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Rahul Moodgal

24 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 18, 2019 by Rahul Moodgal · said 8 times in 6 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Feb 18, 2019
Insight
Moodgal: Emotional Thinking Focuses on Execution; Rational Thinking Focuses on Duration
“And when you're emotional, you focus on execution. And when you're rational, you focus on duration.”
Rahul Moodgal Feb 18, 2019 ▶ 1:03:56 Rahul Moodgal - Master Fund Raiser (Capital Allocators, EP.87)
Feb 18, 2019
Insight
Moodgal: Rushing Fundraising Conversations Leads to Mistakes and Misplaced Pressure
“Do things slowly, don't be in a rush, because when you're in a rush, you can say the wrong things, things can come out the wrong way, and you can put pressure on people where you shouldn't be putting pressure on people.”
Rahul Moodgal Feb 18, 2019 ▶ 12:00 Rahul Moodgal - Master Fund Raiser (Capital Allocators, EP.87)
Feb 18, 2019 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Moodgal: TT International AUM Surged From $2B to $8.5B in 18 Months
“So I joined TT. It's under two billion dollars of AUM. And the space of 18 months, it goes to eight and a half billion dollars.”
Rahul Moodgal Feb 18, 2019 ▶ 20:14 Rahul Moodgal - Master Fund Raiser (Capital Allocators, EP.87)
Feb 18, 2019
Insight
Moodgal: Proactively Disclosing Bad News Beats Letting Rumors Fester
“If someone's leaving, just tell them, because a rumor mill is faster than you can ever be. And the key thing is to take control of the situation. And if you take control of it at the beginning, then you're going to be able to deal with it. And you'll take what…”
Rahul Moodgal Feb 18, 2019 ▶ 17:02 Rahul Moodgal - Master Fund Raiser (Capital Allocators, EP.87)
Feb 18, 2019 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Moodgal: TCI Scaled to a $30B Platform with 1,200 Investors at Peak
“We built, five years on, we built a platform of thirty billion dollars with five managers on, and it was incredible. I traveled all over the world, we had 1200 investors at our peak”
Rahul Moodgal Feb 18, 2019 ▶ 24:20 Rahul Moodgal - Master Fund Raiser (Capital Allocators, EP.87)
Feb 18, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Moodgal: Algebris Was the Largest Sector Fund Launch in History
“Versus an Algebras, which launched day one with 1.1 billion of demand. It's the largest sector fund launch in history, and we start with six 75 day one, then took it over time.”
Rahul Moodgal Feb 18, 2019 ▶ 30:21 Rahul Moodgal - Master Fund Raiser (Capital Allocators, EP.87)
Feb 18, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Moodgal: Raised $800M Over a Single Weekend for TCI's Visa Bet
“I'm going to Asia, Chris calls me, I land in Hong Kong, calls me on a Thursday night, and says, I need eight hundred million by Monday. Ok, fine. So I go to sleep, I wake up Friday morning, I sit on the phone, and raise eight hundred million bucks, call him, a…”
Rahul Moodgal Feb 18, 2019 ▶ 28:16 Rahul Moodgal - Master Fund Raiser (Capital Allocators, EP.87)
Feb 18, 2019 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Moodgal: Advised an Asian hedge fund manager holding a 63% short position
“There was one manager I was helping in Asia, who put his whole business at risk, and he had a 63% short position, which could have completely, luckily it worked for him, but it could have blown his whole business up, and his fund, and killed his investors.”
