Briner: A CIO’s daily role is largely operational, not just investing
Brad Briner · Brad Briner - Family Office to Public Service (EP.413) · Oct 21, 2024 · at 37:37
Brad Briner, former Co-CIO of Willett Advisors, discusses executive leadership lessons and organizational management for Chief Investment Officers.
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“It's largely not an investment job. I think people kind of know that, but I'd take it maybe a degree further. There are many functions that make an investment organization work well, and they are all important. Some of them are important because if you step on that landmine, it blows everything up. Some of them are important because they actually directly create alpha for the portfolio, but all of them need to be managed and all of them, if you're running a great organization, have great people in them who want your feedback. So if you think about your day to day as a CIO, The investing piece should not be a majority of that.”
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