Bumper reading list this week. Stay safe everyone! Gordo Byrn: Corona to do – write a letter to your future financial self. Paul Tustain: Our broken financial system. Ashmore Group: Assessing the EM policy reaction-function in the context of a COVID-19 induced recession. Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Corporate socialism – the government is bailing out investors & managers […]

This week’s readings/links include a podcast interview with John Hempton of Bronte Capital, Dan Rasmussen of Verdad Advisors questions the value private equity firms are applying to their energy holdings, Bill Winters of Standard Chartered on navigating global change and disruption, a look at how complex structured products sold in South Korea could roil global markets […]

This week’s readings/links include the Pangolin Asia Fund’s February newsletter, Mak Yuen Teen on the challenges of the new quarterly reporting regime, Zhiguo He on assessing China’s capital requirement and systemic challenges, the 2020 Ruffer Review and Gordo Byrn on fear and panic. Pangolin Asia Fund: February 2020 newsletter. Mak Yuen Teen: Challenges of the […]

This week’s readings/links include RIT Capital Partners’ annual report for 2019, Jiro Yasu’s thoughts on investor engagement with companies, Sequoia’s letter to their portfolio company founders and CEOs, a Guardian long read on how Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart and the Yale endowment’s update on climate change. RIT Capital Partners: Annual report for 2019. […]