Capital Horizons - The Podcast
by Capital Horizons - The Podcast
Capital Horizons is a podcast where investors and experts explore the ideas and forces shaping investment opportunities over the medium to long term. Hosted by Igor Yelnik, founder and CIO of Alphidence Capital Ltd, each episode features special guests discussing the topics that matter most to investors, including geopolitics, energy, cryptocurrency, demographics, monetary policy, and much more. Tune in every month for a new episode of Capital Horizons — the podcast where markets meet insight.
Episodes
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The Risk Pension Investors Can't See - Kari Vatanen
How should pension funds invest when the future is uncertain, diversification can fail when it matters most, and traditional asset allocation may no longer be enough? In the latest episode of Capital Horizons, I speak with Kari Vatanen, Head of Allocation & Alternatives at Elo, about how...
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Everything We Know About Investor Risk Is Wrong - Arun Muralidhar
Most of what we’re taught about investor behaviour is wrong, according to Arun Muralidhar. In the latest Capital Horizons episode, Arun Muralidhar (founder of MCube Technologies, former World Bank pension fund manager) shares multi-country survey evidence covering ~40% of the world’s population:...
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Jack Schwager: 40 Years of Market Wizards
After interviewing the greatest traders in the world for over 40 years, Jack Schwager knows what separates winners from everyone else. In this Capital Horizons interview, the author of Market Wizards shares the timeless habits, risk principles, and psychological edge behind exceptional trading...
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Capital Horizons - Joy Xu
Igor Yelnik sat down with Joy (Zhuoying) Xu, Senior Investment Director at Verizon Investment Management, to discuss how her team manages a ~$50B portfolio - with a deep dive into their highly effective Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA) overlay. Joy shares practical insights on blending...
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Jason Hsu - How To Trade Emerging Markets
In this episode of Capital Horizons, Igor Yelnik and Jason Hsu engage in a lively and insightful conversation on investing in emerging markets. They explore a wide range of critical topics, including navigating geopolitical risks, dealing with poor data quality, balancing short-term versus...
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Capital Horizons - Rob Carver
Rob Carver shares his expertise on trading futures strategies, joining Igor Yelnik to dive into both high-level concepts and technical execution. They explore various signal types, portfolio construction, and backtesting methodologies, while offering practical insights into managing trading costs...
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Capital Horizons - Richard Tomlinson
How do you invest when you’re responsible for billions? Richard Tomlinson, CIO of LPPI, sits down with Igor Yelnik to explore the key questions shaping institutional investing today: active vs passive, in-house vs outsourced, private vs public assets, defining risk, and building portfolios that…
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Capital Horizons - Tomasz Nadrowski and Stuart Macliver
In this episode of Capital Horizons: The Podcast, Igor Yelnik dives into the world of critical minerals and how to trade them with Tomasz Nadrowski and Stuart Macliver of Amvest Capital. They explore whether Greenland could become a major mining hub, how China came to dominate the market, why…
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Capital Horizons - Lisa Morris
How did Lisa, a former actress, become a successful entrepreneur, and then a successful investor? What led her to sucess in her business? What are her investment principles? What does she expect from a founder? What have been her mistakes? How does she think about philantropy? How is she hoping…
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Capital Horizons - 2025 Changed Everything
As 2025 is rolling towards its end, enjoy the highlights of Capital Horizon The Podcast! Many thanks to Diana Choyleva, James Butterfill, Jason Hsu, Patrick English, Arun Muralidhar, Rishi Narang, Evgeny Gokhberg, Tom Ducrot, Jim Liew, Justin Crump, Pascal Kummert, Maryam Torshizi, Andrew Beer…
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Capital Horizons - Evgeny Gokhberg
Igor Yelnik interviews Evgeny Gokhberg, founder of Re7 Capital, for a candid conversation on DeFi and tokenisation. They unpack DeFi lending’s risk-reward tradeoff, why building a DeFi fund is far harder than it looks, who’s investing in this space, and why pension funds staying out might be a...
