Hisayuki Idekoba, the CEO of Recruit Holdings, was on a recent panel along with Vladimir Lukic of BCG to discuss the future of work in Japan and the US. He talked about workforce trends in both countries, how Recruit is utilizing AI in its business to improve the productivity of its staff and some of […]
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Guzman Y Gomez (Equity Mates)
Very interesting conversation with Steven Marks and Hilton Brett, the co-CEOs of Guzman y Gomez (GYG). GYG was founded in 2006 and is one of Australia’s fastest growing QSR businesses today, specializing in Mexican-inspired food. The company recently went public. In the interview, they discuss GYG’s founding story, the growth of the business to date, […]
Readings For The Week (6/7)
This week’s readings/links include the BBC on Japan’s victory in its ‘war’ on floppy disks, Discerene Group on the special relativity of investment horizons, the WSJ on 7-Eleven’s strategy shift, John Elkann on the In Good Company podcast, Sylvia Yu Friedman’s interview with Jonathan Shih of Keyrock Capital and Oasis Management’s latest campaign to improve […]
Readings For The Week (8/6)
This week’s readings/links include a NYT profile of Liu Thai Ker, AmCham HK in conversation with Kin Chan on the future of Hong Kong, Pangolin Fund’s May 2024 newsletter, Hosking Partners looks at the capital cycle dynamics for copper and Governance for Stakeholders on the launch of Corporate Monitor, a non-profit set up to encourage […]
Readings For The Week (25/5)
This week’s readings/links include a conversation with Tatsuyoshi Saijo on the future design framework, stock picks from the recent Sohn Hong Kong conference, the BBC revisits the Bre-X story, Jason Zweig on what we can learn from Ben Graham that still matters and Maria Ressa and Nishant Lalwani on the case for supporting independent, public-interest […]
Readings For The Week (12/5)
This week’s readings/links include Baker Steel Capital on the prospects for gold mining stocks, Alex Edmans discusses his new book “May Contain Lies”, The Japan Times on the hidden billions in Tokyo real estate luring activist hedge funds, Joe Studwell on industrial policy lessons for the US, state capacity, and corporate culture, Bethany McLean’s looks […]
Readings For The Week (28/4)
This week’s readings/links include a look at the people who repair the world’s most important infrastructure, the All Equal Podcast on examples of bad investment advice, Russell Napier’s 21 lessons from financial history for the way we live now, the WSJ on the obvious but overlooked warning signs from China’s real estate boom and RIT […]
Angus Tulloch (Library of Mistakes)
A rare, wide-ranging interview with Angus Tulloch hosted by Charles Heenan at the Library of Mistakes. He discusses some of the lessons learnt from a career investing in emerging markets. Some of my notes are included below (these are for personal reference only and not meant as a comprehensive transcript; any mistakes are also my […]
Readings For The Week (14/4)
This week’s readings/links include the ousting of Giordano’s CEO, Paul Graham on the early days of Reddit, Oasis Management’s campaign for a better Kao, a wide-ranging interview with Pierre Lassonde and Frank Giustra, and Bloomberg Big Take’s podcast on the broad appeal of Bluey and the show’s uncertain future. Nikkei Asia: Giordano CEO voted out […]
Readings For The Week (7/4)
This week’s readings/links include an interview with Capital Group’s Rob Lovelace, VEF’s 2023 annual report, the WSJ’s profile of Morris Chang, Pico Iyer on the power of perspective and the founders of Arcus Investment on the opportunity in Japanese equities. Finally, readers based in Singapore might recognize the unmistakable song of the straw-headed bulbul. I […]