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The Wall Street Lab
by Andreas von Hirschhausen
The Wall Street Lab is a podcast that explores the world of finance from an insider perspective. The host, Andreas von Hirschhausen interviews top financial professionals in the fields of private equity, hedge funds, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, asset management, venture capital, management consulting, trading and many more. The themes range from investment related topics, financial markets and news, career development in finance, favourite books, personal habits, just to name a few.
Episodes
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#110 - The Human Side of Dealmaking with Rohan Doctor, Louisa AI
Rohan Doctor, founder and CEO of Louisa AI, joins The Wall Street Lab to discuss relationship intelligence, trust, and how complex institutional business actually gets done. Before founding Louisa, Rohan spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs, including a decade as a managing director. In this episode,...
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#109 - A Deep Dive into Hedge Fund Replication with Andrew Beer, DBi
Andrew Beer, co-founder and managing member of Dynamic Beta Investments (DBi), joins The Wall Street Lab for a deep dive into hedge fund replication, managed futures, and liquid alternatives. Andrew started his hedge fund career at Baupost, working for Seth Klarman, before co-founding investment...
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#108 - Finding The Good In Private Equity - With Rami Cassis, Parabellum Investments
Rami Cassis, founder and CEO of Parabellum Investments, discusses how his firm operates as a hybrid between a family office and private equity firm. He provides an inside look at his investment approach, building relationships and reputation, and his perspective on improving private equity's…
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#107 - Building a strong investment banking network - Christina Bresani, William Blair
In this episode, Christina Bresani, Managing Director and Head of Corporate Advisory at William Blair, shares her insights and experiences in investment banking and corporate advisory. She discusses her background, breaking into the industry, and the importance of networking. Christina explains…
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#106 - Understanding Behavioral Dynamics in Investing - Dr. Daniel Crosby
In this episode, Dr. Daniel Crosby shares insights on the behavioral aspects of investing. The conversation covered a range of topics, including the trends of passive and active investing, the biases exhibited by portfolio managers, the impact of recent events like the WallStreetBets phenomenon,...
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#105 - Where Financial Advisors Get Advice From: Insights from Gene Goldman, CIO of Cetera Financial Group
In this episode of the Wall Street Lab podcast, we had the opportunity to interview Gene Goldman, the Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research at Cetera Financial Group. We will dive into the key takeaways from the interview and explore how they combine quantitative and qualitative data…
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#104- Leader, Banker, Artist: Lessons For A Sustainable Career From a GS' Prime Brokerage Leader Brian Robinson (Goldman Sachs)
Brian Robinson is not your average banker. He's a partner at Goldman Sachs, runs the firm's Prime Brokerage sales force and leads the hedge fund client segment for equities, both for the Americas region, but he's also made a name for himself through his unconventional yet determined approach to...
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#103 - "We come in when founders have figured out the hard stuff" - Christoph Jost, FLEX Capital
Investors are quick to brag about the impact and network they add to their investments. After all, they know a lot of important people, have access to cash, and an infinite source of knowledge. Christoph Jost, Founder & Managing Partner at FLEX Capital, isn't one of them. "We come in when the...
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#102 - Navigating family matters, PE and VC investments inside the World of Family Office Management with Jan Voss (BLN Capital)
Welcome to the Wall Street Lab podcast, where we interview top financial professionals and deconstruct their practices to give you an insider look into the world of finance. In this episode, Jan Voss of BLN Capital shares insights on the challenges, rewards, and intricacies of working in the…
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#101 - Ian Schnoor (Financial Modeling Institute) - Financial Modeling: From spreadsheet to story in 3 steps
Welcome to the Wall Street Lab podcast, where we interview top financial professionals and deconstruct their practices to give you an insider look into the world of finance. Financial models are more than forecasts - they're a crucial decision-making tool. And it takes more than Excel-skills to...
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#100 - Alan "AJ" Jones - Career lessons from a Private Equity legend
Welcome to the Wall Street Lab podcast, where we interview top financial professionals and deconstruct their practices to give you an insider look into the world of finance. Alan Jones is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of North American Private Investment of ICG Asset Management, a…
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#99 - Kison Patel - What M&A can learn from software
Welcome to the Wall Street Lab podcast, where we interview top financial professionals and deconstruct their practices to give you an insider look into the world of finance. Today we're joined by Kison Patel, CEO and Founder of M&A Science and Dealroom, a project management software for complex…
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#98 - Krista Morgan (Stage) - Early-stage Private Equity!? And The Story Behind It.
