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MiB: Ken Kencel, Churchill Asset Management

The Big Picture

 This week, we speak with Ken Kencel, who is president and chief executive officer of Churchill Asset Management, a private credit firm with $46 billion in assets under management that was the top US private equity lender in the 2022 PitchBook league tables and was named 2022 Lender Firm of the Year by The M&A Advisor.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (May 3–4)

Nerd's Eye View

a ski chalet), assessing whether it will lead to greater overall wellbeing, or, alternatively, more stress, is more challenging Enjoy the 'light' reading! a ski chalet), assessing whether it will lead to greater overall wellbeing, or, alternatively, more stress, is more challenging Enjoy the 'light' reading!

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The Fed on "Possible Macroeconomic Effects of a Temporary Federal Debt Default"

Calculated Risk

economy—Treasury securities are the world’s “safe” asset and the dollar is the world’s main reserve currency. For example, a prolonged default might increase the reluctance of investors to hold Treasury securities and perhaps dollar-denominated assets more generally. Failure to raise the U.S. It is up to Congress.

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MiB: Gretchen Morgenson on Private Equity

The Big Picture

They also wrote the 2011 bestseller “ Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon ,” about the mortgage crisis. UHNW investors have been so attracted to Private Equity’s diversified asset class and steady returns, especially in an era of zero interest rates.

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Do Magazine Covers Contain Market Signals?

The Big Picture

It isn’t just Time magazine, but any non-business publication — consider the New York Times magazine cover on gold3 in 2011 as yet another example. Gold was more $1,500 an ounce during the week of the cover story in May 2011; during August and September of that year, gold almost hit $1,900; by December, it was back down to $1,500.

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Transcript: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

The Big Picture

The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Elizabeth Burton, Goldman Sachs Asset Management , is below. Elizabeth Burton is Goldman Sachs asset management’s client investment strategist. It depends on your asset allocation. And they took it out of their asset allocation in favor of other strategies.

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At the Money: How to Change Careers 

The Big Picture

His firm, Efficient Frontier Advisors manages $400 million in client assets ($25m minimum). He is also the author of multiple books, the Intelligent Asset Allocator, four Pillars of Investing, investors Manifesto, and on and on. Did you develop systems for managing assets and dealing with clients or checklists? Bill Bernstein.