Alastair Unwin is a fund manager on Polar Capital’s Technology team. We discuss Alastair’s career as a technology investor, AI’s exponential curve of improvement and potential as a general purpose technology, as well as the issues that investors should consider as ever more capital is spent to realise AI’s promise. Show notes: [01:33] Alastair discusses how he got into investing [03:14] Lessons from Herald, Neptune and Polar [05:05] Heuristics for technology investing [07:29] AI scaling...
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Alastair Unwin is a fund manager on Polar Capital’s Technology team. We discuss Alastair’s career as a technology investor, AI’s exponential curve of improvement and potential as a general purpose technology, as well as the issues that investors should consider as ever more capital is spent to realise AI’s promise. Show notes: [01:33] Alastair discusses how he got into investing [03:14] Lessons from Herald, Neptune and Polar [05:05] Heuristics for technology investing [07:29] AI scaling...
Stuart Widdowson (Odyssean Capital) - Concentrating on UK Smaller Companies
Far From The Finishing Post
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2 years ago
Stuart Widdowson (Odyssean Capital) - Concentrating on UK Smaller Companies
Stuart Widdowson founded Odyssean Capital, is co-manager of the Odyssean Investment Trust, and has a wealth of experience investing in UK-listed smaller companies. We discuss the lessons Stuart has applied to public equity investing from his days in private equity, the rewards derived from investing in good quality companies that can be improved, and the overall state of the UK market. Show notes: [01:28] Stuart discusses his early career [04:12] Swapping private equity for public...
Far From The Finishing Post
Alastair Unwin is a fund manager on Polar Capital’s Technology team. We discuss Alastair’s career as a technology investor, AI’s exponential curve of improvement and potential as a general purpose technology, as well as the issues that investors should consider as ever more capital is spent to realise AI’s promise. Show notes: [01:33] Alastair discusses how he got into investing [03:14] Lessons from Herald, Neptune and Polar [05:05] Heuristics for technology investing [07:29] AI scaling...