Rahul Moodgal Feb 18, 2019 ▶ 51:34 Rahul Moodgal - Master Fund Raiser (Capital Allocators, EP.87)
Feb 18, 2019
Insight
Moodgal: Only Allocate to Managers Who Have Survived a Fund Blowup
“And for me, post-crisis, I will say to everyone, only invest with someone who's blown up or been at a firm that's blown up. Because unless they've been through a tough time, you won't know how they're going to handle it, how they're going to treat their invest…”
Rahul Moodgal Feb 18, 2019 ▶ 50:01 Rahul Moodgal - Master Fund Raiser (Capital Allocators, EP.87)
Sep 26, 2024
Insight
Moodgal: Ego, speed, and leverage are what destroy asset managers
“The three things that kill you are any Lampard's initials, ESL, ego, speed, and leverage. Don't have an ego. Don't rush and think about leverage.”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 25:21 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Moodgal's Pitch of Reasons Not to Invest Converted 8 TCI Investors
“When I was at TCI, we had a platform of managers and honestly, Ted, I did two groups of 12. The first group I sat down and spoke to and I fell asleep at what I was talking. No one invested. I went to the second group and I said, I'm going to do something a bit…”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 21:13 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024
Insight
Moodgal: Fund organizational structure is more important than investment strategy
“And I still think more and more that structure is more important than strategy. Structure of your team, structure of your culture, structure of your fund, structure of your organization, structure of your compensation, all those sorts of things are really good…”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 25:09 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Moodgal Rejects Digital Tools to Focus on Analog In-Person Fundraising
“The one thing I'll tell you is that as people use more and more technology and going more and more digital, I'm going more and more analog. And I'll spend more time on the road. I'll spend more time talking to people. I'll spend more time going to events becau…”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 14:45 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024
Insight
Moodgal: Business mistakes destroy asset managers, while investment mistakes only hurt them
“You can make an investment mistake, and it will hurt you. You make a business mistake, it will kill you.”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 24:43 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024
Insight
Moodgal: Fundraisers Must Hold Back and Let Allocators Decide Timing
“You meet people 20 times, and you want to talk about your manager, but you just have to hold back, because they have to determine when the time is right, and it may never be right, and that's just the way it is.”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 8:46 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Moodgal: Parvus manages its portfolio with only nine people
“We're nine people. Everyone sits on the floor. There's no offices. I'm the only one that has an office, but everyone just talks very openly about what we do, how we do it.”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 35:37 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Moodgal: IADEI comprises 800 global institutions screening minority managers quarterly
“And on the back of that was born IADEI, Institutional Allocators for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which today has 800 institutions across the world that quarterly sifts through minority owned organizations. Minority led organizations in a certain asset cla…”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 30:13 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024
Insight
Moodgal: Core Investor Relations Skills Cannot Be Taught
“I don't think you can learn this. You can get better at it, but you've just got to have the people skills. I think you've just got to love people.”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 5:53 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024 bearish
Opinion
Moodgal: Capital raising is currently harder than ever in 26-year career
“The first thing I will tell you is I'm not going to swear, but it is bloody hard. It's harder than I've ever, ever known it to be.”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 11:57 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Moodgal: Building investor relationships post-COVID takes 18 months to 7 years
“Any investor that I've managed to build a relationship with and work with post COVID is taking between 18 months and seven years.”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 12:52 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Moodgal: $40T in Private Wealth Will Institutionalize Over Next Decade
“I think the number is 40 trillion dollars from private wealth is going to be effect to become institutionalized over the next 10 years.”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 10:31 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024 negative
Insight
Moodgal: Fundraisers should never directly ask allocators if they will invest
“Number two, there's certain questions you never ask. Are you going to invest with me? Do you like me? How do I compare? Did I do a good job? You don't ask those questions. You follow up more elegantly.”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 18:03 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Moodgal: Cathy Iberg Invested in His Managers 15 Years After Meeting
“I met her in 1998, and she invested in two managers I was working with in 2013.”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 8:10 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
Sep 26, 2024 neutral
Disclosure
Moodgal: Parvus manages $10B with only 65 clients
“We are ten billion. We have 65 clients, which is not a lot.”
Rahul Moodgal Sep 26, 2024 ▶ 35:00 Rahul Moodgal – Master Fund Raiser Returns (EP.408)
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