Welcome to the Wall Street Lab podcast, where we interview top financial professionals and deconstruct their practices to give you an insider look into the world of finance. Today we're joined by Krista Morgan, a general partner at Stage, an early-stage private equity firm based in Denver,...
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#97 - Maëlle Gavet (Techstars CEO) - 3,300 Investments And Counting: Building Businesses With Empathy
My guest today is Maëlle Gavet, the CEO of Techstars. Techstars is one of the world's largest pre-seed investors, with over 3,300 investments. Maëlle is the Author of "Trampled by Unicorns" and an advocate for Empathetic Tech. Today is a special episode. I apologize for the noise in the…
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#96 - Lisa Marchese (Amex) - Developing Amex through strategic M&A
Today we're joined by Lisa Marchese, Head of Corporate Development of American Express, where she is responsible for all venture investments, joint ventures and M&A activities. Previous positions at American Express include SVP of International Business Development, VP Corporate Development, and…
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#95 - Andi von Hirschhausen (Reach.Finance) - From Banking To Entrepreneurship, and the Founder's Perspective to VC
Today is a special episode - because our host Andi is the guest! Andi was a guest on the Fintalent.io podcast. Of course, he's not only the host of the Wall Street Lab, but also founded his own FinTech recently - and raised money for it. If you have always wondered who Andi actually is and how he...
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#94 - Danielle Joseph (Closed Loop Partners) - Venture Capital Investing into the Circular Economy for a more Sustainable Future-1
Our guest today is Danielle Joseph. Danielle is a Managing Director and leads the Closed Loop Ventures Group platform – the seed and pre-seed investment division of Closed Loop Partners - focused on the circular economy. She is also a Board Member of several companies. Prior to Closed Loop...
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#93 - Srecko Dzeko Flash Ventures - Early Stage Venture Investing from Entrepreneur to Investor Advice for Founders and young VCs
Srecko Dzeko is a General Partner with Flash Ventures in Berlin, focusing on Europe and Latin America. Prior to joining Flash, he was a Senior Consultant at McKinsey. During his career Srecko working in banking with ANZ and Morgan Stanley, private equity with 3i and founded his own startup…
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#90 Mathieu Chabran (Tikehau Capital) - Building and Scaling an Alternative Investments Asset Manager
Mathieu Chabran is Co-founder of Tikehau Capital, a global alternative asset manager with over 30 Billion USD in Assets under Management. Previously, he worked in the Real Estate Debt Market team of Deutsche Bank in London. He began his career at Merrill Lynch, firstly in Paris within the…
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#89 Andrew J Scott (7percent ventures) - From Entrepreneuer to Venture Capital Investor
Andrew Scott is a founding partner of 7percent ventures, a London & San Francisco-based technology VC. Before founding 7percent ventures in 2014, Andrew founded six startups of his own. Among these was the world's first location based social network (Playtxt 2001; patented), online digital news...
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#88 Salim Ramji (iShares by BlackRock) - Making Investing easier for Millions of People with ETFs and Indexing Investing, and the Purpose of Life
Salim Ramji is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of iShares and Index Investments for BlackRock and a member of the firm's Global Executive Committee. Prior to that he was Head of BlackRock's U.S. Wealth Advisory business. Salim joined BlackRock in 2014, serving initially as the Global...
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#87 Barney Coles (Capital Dynamics) - Investing Into Clean Energy Infrastructure
Barney Coles is a Managing Director, Co-Head of the Clean Energy team and member of the Executive Committee of Capital Dynamics. He is also a member of the Responsible Investment Committee. He has over a decade of renewable energy financing experience across Europe. Prior to joining Capital...
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#86 Rasa Karapandza (EBS University) - Empirical Asset Pricing, Machine Learning, Payment For Order Flow, Cryptocurrencies
Rasa Karapandza is a Professor of Finance, Vice Dean of Education, and the Academic Director of the Master in Finance Program at EBS Business School in Germany. He is also a visiting Professor at New York University. He was previously also visiting scholar at UC Berkeley. Additionally, Rasa is a...
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#85 - Jens Bernhardt (Iconic Funds) - Deep Dive into Family Offices, Private Banking, and Wealth Management
Jens Bernhardt is the Founder and Managing Partner of Bernhardt Advisory, a multifamily office, an M&A service provider, and placement agent for private equity funds in Germany. Before founding his own company, Jens was Chief Investment Strategist of the family office service provider…
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#84 Jascha Samadi (Greenfield One) - How Venture Capital in Crypto works: Investing in Web3
Jascha Samadi is Co-Founder and Partner at Greenfield One, a Berlin-based early-stage venture fund dedicated to blockchain and crypto. Greenfield One makes long-term bets on early developer teams building towards an open, decentralized and more robust architecture of tomorrow's web. Prior to...
