Other People's Money is the premier podcast about the business side of the fund management industry. Every week Max Wiethe sits down to learn from some of the best entrepreneurial fund managers about their experience launching and growing a fund management business. OPM is not a show about the next hot stock pick or big trade but an inside look at an opaque and misunderstood industry guided by real professional fund managers who've done it themselves.
Follow us on:
Max's Twitter: https://x.com/maxwiethe
OPM on Twitter: https://x.com/opmpod
Watch OPM and our Partner Show Monetary Matters on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeyqw1Ns_cnhSJh5XvXPWgw
All content for Other People's Money with Max Wiethe is the property of Max Wiethe and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Other People's Money is the premier podcast about the business side of the fund management industry. Every week Max Wiethe sits down to learn from some of the best entrepreneurial fund managers about their experience launching and growing a fund management business. OPM is not a show about the next hot stock pick or big trade but an inside look at an opaque and misunderstood industry guided by real professional fund managers who've done it themselves.
Follow us on:
Max's Twitter: https://x.com/maxwiethe
OPM on Twitter: https://x.com/opmpod
Watch OPM and our Partner Show Monetary Matters on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeyqw1Ns_cnhSJh5XvXPWgw
The Golden Age of Fundamental Commodities Trading with Tor Svelland of Svelland Capital (18.5% Annualized Since Inception)
Other People's Money with Max Wiethe
49 minutes
2 months ago
The Golden Age of Fundamental Commodities Trading with Tor Svelland of Svelland Capital (18.5% Annualized Since Inception)
Tor Svelland, CIO and Founder of Svelland Capital, has annualized over 18.5% net of fees since inception in 2017 in their strategy that trades a combination of commodity futures, commodity linked equities, freight derivatives, energy transition linked companies, and electricity producers. Svelland joins Other People’s Money to discuss why he believes new market participants and structural undersupply have made the current environment for commodities trading so exciting. He also discusses how he’s grown his business from personal capital to almost $1 billion in AUM with investors all over the globe.
Follow Max on X: https://x.com/maxwiethe
Follow Other People’s Money on:
Apple Podcast https://bit.ly/4e7QJ1M
Spotify https://bit.ly/3Yhaazi
YouTube https://bit.ly/3C63VXR
X https://x.com/opmpod
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
04:09 Trafigura & Goldman Sachs as Commodities Trading Talent Hubs
06:38 Launching Svelland Capital with Personal Capital
09:03 The First Major Hurdles: 3 Years & $100m in AUM
10:56 ESG and the Commodity Market Backdrop
15:59 Underinvestment & Undersupply in Shipping & Commodities
20:41 Trading Global Supply Chains Shifts
23:44 Trade Expression & Commodities Portfolio Construction
29:06 The Effects of New Commodity Market Participants
36:06 TTF Gas Markets & Price Spike Potential
39:38 Multiple PMs & The Benefits of Taking Risk
42:05 Thinking Internationally & Advice for Young Commodities Traders
45:56 International Investor Interest in Commodities
48:00 Managing AUM Growth & Capacity Constraints
Other People's Money with Max Wiethe
Other People's Money is the premier podcast about the business side of the fund management industry. Every week Max Wiethe sits down to learn from some of the best entrepreneurial fund managers about their experience launching and growing a fund management business. OPM is not a show about the next hot stock pick or big trade but an inside look at an opaque and misunderstood industry guided by real professional fund managers who've done it themselves.
Follow us on:
Max's Twitter: https://x.com/maxwiethe
OPM on Twitter: https://x.com/opmpod
Watch OPM and our Partner Show Monetary Matters on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeyqw1Ns_cnhSJh5XvXPWgw
