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The Long View

Cliff Asness: ‘The Problem Was Never Beta. The Problem Was Paying Alpha Fees for Beta’

The Long View

Morningstar

Finance, Dan Lefkovitz, Amy Arnott, Entrepreneurship, Investing Leaders, Jeff Ptak, Investors, Christine Benz, Influential Investors, Careers, Long-term Investing, Financial Services, Business, Investing, Morningstar

4.5775 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The founder of AQR Capital Management discusses alternative strategies, private markets, tariffs, and the role of AI in investing.

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0:00.0

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0:56.4

Hi, and welcome to the Longview.

0:58.6

I'm Christine Ben's Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning for Morningstar.

1:02.9

And I'm Dan Lefkowitz, strategist for Morning Star Indexes.

1:06.3

Today on the podcast, we welcome back Cliff Asness.

1:09.8

Cliff is a founder, managing principal, and chief investment officer at AQR Capital Management.

1:15.6

Cliff writes often about investing in financial matters on AQR's website and has been a prolific researcher throughout his career,

1:23.6

with his contributions appearing in many of the leading scholarly journals, including the Journal of Portfolio Management,

1:30.4

Financial Analyst Journal, the Journal of Finance, and the Journal of Financial Economics.

1:35.9

Before co-founding AQR, Cliff was a managing director and director of quantitative research

1:41.2

for the Asset Management Division of Goldman Sachs.

1:45.1

Cliff Asnus, welcome back to the Longview.

1:47.7

Thank you for having me.

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