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#83 Mohnish Pabrai (Pabrai & Dhandho Funds) - Value Investing, Great Compounders, and Lessons from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger
Our guest today is Mohnish Pabrai. Mohnish is a legendary investor, a shameless cloner and an effective philanthropist. He is both, the author and the subject of several books. Mohnish is the founder and Managing Partner of Pabrai Investment Funds, Founder and CEO of Dhandho Funds, Founder of the...
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#82 - Laurie Menoud (At One Ventures) - Deep Tech VC Investing as a Way to Net Positivity
Our guest today is Laurie Menoud. Laurie is a Partner at At One Ventures, a VC that finds, funds, and grows deep-tech startups to catalyze a world where humanity is a net positive to nature. Laurie also joined the board of directors of several Startups, and is a multi board observer. Throughout…
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#81 Luis Garcia Alvarez (MAPFRE Asset Management) - Value Investing, Behavioural Finance, and Investing in European Football Clubs
Our guest today is Luis García Álvarez. Luis is an Equity Portfolio Manager at MAPFRE Asset Management. MAPFRE is the world's largest Spanish insurance company and the second largest insurance group in Latin America. Luis has recently received the 'Fund Manager of the Year' award at the Third...
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#80 Alina Sychova - Investment Banking and IPO Process in Emerging Markets
Alina Sychova has more than 18 years of experience in Investment Banking. Currently as the head of capital markets origination at Sova Capital, a UK based Broker specializing in Emerging Markets. Previously, Alina was a managing director and the head of equity Capital markets at Gazprom bank. And...
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#79 Michael Berns of PwC - Busting Myths about AI in Finance and its adoption around the world
Michael Berns is Director for AI & FinTech at PwC. Michael has a broad background across blue chip names such as Morgan Stanley & Moody's as well as a range of smaller innovative AI Firms. Michael has been a Mentor and Judge for organizations like Startup Bootcamp, Virgin Money Startup, Cocoon...
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#78 Lutfey Siddiqi - Global Risk Management, and Diversity and Inclusion in Financial Institutions
Lutfey is a Visiting Professor-in-Practice (IDEAS - "Ranked #1 university-affiliated think-tank 2020") at LSE, the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he also is aMember of Scientific Advisory Board at the LSE Systemic Risk Centre. At LSE he is also Co-investigator of the...
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#77 Robert Almgren - A Deep Dive into Optimal Trade Execution in Fixed Income and Futures Using Quantitative Methods
Robert Almgren is the Chief Scientist and co-founder of Quantitative Brokers. Rob was previously a professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago, the University of Toronto, and currently teaches High-Frequency Markets at Princeton University. Prior to QB, Robert was a Managing Director…
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#76 Timo Pfeiffer - An Intro to Indices - creation, use cases, and maintenance
Hello and Welcome to another episode of the Wall Street Lab Podcast. I am currently in the offices of Solactive in Frankfurt. The second in person interview in a very long time. With me is today's guest: Timo Pfeiffer. Timo is the Chief Markets Officer of Solactive and in charge of Research…
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#75 Michaela Walsh - Founding the Women's World Banking Movement, Financial Inclusion, and Female Entrepreneurship
Our guest today is Michaela Walsh. Michaela is an activist, scholar, mentor, educator, and author. She was the Founding President of Women's World Banking. Women's World Banking is the global leader in women's financial inclusion. Prior to that, Michaela served as a Project Director for the U.S....
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#74 Daniel Faggella - Use Cases for AI in Financial Services and where funding really goes
Daniel Faggella is the Founder, CEO, and Head of Research at Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research. He is also a Member of the OECD Network of Experts on AI, a Fellow at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Daniel previously founded Science of Skill, CLVboost, and Black Diamond...
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#73 Hugo Bongers - Corporate Venture Capital, Grooming Unicorns, and Investing in Startups
Hugo Bongers is the Head of ABN Amro Ventures, the 150 million Euro Corporate Venture Capital fund of Dutch Bank ABN Amro. His mission is to make strategic investments in early-stage (series A and onwards) tech and fintech companies which are relevant for the bank. His job is to scout for...
