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Author: JB Beckett

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Deep from inside the City's shadows... author, speaker, NED and ex investment gatekeeper Jon 'JB' Beckett explores the Industry's taboo and hot topics. Dear Citizens of the People's Republic of Podcast, welcome! The New Fund Order is here; from existential risk to the human condition, a contrarian exploration of the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of; Asset Management, Finance, Fintech, Mutual Funds and Macro. Bringing you news, views and interviews. Like a philosophy-economics mash up with science fiction, B-movies, Kung Fu films, cold war spy films, to Spaghetti Westerns... all delivered from the left-field with an Orwellian chill.. #newfundorder ALL VIEWS ARE INDEPENDENT. PLEASE check out my book website: https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/7337318-newfundorder-2-0 and Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClzN8gpccuVtdfW47TM_pPQ Season 2 ‘Fight Club’ is here ...

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Send us a text Welcome to The Path to COP (26) Podcast by Nordea Asset Management and in association with the Global Ethical Finance Initiative. Produced and Hosted by New Fund Order. Episode 3 - COP Round-up: Was anything achieved, was there progress or more gradualism? What effect and impact will decisions taken have on Society and Finance? What does it mean for investors? What does COP mean for engagement, stewardship, diversity, broader ESG and climate goals? Did COP aid a 'just transi...
Send us a text Welcome to The Path to COP (26) Podcast by Nordea Asset Management and in association with the Global Ethical Finance Initiative. Produced and Hosted by New Fund Order. Episode 1 - Finance agenda: "Mobilising Public and Private Finance Flows at Scale for Mitigation and Adaptation". Join me, JB Beckett, your host and guests Natalie from GEFI and Harry from Nordea for the first Path to COP podcast, covering; 1) The Race to Net Zero: When it comes to Net Zero targets, are we mo...
Send us a text Welcome to The Path to COP (26) Podcast by Nordea Asset Management and in association with the Global Ethical Finance Initiative. Produced and Hosted by New Fund Order. Episode 2 - Gender agenda: "Full and Meaningful Participation of Women and Girls in Climate Change". The UNFCC had already specifically noted how climate change was impacting women globally, more than men, whilst at the same time the tone within our own industry… with respect to the social agenda, worker inequ...
Send us a text Welcome to Fight Club! For Season Two of the NFO podcast, step beneath the surface to debate the difficult issues facing asset management. Time to take this underground! Each round is a panel debate of two teams, one captain per team plus 2 team members. Active versus Passive 🥊 💥 Round 1 Active captain Simon Evan-Cook will be joined by Lucy Walker, CFA and Ben Conway 💥 Passive captain Mark Northway will be joined by Robin Powell and Larry Swedroe 👊 Equal time a...
Send us a text Welcome to the Darkside of Fund Management and Research... the New Fund Order. Episode 20: Into the Mind The sky arcs obsidian, as thunderous clouds roll in and heavy rain pours down. We are forced to open an iron door and take refuge inside an old hospital only to be greeted by the wails of its patients within. What dark horrors await us in this place? Step into our asylum of cognitive discourse to explore the dark corners of the mind of the fund selector. Everything from c...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. In our ever ending journey to tackle the tough topics in our industry, I talk to Justin Onuekwusi about his ‘I am’ campaign and ‘Talk about Black’. We discuss why there is a lack of diversity, why there is not enough black representation in finance and asset management… and indeed fund selection. What are the industry biases, what are the structural barriers to prog...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. We open The Sironi Files with Fintech supreme Paolo Sironi on his seminal work on Financial Market Transparency (‘FMT’), anthropology, gamification and data platforms and how these are changing asset management and fund selection from the outside in, and inside-out. In this intrigue rich episode is it mission impossible or mystery to be solved? Why is uncertainty an...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. We speak with SharingAlpha.com co-founder Oren Kaplan on creating his innovative global platform, the wisdom of the crowd, building community and insights against the backdrop of a global pandemic. In a more distanced world, is SharingAlpha.com the real ‘new normal’? "SharingAlpha went live in April 2016 and has already become the world's largest community of profess...