Simon Hallett on Investing and Soccer (Podcast)
Masters in Business
Bloomberg
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Simon Hallett, who is co-chief investment officer at Harding Loevner, a firm that manages more than $72 billion in assets. Previously, Hallett was the director/investment manager at Jardine Fleming Investment Management in Hong Kong. He is also the chairman and majority owner of Plymouth Argyle Football Club in the U.K.
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| 0:00.0 | There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of. |
| 0:05.7 | That's why we launched The Big Take. |
| 0:08.3 | It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit |
| 0:14.0 | to give you some space to think. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm Wes Kosova. |
| 0:17.7 | Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters. |
| 0:23.6 | Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. |
| 0:31.0 | This is Masters in Business with Barry Rittoltz on Bloomberg Radio. |
| 0:37.4 | This week on The Podcast I have an extra special guest. |
| 0:40.8 | His name is Simon Hallett and he is the Co-Chief Investment Officer at Harding Lovener, |
| 0:46.6 | which is a firm that's been around for about 40 years and manages about $73 billion. |
| 0:53.3 | He also is the majority owner of Plymouth Argyle, a football club in the UK. |
| 0:59.9 | He has a fascinating background and has been running money on an international basis for many decades. |
| 1:07.9 | He is uniquely insightful to discuss how to pick stocks, what the difference between growth and value is, |
| 1:16.0 | and how to use both in order to identify companies most likely to perform the market. |
| 1:23.1 | The track record of Harding Lovener's International Funds has just trounced the MSCI benchmark |
| 1:30.6 | by 250 basis points annually over decades. |
| 1:35.9 | So this isn't somebody speaking theoretically. |
| 1:38.3 | They have actually put processes to work that have allowed them to dramatically outperform |
| 1:45.2 | with no further ado, my conversation with Simon Hallett. |
| 1:50.3 | This is Masters in Business with Barry Rittoltz on Bloomberg Radio. |
| 1:55.4 | My special guest this week is Simon Hallett. |
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