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#72 Colin Lancaster - Global Macro Trading, Hedge Funds, The Covid Pandemic, and Market Trends
Colin Lancaster is a 25-year Wall Street professional. He has run two of the highest profile global macro businesses for the top-performing hedge funds in the world and has worked directly for a number of the icons in the investing world. Most recently he was Head of Global Macro Strategies at...
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#71 JC de Swaan from Princeton University - Finance as a Force for Good
Jean-Christophe or JC de Swaan is a lecturer in the economics department at Princeton University, where he is affiliated with the Bendheim Center for Finance. He teaches courses on ethics in finance and on Asian capital markets to undergraduate and graduate students. He also teaches at the Judge...
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#70 Patrick Lowry of Iconic Holding & Cryptology Asset Group - Institutional Crypto Adoption, BTC ETPs, Bitcoin Mining and ESG, and NFTs
Patrick Lowry is the CEO and Managing Partner of Iconic Holding. Iconic Holding is a global crypto asset management group that started in 2017 with Iconic Lab, a global crypto VC and accelerator. Iconic also launched a series of crypto asset index vehicles under the Iconic Funds brand. Patrick is...
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#69 Bashar Al Natoor from Fitch Ratings - Islamic Finance, Intro, Challenges, and Opportunities
Bashar Al-Natoor is Fitch Rating's Global Head Islamic Finance. Bashar is responsible for coordinating all Islamic Finance activities across Fitch's Sovereign, Financial Institutions, Corporate, Structured Finance, Infrastructure and Insurance teams. Bashar has more than 16 years' experience in…
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#68 Radboud Vlaar from Finch Capital - Venture Capital Investments into European Fintechs
Radboud Vlaar is a Managing Partner at Finch Capital, a VC investor based out of Amsterdam. Prior to launching Finch Capital and its first fund in 2013, Radboud was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, focused on Financial Services, PE, and M&A. Prior to McKinsey, Radboud worked at TPG, co-founded 3...
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#67 Brett King - The Ultimate Fintech Episode
Brett King is a futurist, an Amazon bestselling author, an award-winning speaker, host the globally recognized radio show Breaking Banks, is the Founder and Executive Chairman of neo-bank Moven. He advised the Obama administration on the Future of Banking. Brett has spoken at TED conferences…
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#66 Stephen Stonberg - Cryptocurrencies, Tokenisation, and Regulation
Stephen Stonberg is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Bittrex Global, one of the leading crypto trading platforms. Before joining Bittrex Global, Stephen held Managing Director positions with Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse, the Winton Group, and Goldman Sachs.…
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#65 Elizabeth Crain - Current Trends in M&A and Investment Banking
Elizabeth Crain is the Chief Operating Officer and a Founding Partner at Moelis & Company where she leads the Firm's global strategy, infrastructure, and business management functions. Elizabeth has been in the investment banking and private equity industries for over 25 years as a banker,...
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#64 Chris Younger - Entrepreneur-First Investment Banking
Chris co-founded Class VI in 2005 with a mission to Enable the Entrepreneurial Spirit. Prior to Class VI, Chris spent more than 20 years gaining experience in executive management, marketing, sales, law, and mergers and acquisitions. Chris was a co-founder and President of Expanets, the nation's...
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#63 Martin Boyd - Lessons from the largest fintech in the world
Martin is President of FIS Capital Market Solutions business. You might have heard of FIS because of their 43 billion Dollar acquisition of worldpay in 2019, which was the largest acquisition in the Fintech industry to date. FIS is the world's largest Fintech with over 10 billion USD in revenue…
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#62 Weijian Shan - A Private Equity Deep Dive and Money Games
Weijian Shan is chairman and CEO of PAG, a leading Asia-focused private equity firm. Prior to PAG, he was a partner of TPG, and co-managing partner of TPG Asia (formerly known as Newbridge Capital). Over two decades, Weijian Shan has led a number of landmark transactions. Previously, Shan was a...
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#61 Stephan Feilhauer - Principal Investing in Infrastructure Tech Startups
Stephan Feilhauer is a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital, the corporate advisory, capital markets and principal investment arm of Macquarie Group. Stephan leads Macquarie Capital's growth equity investment, or investments on the firm's own balance sheet, in the Infratech sector. Before...
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The Wall Street Lab is a podcast that explores the world of finance from an insider perspective. The host, Andreas von Hirschhausen interviews top financial professionals in the fields of private equity, hedge funds, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, asset management, venture capital, management consulting, trading and many more. The themes range from investment related topics, financial markets and news, career development in finance, favourite books, personal habits, just to name a few.
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Andreas von Hirschhausen
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