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On today\\u2019s episode, guest host Ranjan Bhaduri continues his conversation with John Fidler, Senior VP and Director of Alternative Investments at Commonwealth Bank and Trust, Christopher Vogt, Director of Equity Strategies at Margaret Cargill Philanthropies, and Jonathan Miles, Managing Director of Ascent Private Capital Management of U.S. Bank. Listen in as our guests talk about management fees and how they have changed over the past decade, the importance of constantly checking your assumptions, and what wisdom they would give to young up and coming investors.

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In This Episode, You\\u2019ll Learn:

• Why John and Jonathan don\\u2019t spend much time looking at short-term CTAs
• How fee compression has changed management fees over the last decade
• When our guests choose discretionary over systematic managers
• The role of alternatives in a portfolio, and why Christopher doesn\\u2019t call them alternatives
• Why Christopher urges people interested in the investment space to be cynical
• Why in a world of complex models, John sees simplicity as a good thing
• The most important decisions in Jonathan\\u2019s work, and why they aren\\u2019t necessarily financial decisions
• Why many people\\u2019s view of model risk can hurt them and their investments
• Why macro strategies will always remain strong

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Links Mentioned:

• The Impact of Crowding in Alternative Risk Premia Investing
• Hedge Funds Are Not an Asset Class: Implications for Institutional Portfolios

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