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#11 Fiona Frick - Becoming a Female CEO of a $20 Billion Asset Manager
Manage episode 269734413 series 2777592
Fiona Frick is the CEO of Unigestion, a Swiss based boutique asset manager with $20bn in AUM, and she has been recognised as one of the most influential women in finance on numerous occasions. In this interview, we discussed how Unigestion created a collaborative ecosystem for conducting cutting edge research, the importance and adoption of ESG, the general trend for passive vs active management and how to be an early adopter of emerging trends.
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Chapters
1. #11 Fiona Frick - Becoming a Female CEO of a $20 Billion Asset Manager (00:00:00)
2. Background in Finance (00:01:21)
3. Starting career at Unigestion (00:02:53)
4. Milestones to becoming a CEO (00:05:03)
5. Industry's interaction with academia and its importance (00:09:37)
6. Has active management lived up to their promise in Covid-19? (00:13:32)
7. Being an early adopter at Unigestion (00:17:31)
8. How to identify trends worth pursuing? (00:21:04)
9. Outlook on the asset management industry (00:23:20)
10. Robo-advisors: tool or solution? (00:27:21)
11. Importance and Adoption of ESG (00:29:11)
12. Common myths around ESG investing (00:31:50)
13. How companies are adapting to ESG (00:32:50)
14. Advice to younger self (00:34:58)
19 episodes
Manage episode 269734413 series 2777592
Fiona Frick is the CEO of Unigestion, a Swiss based boutique asset manager with $20bn in AUM, and she has been recognised as one of the most influential women in finance on numerous occasions. In this interview, we discussed how Unigestion created a collaborative ecosystem for conducting cutting edge research, the importance and adoption of ESG, the general trend for passive vs active management and how to be an early adopter of emerging trends.
For links and more information see our episode show notes on our website.
We value your feedback and we would appreciate any suggestions for improvement. Please take our survey.
Chapters
1. #11 Fiona Frick - Becoming a Female CEO of a $20 Billion Asset Manager (00:00:00)
2. Background in Finance (00:01:21)
3. Starting career at Unigestion (00:02:53)
4. Milestones to becoming a CEO (00:05:03)
5. Industry's interaction with academia and its importance (00:09:37)
6. Has active management lived up to their promise in Covid-19? (00:13:32)
7. Being an early adopter at Unigestion (00:17:31)
8. How to identify trends worth pursuing? (00:21:04)
9. Outlook on the asset management industry (00:23:20)
10. Robo-advisors: tool or solution? (00:27:21)
11. Importance and Adoption of ESG (00:29:11)
12. Common myths around ESG investing (00:31:50)
13. How companies are adapting to ESG (00:32:50)
14. Advice to younger self (00:34:58)
19 episodes
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