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Episode TimeStamps:
03:02 – Introduction to Amy Flikerski
08:02 – How they think about manager selection
09:28 – How do they categorize their strategies?
11:40 – How they assess their investment objective
13:07 – How they manage risk
14:29 – How the global macro environment affects them
15:41 – How they manage a billion dollar portfolio
17:11 – How the hedge fund industry have evolved
19:13 – Is there a place for multi-manager pods?
20:47 – A war for talent
22:34 – How they approach internal vs external management
26:34 – How is their team set up?
28:48 – What are they looking for when assessing managers?
30:54 – Making allocation to emerging managers
33:10 – What characterize their managers?
34:48 – Assessing the scalability of a strategy
37:29 – What makes a good allocator
39:23 – Advice for independant hedge funds
41:40 – What types of early stage managers do they look out for?
42:55 – How they approach their portfolio construction
45:25 – How they manage fund constraints
46:48 – What is their typical ticket size?
47:31 – Reaching the right level of transparency
49:46 – Characteristics of a succesful discretionary manager
51:14 – Managing drawdowns
52:56 – Their decision-making process
55:58 – How they approach commodities
57:33 – Advice for other managers
01:00:18 – Advice for people coming into the industry