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Capital Horizons - Tom Ducrot
Igor Yelnik and Tom Ducrot of Futures Ratio discuss the futures market. How do people make money in futures? Who are investors in managed futures? Should investors put more capital into managed futures strategies? Why don't they? How are managed futures packaged in investable products? Host: Igor...
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Capital Horizons - Maryam Torshizi
In the latest episode of Capital Horizons The Podcast Igor Yelnik speaks with Maryam Torshizi, founder of DeepSearch Labs about AI. How to avoid halluciantions? How is AI used in asset management? Why is data important? Can LLM's be used for critical taks? Can AI predict wars? Host: Igor Yelnik...
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Capital Horizons - Andrew Beer
In conversation with Igor Yelnik, Andrew Beer shares his view on portfolio construction, the role of managed futures in investment portfolios, agency problems in the industry. He spices it up with multiple examples and explains why investors do not always choose what is best for them. Host: Igor...
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Capital Horizons - Michael Azlen
How do carbon markets works? How do the help to reduce emissions? What are geopolitical aspects of energy transition? Who is free-riding emission reduction and what's being done about it? What are unintended consequences of reducing emissions? And finally, how to profit from carbon markets? Host:...
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Capital Horizons - Jim Liew
How are hedge funds using AI? How do institutional investors adopt it? Is "AI powered" always good? Do hedge fund managers think differently? How far are we from super-intelligence? As the role of AI in asset management grows, what will be the role of a human? Host: Igor Yelnik Guest Speaker: Jim...
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Capital Horizons - Brunello Rosa
Prof. Brunello Rosa and Igor Yelnik discuss the geopolitics of central banks' digital currencies. How does digital yuan help China extend its influence over other countries? What is the ECB aiming to and capable of doing? Why is the US lagging behind? How serious are privacy issues? This and much...
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Capital Horizons - Tony Brenton
Russia - Ukraine. A rare balanced view from a Western politician expressed by Sir Tony Brenton, a former British ambassador to Russia. Sir Tony tells Igor Yelnik about the reasons and possible outcomes of the conflict, the perspectives of Western countries and corporations, the position of the…
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Capital Horizons - Michael Oliver
Igor Yelnik and Michael Oliver from Global Partnership Family Offices (GPFO) talk about family offices: How do they invest? Do they like alternatives? Are private markets a minefield? Is there distrust of traditional financial institution? What is the purpose of wealth? Do multi-family offices...
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Capital Horizons - Dennis Rivera
35 years' worth of experience of trading on the exchange floor teach you a thing or two. In this episode Dennis Rivera shares fascinating stories with Igor Yelnik and tells him about many lessons he learned in this tough and incredibly competitive environment. These lessons helped Dennis in the...
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Capital Horizons - Diana Choyleva
From petrodollar to digital yuan: the use of digital currencies for cross-border payments, the shift from the petrodollar system to the petroyuan system, the possibility of a conflict around Taiwan, the potential of the yuan to take its share in global reserves, capital controls, the interests of...
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Capital Horizons - 2024 - An Overview
Highlights of Capital Horizons The Podcast 2024 have now arrived. Enjoy 15 minutes of political and market wisdom from Igor Yelnik's co-host Sir Michael Fallon and their 13 guests: Jason Hsu, Bilal Hafeez, James Butterfill, Patrick English, Jon Danielsson, Arun Muralidhar, Rishi Narang, Alan…
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Capital Horizons - Amlan Roy
How to manage immigration? How to adjust pension systems? What's the effect of demographics on asset prices? How will financial institutions be affected? Is the current generation likely to be better off than baby boomers? Will India overtake China? All this and more as Igor Yelnik speaks with...
