The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

She has a really fascinating background, very eclectic, a combination of math and law. She has run a number of firms and a number of divisions at large firms and traced a career arc that’s just very unusual compared to the typical person in finance. It is something, math has always come easy to me since a child.

Math 130

Math Management Insurance Assets 130

The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

He is the Chief Investment Officer of Asset and Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs. He’s a member of the management committee. He co-chairs a number of the asset management investment committees. And again, I ended up in the financial services audit practice at KPMG. Could we do these businesses?

Assets 286

Assets Clients Investing Investments 286

The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

RITHOLTZ: The whole pre-financial crisis decade or two, hedge funds crushed-crushed it. Or at least the top, pick a number, 30, 40%. SEIDES: I know back then, the premier job in asset management was to run Fidelity Magellan. I don’t remember the number. So you’re talking about an average of a large number.

Management 130

Management Investing Investments Government 130

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I wasn’t that typical person that did a number of, you know, internships during the summer, had that …. I — I loved math, but really, I was going to go down that literature route more than anything else and — and study Spanish literature. BITTERLY MICHELL: … risk management. I was econ and kind of geeky.

Clients 286

Clients Wealth Management Investing Investments 286

The Big Picture

JULY 4, 2023

Their mainstay financial services practice, which was banking and equities, fell off a cliff. And number two, it may interest you to know, here are four or five different funds in the same situation. These are big numbers. And I realized I have his home number. And at the same time, the dot com bubble collapsed.

Management 141

Management Recruitment Numbers Banking 141

The Big Picture

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It’s, it’s no different But, but inherently in futures, a whole lot more leverage, a whole lot more risk. How fundamental was that to your learning about investing, trading risk management, starting with futures? You’re doing a lot of math in your head on the Fly. That’s unbelievable.

Taxes 268

Taxes Banking Clients Management 268