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The Allocators’ Playbook by Markets Group is a podcast for asset allocators navigating asset allocation, manager selection and the next market cycle. Please visit us online at www.marketsgroup.org
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Allocators’ Playbook by Markets Group is a podcast for asset allocators navigating asset allocation, manager selection and the next market cycle.
Recent episodes include "Two Stints as Interim CIO: Howard Hodel on Risk, Rebalancing and Reassuring the Board" (28 October 2026, 26 minutes), "Stefan Beiner on Repo, Resilience, and Why Governance Beats Prediction in Pension Investing" (14 October 2026, 21 minutes), and "Inside PMRS’ Playbook: Owning Debt, Skipping Equity and Building AI Fluency" (30 September 2026, 36 minutes).
The Allocators Playbook publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 63 episodes.
Booking probability for The Allocators Playbook is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Allocators Playbook requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Allocators Playbook's contact route on record: verified email.
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The Allocators Playbook is a business podcast with 63 episodes published.
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Howard Hodel spent nearly a decade at the Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Hawaii, rising to deputy CIO and chief risk officer. Twice, in 2018 and again in 2022, the fund turned to him as interim CIO when...
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Former Publica CIO Stefan Beiner joins host Muskan to unpack repo as a liquidity tool, why geopolitical risk sharpens diversification questions rather than driving big allocation shifts, and the governance discipline...
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Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System CEO and CIO Tim Reese discusses the investment philosophy behind the pension system's evolving portfolio, including his approach to emerging managers, why he favors lower- and...
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After nearly four decades overseeing investments for the West Virginia Investment Management Board, Craig Slaughter has learned that staying independent means avoiding being “whipsawed by politics.” The longtime CEO and...
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Migros Pension Plan CIO Stephan Bereuter joins Allocators Playbook to break down how the CHF 30bn Swiss fund turned a 2023 insurance-linked securities trade into one of its best contrarian bets — bought when everyone...
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With September and October typically times of market volatility, this episode will give tips on preparing a strategic portfolio in time for defensive and opportunistic investments. State Investment Officer Matt Clark, a...
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How should institutional investors think about portfolio construction in an era of market concentration? Dawn Jia, president and CEO of UBC Investment Management, joins The Allocators Playbook with an unusual answer...
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Henrik Olejasz Larsen, the chief investment officer at €47B Sampension is rebuilding the portfolio for a world where falling rates are no longer a given,
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What matters most, governance structure or market insight? In this in-depth conversation with up-in-coming CIO Hall of Famer honoree, John Skjervem, learn his leading takeaways from doubling the AUM in Oregon, what it...
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What's better at predicting markets, quant, practiced intuition or deep analysis? How would you track it? Similar to what was seen on the hit show Billions, CIO Mark Steed discusses his proven, high conviction method...
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Part 2: CIO Hall of Famer Ash Williams discusses the changes he made once he returned to the Florida SBA after the Great Financial Crisis, and fields questions from CIOs in the industry.
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Part 1: After becoming one of the most nominated CIOs in the history of the Markets Group peer nominated CIO Hall of Fame Award, we conducted a special session with Ash Williams as part of his induction. In Part 1, hear...
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Jeb Burns, Chief investment officer of Michigan MERS, living in a U.S. manufacturing hub, shares insights on tailwinds, where investors are leaning in, humans vs. AI, and getting his investment team out of siloes.
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Inflation isn't the anomaly, it's the norm. Defense is getting a new seat at the ESG table. And private equity may be finding its edge again. Recorded onsite at our Nordic allocator roundtable in Denmark, this episode...
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Jon Braeutigam, CIO of the State of Michigan Department of Treasury, reflects on how a long-term, data-driven investment philosophy has helped guide the portfolio through major market cycles. In this in-depth discussion...
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OCERS CIO Molly Murphy joins Markets Group to discuss the hidden AI trade building across institutional portfolios, why OCERS favors infrastructure over private credit, and how the pension system is using technology...
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How did a small Canadian pension plan outperform while others abandoned defined benefit plans? Markets Group Lifetime Achievement Award winner Blair Richards shares the bold investment decisions, early move into...
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In this episode of The Allocators Playbook, Danny Popescu, founder and CEO of Harbourfront Wealth Management, shares how he transformed the firm from a founder-funded startup into a nationally recognized wealth advisory...
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How venture-backed Savvy Wealth’s CIO Sharma increased AUM 4.5x in 2025.
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In this episode, Markets Group Deputy Editor sits down with Thom Williams, the recently retired Executive Director of the Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System (ERS), to reflect on a transformative decade at the helm of...
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