Abigail Wattley

7 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 22, 2026 by Abigail Wattley · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Jun 22, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
PIMCO once ran a bond boot camp taught by Bill Gross
“I remember going to a PIMCO bond boot camp for a week. They used to run this amazing boot camp, spent a week out in California. Bill Gross was there, and they had all their senior PMs teaching us everything there was to know about bonds.”
Abigail Wattley Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 11:59 Homegrown CIO at Williams College - Abigail Wattley (EP.507)
Jun 22, 2026 positive
Insight
Allocators are rewarded for returns, not investment difficulty, says Wattley
“In this business, we don't get points for difficulty. We get points for making money. You don't necessarily have to always go find the least discovered idea. If somebody's recommending a manager to you over and over again, for example, probably worth taking th…”
Abigail Wattley Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 13:46 Homegrown CIO at Williams College - Abigail Wattley (EP.507)
Jun 22, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Williams College uses LLMs to find off-sheet diligence references in its network
“Somebody discovered recently that it's great at suggesting off-sheet references. We found some really good off-sheet references by saying this is who we're doing diligence on. Who in my network would you talk to?”
Abigail Wattley Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 47:09 Homegrown CIO at Williams College - Abigail Wattley (EP.507)
Jun 22, 2026
Assertion Supported
Seven investment professionals manage the $4.5B Williams College global portfolio
“We're seven investment people covering the global opportunity set.”
Abigail Wattley Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 42:56 Homegrown CIO at Williams College - Abigail Wattley (EP.507)
Jun 22, 2026
Disclosure
Williams College requires all investment staff to join AI working groups
“We have multiple different working groups across the team that are focused on different themes within AI. Everybody on the team is on at least one team, if not more.”
Abigail Wattley Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 45:34 Homegrown CIO at Williams College - Abigail Wattley (EP.507)
Jun 22, 2026 neutral
Insight
Early CIO tenure is exhausting because minor decisions set institutional precedent
“Early on, even the smallest decision can feel very consequential, because you feel like you're establishing the expectations, the path, the process. You think about things a lot, and it's exhausting. Eventually, you've set the path, Some of those little decisi…”
Abigail Wattley Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 37:16 Homegrown CIO at Williams College - Abigail Wattley (EP.507)
Jun 22, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Major AI process changes are premature given rapid tooling evolution, says Wattley
“The technology is changing so quickly that in some ways it feels premature to put a big stake in the ground and make some big investment or process change when in a quarter from now, The tools that are available to us could look entirely different or 10 times …”
Abigail Wattley Jun 22, 2026 ▶ 44:43 Homegrown CIO at Williams College - Abigail Wattley (EP.507)
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