The Big Picture

MARCH 7, 2023

Maria Vassalou has a fascinating history and background, London School of Economics to Columbia School of Business, where she actually was a professor for over a decade, and started consulting to the hedge fund and financial services industry. But over time, as you know, there was this big shift towards passive investing.

Hedge Funds 67

Hedge Funds Assets Asset Management Capital 67

The Big Picture

AUGUST 20, 2024

The opportunities to trade derivatives and be involved in the hedge fund space was something that really had not emerged, at least for me in New York until Canyon Partners provided that opportunity. But if you look at, when I sold my software company in the late 1990s, we had this huge disconnect where I’m a value investor.

Asset Management 67

Asset Management Assets Mutual Funds Taxes 67

The Big Picture

MARCH 14, 2023

BERNSTEIN: You know, if you go back to Jack Bogle and the whole idea, and always in my career, I have tremendous respect for Jack, both as a businessman and as an investor. And Jack’s whole thing was you want to be a passive investor. And people can say, well, I should just hold an index fund for the long term.

Banks 62

Banks Portfolios Assets Investment Banking 62