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Capital Horizons - Francesco Filia
Why banks fail? Why does narrow banking help? What can central banks do? What would have happened had Credit Suisse dragged UBS with it? Will shadow banking grow further? What is the role of fintech platforms? Do they have an advantage? All this and more as Igor Yelnik and Sir Michael Fallon…
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Capital Horizons - Pascal Kummert
What's really important to senior republicans? Did Putin want the war with Ukraine? How to trade around exogenous shocks? How could one trade dollar/yen, the China stimulus, the Russia/Ukraine conflict or the Middle East crisis? What is a perfect trade? What's the risk with discretionary macro?...
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Capital Horizons - Alan Dunne
In this episode of Capital Horizons The Podcast Alan Dunne gives advice to both investors and hedge fund managers. He discusses the role of liquid alts in investors' portfolios, especially in the current turbulent environment. He touches upon multistrats and on the systemic risk they present....
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Capital Horizons - Mario Unali
Igor Yelnik and Mario Unali of Kairos Partners discuss hedge funds: single and multi-strats, funds of funds, private equity, European regulation and more. Making money isn’t the sole requirement to hedge fund managers nowadays, there’s so much more to it. Tune in to learn what a seasoned hedge…
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Capital Horizons - Justin Crump
China, Taiwan, Middle East, the effect of the Russia-Ukraine. What to expect and when? What are the connections? What will be the effect of Trump-2 (that is, if there is Trump-2)? All this and more as Sir Michael Fallon and Igor Yelnik speak with special guest Justin Crump, the CEO of Sibylline...
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Capital Horizons - Rishi Narang
Who, why and how in #hedgefund manager selection. Multi-strategy funds. Trend following, mean reversion and market making. Big vs small. Collaborative vs pods. High Sharpe vs high capacity. All this and more as Igor Yelnik and Sir Michael Fallon speak with special guest Rishi Narang, Founding...
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Capital Horizons - Arun Muralidhar
Defined benefit or defined contribution or both? Are liability driven investments a blessing or a curse? What does the financial theory get wrong? Is there political space to change the system for the better? All this and more as Igor Yelnik and Sir Michael Fallon speak with Arun Muralidhar,...
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Capital Horizons - Patrick English
What will drive the US voter this November? What can happen between now and then? What election outcomes to expect in Continental Europe? How big majority will the Labour have in the UK? What are the issues which are important (and not) for the British voter? Can the Tories do anything to turn...
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Capital Horizons - Jon Danielsson
What kind of risk matters? What are the troubles with regulation? How to build resilience? Does AI increase systemic risk? Why do some financial institutions fail? All this and more as Igor Yelnik and Sir Michael Fallon speak with Jon Danielsson, Director of the Systemic Risk Centre at the London...
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Capital Horizons - James Butterfill
Around $37,000 was the price of Bitcoin on 9 February when we recorded this episode. How do people make money in digital assets? Where does Bitcoin derive its value from? What is the environmental impact of Bitcoin? Why is Bitcoin different from other digital assets? Why are some politicians...
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Capital Horizons - Bilal Hafeez
Why do Western companies circumvent sanctions? What is the US policy of containing China? How is China reacting to sanctions on Russia? Will the potential Trump presidency be beneficial for the world economy? What does the market think about WW3? All this and more as Igor Yelnik and Sir Michael...
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Capital Horizons - Jason Hsu
What do the Taiwanese think about the relationship with China? What can make China invade Taiwan? How can China Move up the value chain? What does China do about its geographical constraints? Will China become a consumption led economy? Will the renminbi become a global currency? Why invest in...
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Capital Horizons is a podcast where investors and experts explore the ideas and forces shaping investment opportunities over the medium to long term.
Hosted by Igor Yelnik, founder and CIO of Alphidence Capital Ltd, each episode features special guests discussing the topics that matter most to investors, including geopolitics, energy, cryptocurrency, demographics, monetary policy, and much more.
Tune in every month for a new episode of Capital Horizons — the podcast where markets meet insight.
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