Beeswax & Ropes: A Framework For Good Decisions, Part 1
The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast
Pete Matthew
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2016
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
I can't spend this much time looking at Behavioural Finance without bringing in the wisdom of Greg Davies, until recently Head of Behavioural Quant Finance at Barclays Bank and now founder of Centapse, a firm dedicated to applying sophisticated behavioural insight to help people (and organisations) make better decisions. My original interview with him happened back in May last year and is still my favourite ever interview here on MeaningfulMoney. In it, Greg speaks of having a framework for making good financial decisions.
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Beeswax & Ropes: A Framework for Good Decisions
Greg Davies will introduce himself in this first part of my interview with him, though since that time, Greg has moved on to found his own company called Centapse, where he will further develop the approach begun at Barclays. I think you’ll enjoy this chat with Greg if you haven’t listened to it before, and don’t forget there's lots of practical stuff to come next week in part two.
In this show, you'll learn:
- What Behavioural Finance actually is, as defined by the expert
- Why the story of Ulysses and the Sirens is such a powerful metaphor
- Some of the key behaviours that investors frequently display
Resources mentioned in this week's show
Book: Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast & Slow Website: Greg Davies' company: Centapse A full transcript of this week's show available by clicking the massive blue button below: [Insert Leadbox script here]
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| 0:00.0 | Hi folks and welcome to the Meaningful Money Podcast, Season 3, Episode 3. |
| 0:05.3 | No, no, they're not real. They're monsters. They're sirens. Don't listen to them. |
| 0:14.2 | This is the podcast dedicated to helping you put your finances in order. |
| 0:21.3 | My name is Pete Matthew and I'm going to share with you everything you need to know and everything |
| 0:24.8 | you need to do to secure your financial future. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm here to help you make sense of money. |
| 0:40.4 | Hey folks, how you doing? |
| 0:41.6 | Great to have you with me. |
| 0:43.5 | That was from Ice Age 4, that little clip. |
| 0:45.0 | I love that film. |
| 0:46.6 | I really like the Ice Age films. |
| 0:47.8 | Full stop. |
| 0:49.1 | I hope you're doing fine. |
| 0:50.4 | Thanks for joining me once again, |
| 0:53.0 | carrying on our season about behavioral finance. |
| 0:55.7 | And I can't really continue with that without bringing in the wisdom of a guy called Greg Davis. Now, Greg is head of behavioral quant |
| 1:02.0 | finance at Barclays. My interview with him happened back in May last year, and it's still, |
| 1:08.9 | I think, my favorite ever interview that I've done here on |
| 1:11.6 | Meaningful Money over 176 episodes and don't know how many of those have been interviews, |
| 1:16.4 | certainly at least 50, I think. You know when you speak to somebody and you're just in awe of |
| 1:21.8 | their mind and you just kind of want to sit at their feet and learn? I was a bit like that talking |
| 1:26.1 | to Greg. Seriously bright guy |
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