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. Our first New Fund Order debate, about 'that manager'... We debate the ins and outs, the ups and downs of that 'Oracle of Oxford' and the whole sad and sorry affair which rocked fund allocators, distributors and the divinity of the star manager. Helping guide us through the detail are the two prominent writers David Ricketts of 'When the Fund Stops' and Owen Walker ...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. Ny fondordre Episode #15 The water ripples as the air chirps to the sound of bicycles. It could only be Copenhagen! I sit down and discuss what makes fund selection different in Denmark and the wider Scandi-fication of wealth management across Europe and beyond. We tackle ESG, diversity, quantification and the introduction of ETF products. A fascinating and insightfu...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. Normal service resumed, as we catch up with Hong Kong veteran and Welshman Richard Harris of Port Shelter as to expand our appreciation for noise and narratives in markets. We cover; Words: Truth, Bias, Noise and Narrative.. How do words and media change how investors think and react? Asia: Philosophically and practically.. in the breakdown are there key di...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. Bombarding your airwaves, this episode explores the implications of behavioural finance and Daniel Kahneman's latest book 'Noise'. How is 24/7 media impacting investing decisions? We go overwatch with our guide, and experienced asset allocator and behavioural observer, Joe Wiggins (ex ASI). Together we examine 'noise' versus investor and fund selector biases and; va...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. In another special extended episode where we talk diversity and 'Women'.. and exactly what is 'their place' in asset management and how has that changed in 50 years of discussing gender equality? Is it all talk and ALL trousers? How do fund selectors address the duality of ‘woman’ from the gender Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) point of view? We contrast the...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. In a feature-length Radiocast we venture into the Science and Science Fiction of Asset Management as luminaire and writer Tom Chatfield explores our 'MetaCognition' and the wars in our world between people, and between humans and technology. Framed with original clips from the famous Mercury Theatre ‘War of the Worlds’ production by non other than Orson Wells. ...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. In a special extended feature we go all Zen master with one of Europe's most experienced fund allocators, Clive Hale (aka 'Bear'). Explore his 'unique' philosophy since entering the industry in 1979. Robert Pirsig sets the scene through his book 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'. Join two bikers on a journey of the mind. Is Finance a human construct, what o...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. Somewhere a metronome begins ticking, he clicks his fingers then begins to tap dance across the room, then up the walls and finally onto the ceiling! He sets the beat for how he has developed funds over the years and dances to his own tune. I am joined by veteran fund strategist Jean-Francois Hautemulle. Join us as we share experiences from the buy AND sell si...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. In this special episode, enter the dojo with Gandy Gandidzanwa of Conceptual as we slice through the first 7 samurai episodes of the NFO podcast. When it comes to selecting boutique asset managers is it really a case of 'measure twice, cut once'? Gandy and I confront the insights and revelations from previous guests on asset concentration to; supertankers, technology...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. On the air you can hear the strings begin to play, as clouds roll off the Swiss Alps and Lake Geneva ripples on a gentle breeze.. The sun shines on Switzerland in a way rarely paralleled by any other market and there is much to be thankful for. European fund selection more broadly, as it is inextricably linked with the growth of asset management, too has enjoyed a bea...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. A cold wind is blowing.. As night falls on Europe, in the City a bearded stranger checks his watch under street lamp, beneath his trilby and overtly 60s square glasses he checks the time. As he waits he grasps onto his Russian 8mm cine, in the shadows lurk all the secrets of the European fund distribution industry. His contact, a Frenchman, has the dossier he needs bu...
Send us a text Welcome to the New Fund Order. An Orwellian journey into the Darkside, the Frontier and the Fringe of Finance. Picture a dark night.. rain pours down the ramparts as a storm thunders in the distance.. the light picks up the horde; an army of wannabe fund managers and eager asset-deprived boutiques descend upon the fortress walls. Yet before them stands a warrior, a knight, a paladin, a Gatekeeper to test them.. who proclaims 'Thou Shall.. Not.... Pass!!!!' Join us...
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