Financial Perspectives: Insights from Investment Professionals
“Financial Perspectives” is a monthly podcast featuring interviews with leaders in the finance and investment industry on current trends, career advancement, and their future outlook. Each episode highlights the guest’s area of expertise and features their unique perspectives through a finance lens.
Discussion topics include asset management, fixed income, private wealth, fintech, AI, treasury, investing practice, insurance, fund management, entrepreneurship, alternative investing, and more! Overall, you'll come away having learned new finance and investment insights.
This podcast, developed by CFA Society San Francisco, is provided for general interest only. Episodes are published on the last Tuesday of the month. The content is not intended to be, nor should be interpreted as recommendations or fiduciary advice. Please consult your own investment professional for information concerning your specific situation.
Financial Perspectives: Insights from Investment Professionals
Sovereign Wealth Funds w/ Chris Browne, CFA - CIO & Partner; Democracy Investments
On this month’s episode of the CFA Society San Francisco Podcast, we had the pleasure of speaking with Christopher Browne, CFA, Chief Investment Officer and Partner at Democracy Investments. The Democracy International Fund assesses democratic factors in countries and allocates based on these criteria with the intention of increasing economic growth for democratic countries.
Prior to joining Democracy Investments, Chris was a Solutions Portfolio Manager for Franklin Templeton Investments, where he advised institutions and family offices on multi-asset portfolio construction. Before his employment at Franklin Templeton, Chris was a fixed-income portfolio manager at California Investment Trust (now Shelton Capital), where he managed all fixed income for the firm. He received his MBA in International Business from Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management, and has a BA in English from the University of California – Santa Barbara.
Listen to the full interview, where Chris discusses how capital flow can potentially impact a country’s political environment.
This episode discusses ESG, international equity indexes, impact investing, ETFs, the spread of democracy, and sovereign wealth funds.
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