A godfather of gatekeepers, Bob Boyda reflects on a life in manager selection and some of the mistakes he made along the way.  

He tells Alex and Frank about the dangers of digging for undiscovered managers, red flags in China (pun very much intended) and reveals a killer question all fund buyers should be asking PMs.  

Bob is the former head of capital markets and strategy at Manulife Asset Management. During his time there, he designed and ran the firm’s multi-manager portfolios, setting asset allocation and selecting PMs to run subadvised funds.