Nicola Horlick speaks about fund management, tokenisation and more

BM Talks

We asked:

• What are the challenges facing the fund management industry?
• Is ESG a bubble or is it here to stay?
• What does Brexit mean for the City?
• Has the government done enough to save small businesses?
• How do music rights work as an alternative asset?
• What advice would she give investors?

For a full breakdown of the half hour podcast, see below:
01:00 - What challenges face the fund management industry?
02:57 - Passive management has seen the rise of mega firms, can boutiques survive?
03:49 - Is ESG a bubble or here to stay?
05:40 - What challenges does Brexit pose to fund management?
08:00 - Looking back at when we entered the EU in the 1970s, how politically active were you then?
09:33 - Will you always be active in politics?
10:10 - Small businesses are in dire straits, are they able to get the financing they need?
11:31 - Would it have been better for the government to take equity stakes?

14:31 - Are banks getting money out there?
16.44 - How do these specialist areas, like lending litigation and funding for music rights, work?
19:32 - Aren't young people rediscovering vinyl?
19.46 - If we can describe it as an alternative asset, can the man on the street get involved in music rights?
21.23 - Where do you see growth in the next few years, is there anything else on your horizon
26.11 - GameStop, do you have any thoughts on that?

28:28 - What advice would you give to millennials starting out on their investment journey