The Generalist
also referred to as: generalist · generalists
4 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 20, 2017 by Brett Barth · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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Apr 20, 2017 negative
Barth: Why BBR uses generalists instead of asset-class investment specialists
“First, from a structural perspective, all of the senior people are generalists, and so if you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail. If you're the private equity specialist, Every investment problem has a solution that looks like a private equity fund.”
Oct 5, 2020 positive
Apr 1, 2024 neutral
Maul: Generalist investment teams naturally gravitate toward specialties over time
“I decided in the beginning I wanted a team of generalists because I wanted people to be making relative value decisions all the time.
What I'm seeing naturally over time is people do gravitate towards their specialties and it just happens.”
Apr 29, 2024 positive
Johnson: Long-term allocators should back generalists over unpredictable 10-year horizons
“An important result of that is that you tend to invest with generalists because we do not know what the market is going to look like in 10 years. We need these people to be building investment processes and have diverse enough interests that they can thrive ac…”