We then dive into different investment opportunities across crossover funds, hedge funds, co-investments, REITs, venture capital, emerging markets, real assets, and crypto. This time around we discuss LarryвЂ™s transition to Makena, the differences between leading endowments and an OCIO, and his perspective on specialist versus generalist teams. He was an early guest on Capital Allocators discussing his path, and that conversation is replayed in the feed. Larry joined Makena in 2018, following a storied career serving as CEO and CIO of University of Virginia Investment Management Company, as the first CIO at Georgetown University, and as Managing Director of Equity and Hedge Fund Investments for the Virginia Retirement System. Larry Kochard is the CIO at Makena Capital Management, a $20 billion OCIO formed by senior executives from the Stanford Management Company in 2005. Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership We close with MarcosвЂ™ perspective on the recent drawdown, valuation, and long-term outlook. We then turn to his transition from consultant to the buy side (of the buy side) and his approach to manager selection, due diligence, portfolio construction, and oversight. Our conversation covers MarcosвЂ™ discovery of crypto while at Cambridge, building a formal research practice, and following institutional interest in the space. He is one of the most well-regarded allocators in the space, having created and led the practice at Cambridge Associates before leaving to become a principal, first at Evanston Capital Management and then at Accolade. Marcos manages $1 billion in blockchain fund of fund assets across liquid and venture strategies. Marcos is a Partner at Accolade Partners, a $4.4 billion venture fund of funds whose founder Joelle Kayden appeared on the show earlier this year. We kick off Crypto for Institutions 2 with Marcos Veremis. Subscribe to the Capital Allocators Blog or Monthly Mailing ListДon't Subscribe, but Let Us Know Who You AreДЇollow Ted on twitter at past episodes of the Podcast

equity market, rates, tech stocks, China, private equity, ESG, Europe, and emerging markets. We discuss his views of different possible outcomes on the U.S. We then turn to the obvious political topic at hand вЂ“ next weekвЂ™s U.S. Our conversation covers MarkoвЂ™s upbringing, the flaws of most political analysis, and his constraints-based framework. MarkoвЂ™s approach is akin to Moneyball for politics, challenging the orthodoxy of how others traditionally make investment decisions. Marko recently published Geopolitical Alpha: An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future, an imminently readable book with colorful examples of political analysis. Marko Papic is the Chief Strategist at Clocktower Group, where he provides research on geopolitics, macroeconomics, and markets.

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