Readings/content links include an interview with Peter Spiller (manager of the Capital Gearing Trust), Peter Tasker’s book review of Edward Chancellor’s “The Price of Time,” potential regulatory challenges for nuclear power in the US, Doug Saunders on the Vietnamese climate trap and Merryn Somerset Webb’s conversation with Duncan MacInnes. Macro Hive: Peter Spiller on value […]
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Money Talks Podcast: Succession Asia (Notes)
The Economist’s Money Talks podcast had an interesting recent episode exploring the business succession issues that are underway in Asia today. Power is passing from the often elderly pioneers of 20th century business empires and their children, down to the third generation. The podcast is hosted by Mike Bird, Alice Fulwood and Tom Lee-Devlin. The […]
Readings For The Week (15/4)
Readings/content links include Jonathan Ruffer’s Q1 investment review, Russell Napier on financial repression and funding a green revolution, Nikkei Asia on Warren Buffett’s intention to add to his investments in Japan, Ben Nelson on the future of higher education and CGTN Europe’s conversation with Tim Clissold. Jonathan Ruffer: Q1 2023 investment review. Citywire: Financial repression […]
Readings For The Week (26/3)
Readings/content links include an American journalist’s TSMC visit, John Hempton on AT1 bonds, a conversation with Hugh Dyus from the Navis Jockey Fund, Greg Miller on how the push to decarbonize shipping slowed tanker building to a trickle and IC’s interview with Joel Greenblatt. Wired: I saw the face of god in a semiconductor factory. […]
Readings For The Week (22/3)
Readings/content links include Jokowi’s call to abandon foreign payment networks like MasterCard and Visa, Hosking Partners’ capital cycle analysis of the copper industry, Platinum Asset Management on energy transition opportunities, CNA’s interview with James Morton and Partners Capital & SMU on the Asia opportunity set. Asia News Network: Jokowi wants local governments to ditch Visa, […]
Readings For The Week (11/3)
Readings/content links include the 2023 Ruffer Review, Weijian Shan on his book Money Machine, G&R’s latest natural resource market commentary, Sarah Garner on her journey from fashion buyer to founding Retykle and a conversation with Pico Iyer on his latest book The Half Known Life. Ruffer LLP: The Ruffer Review 2023. FCC Hong Kong: A […]
Readings For The Week (4/3)
Readings/content links include Chris Wright’s new book on how Macquarie became a global giant, RIT Capital Partners’ 2002 annual report, Lee Robinson on Venezuelan sovereign debt, Kerr Neilson’s thoughts on Platinum Asset Management and Merryn Somerset Webb on the top takeaways from 300 years of financial advice. Euromoney: How Macquarie took on the world. Chris […]
Chris Wood of Jefferies (MPP)
Chris Wood, the global head of equity strategy for Jefferies, was a recent guest on the Market Policy Partners podcast for a long form discussion of his views on global markets. The link to the interview is embedded below. Worth a listen in its entirety, but I have also added some notes regarding certain topics […]
The Global Merchants
One of the best books I read last year was Jonathan Kaufman’s The Last Kings of Shanghai, which tells the fascinating story of the rival Sassoon and Kadoorie families and how they helped shape twentieth-century Shanghai. Joseph Sassoon, a professor at Georgetown University, has written an even more recent book looking at how his distant […]
Readings For The Week (18/2)
Readings/content links include Reuters on the US ramping up its advanced fuel production capabilities, remarks from George Soros at the 2023 Munich Security Conference, Todd Warren’s update on Tribeca Global Natural Resources Joe Wiggins on whether fund manager meetings are a waste of time and Patrick Barkham’s conversation with Shaunak Sen, director of the documentary […]