector

2:43 - Applications: what are the implications of these tools?

4:51 - Lo's view on the pandemic and the acceleration of some processes

6:41 - Machine learning applications and health care

8:58 - Successes and improvements to algorithms in practice

10:57 - Computer science – the new life skill to have

13:24 - Machine learning algorithm used in the investment process

15:25 - Are your current students more comfortable with science skills?

16:55 - AI and human intelligence

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Episode #451 Investing in Esoteric Assets Rishi Ganti, CFA, founder of Orthogon Partners, a private investment fund focused solely on esoteric assets, explains why he searches for what he calls esoteric assets and why this is the area where investors should be hunting for opportunities. Episode Transcript: https://cfainst.is/3pvys5u Topics discussed: 2:32 - City living nowadays 4:35 - "The come-to-Jesus" moment 8:47 - What conceptions we might have wrong and what led Rishi to the Orthogon path 14:33 - More about Orthogon 17:04 - What is an esoteric asset? 21:40 - Opportunities discovered 25:52 - The intensive process of surfacing opportunities 32:58 - What ray of sunshine has some from the pandemic? 35:18 - What would you bring on a NASA flight 37:15 - Flight or invisibility, which would you choose? Related articles and links:

Institutional Investor: https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1phwnq5888jf2/Why- Modern- Finance- Is- Ruining- the- World

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Episode #450 How to Make Smarter Decisions about Money Paul Sullivan, author of the Wealth Matters column for The New York Times and the Money Game column in GOLF Magazine, discusses why it's important for financial advisers to discuss money scripts with clients and for families to talk to their children about money. A lifelong golfer, Paul also shares anecdotes from some of the legendary pros, as well as a few things he learned after writing more than 500 columns about money. Episode Transcript: https://cfainst.is/3u2Dzh3 Topics discussed: 2:00 - Launching Wealth Matters column in the financial crisis 4:13 - Lessons gleaned over 500 columns 5:42 - Paul's; favorite column 7:54 - Why do we have an aversion to talking to kids about money? 11:00 - Strategies for helping people talk about money 13:17 - Money scripts 16:00 - Paul's writing process and how he keeps finding ideas 18:49 - Flops and mistakes in behavioral finance 21:30 - Richard Thaler and The Thin Green Line 24:54 - Clutch and Tiger Woods 27:58 - Writing for Golf Magazine 30:48 - Paul's favorite golfing character and his favorite golfing story 33:06 - Ray of sunshine question 33:48 - NASA question 34:45 - Flight vs. Invisibility

Related articles and links:

NYT Wealth Matters https://www.nytimes.com/column/wealth-matters

Paul's favorite column's: Somebody's Watching ... and Ready to Sue https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/your-money/05wealth.html

A Bespoke Perfume Doesn't Come Cheap https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/14/your-money/designing-personal-perfumes.html The Green Line Secrets https://www.amazon.com/Thin-Green-Line-Secrets-Wealthy/dp/1451687257

Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don't https://www.amazon.com/Clutch-Excel-Pressure-Paul-Sullivan/dp/1591844290

Golf Magazine: https://golf.com/contributor/paul-sullivan/

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Dirk Willer, a managing director and global head of emerging market strategy at Citi and co-author of Trading Fixed Income and FX in Emerging Markets: A Practitioner's Guide, discusses the outlook emerging market economies amid the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, what to expect from China, and his guide to trading foreign exchange.

Episode Transcript: http://static.3playmedia.com/p/files/5653820/threeplay_transcripts/16847103?format_id=46&project_id=18442&format=pdf Topics discussed: 2:00 – How optimistic are you for the new year? 3:20 – John's approach at Acadian 6:51 – Building culture 11:29 – How to get involved in quantitative investing 13:44 – John's opinion on drivers of value's recent underperformance and conditions for a comeback 18:01 – Acadian's approach to value investing and how John's Quant skills help compete with other value managers. 20:32 – Does your approach look to leverage a common theme across asset classes? Or are you looking to diversify by exploiting different causal factors? 20:09 – Acadian's ESG philosophy. 27:11 – Lesson's learned over three decades at Acadian that are helpful to understanding the current environment 32:00 – Ray of sunshine question: what is one positive long-term change that you hope to see as a result of the pandemic? 34:03 – NASA question: what one item would you bring on a long flight to space? 35:29 – Flight or invisibility? Which superpower would you choose?

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This American Life: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Acadian: https://www.acadian-asset.com/

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In this episode #447, Troy Prince founder of Wall Street Bound discusses how his organization is creating pathways of success for urban youth through careers in finance, despite the many challenges they often face.

Episode Transcript: http://static.3playmedia.com/p/files/5648975/threeplay_transcripts/16831037?format_id=46&project_id=18442&format=pdf Topics discussed:

1:23 – Background about yourself and Wall Street Bound 3:34 – Inner city youth: what are the biggest roadblocks that keep them from finding positions within investment management? 5:30 – Diversity: how do we get employers and investment management to value this underserved part of the talent pool? 7:06 – Stories or examples on how have you been able to help these young people and get them positions within investment management? 9:39 – Credentialing: Ways you have helped your students get credentialing to move into investment management. 11:49 – Current status of diversity in the industry 15:53 – Hiring people from diverse backgrounds: What do employers do to find talent, valuable talent in the inner city? 17:52 – Skills that you are recommending helping students and/or young people so they can better compete for positions in the industry? 23:43 – How would you like to see the investment management industry evolve over the next 5 to 10 years? And what do you think they should focus on first? 26:37– What is the best way to find good inner-city talent?

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Wall Street Bound: https:///www.wallstreetbound.org [email protected]

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