In this episode, Ato speaks with Jacques Opoku an investment professional with 11 years of experience in asset management, where he worked on institutional portfolios and gained a deep understanding of how money is managed at scale.

- The best investment you can make for yourself

- Lessons we can learn from institutional investors

- How to be in the 30% of people building wealth from the stock market

- Investing themes to consider for the future and much more!

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0:00 - Preview

1:07 - Intro

1:18 - Meet Investment Professional Jacques Opoku

2:52 - Why I left Investment Management

5:59 - What I think my purpose is

8:38 - One belief about money I wish more people understood

12:20 - XTB Ad - Free Rolls Royce Share

13:14 - How people approach building wealth

18:53 - What is institutional investing? 

20:28 - Institutional investors vs retail investors 

21:34 - Main advantages Institutional investors have

24:11 - Advantages retail investors have over Institutional investors

27:47 - How University of Oxford built it’s wealth 

28:34 - What is a GILT?

30:41 - Do institutional investors always get it right?

36:47 - The different styles of  institutional investors

40:32 - Should retail investors copy institutional investors

50:13 - More than 70% retail investors don’t make money

53:33 - How to be more patient with the stock market

1:01:51 - How to find out what investing strategy works for you?

1:04:38 - Why does active investing still exist?

1:11:49 - Not everyone needs to be Warren Buffett 

1:14:39 - What themes would I include in my portfolio today

1:19:31 - Final words

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