Enterprising Investor

Formerly Guiding Assets, Enterprising Investor is the flagship podcast of CFA Institute and the definitive program for the investment management industry. As stewards of the investment industry, Guiding Assets will feature intimate conversations with some of the most influential people from the world of finance about the topics that matter most to investment professionals. The show will also share crucial insights and best practices to help guide investors to make smart, ethical decisions. Enterprising Investor will continue to help build a better world for investors.

Host: Mike Wallberg, CFA

Producer: Mitchell Forst

Victor Haghani: From The Missing Billionaires to Smarter Risk and Better Decisions

Nov 15, 2025

Victor Haghani — co-founder of Long-Term Capital Management and founder of Elm Wealth — joins host Mike Wallberg, CFA, to discuss the ideas behind his book The Missing Billionaires: A Guide to Better Financial Decisions. Using the “missing billionaires” puzzle as a starting point, Haghani explores why so many...

Richard Bookstaber: Understanding Markets Through Complexity and Human Behavior

Nov 1, 2025

Risk expert and author Richard Bookstaber joins guest host Genevieve Hayman, senior researcher at CFA Institute, to explore why traditional financial models often fail to capture the real dynamics of markets. Drawing from decades of experience — from hedge funds to the US Treasury — Bookstaber unpacks how...

Christine Mahoney: What the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index Says About the Health of Retirement Systems

Oct 15, 2025

Mercer Senior Partner Christine Mahoney joins host Mike Wallberg, CFA, to unpack key findings from the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index 2025. She explains how 52 retirement income systems are evaluated on adequacy, sustainability, and integrity—and what those measures reveal about the resilience of retirement...

Winston Ma, CFA: Sovereign Wealth, AI Strategy, and the Future of Global Capital

Oct 1, 2025

In this episode of Enterprising Investor, Winston Ma, CFA, investor, attorney, author, and partner at Dragon Capital, joins guest host and editor of the Enterprising Investor blog, Cathy Scott, to explore how sovereign wealth is reshaping markets in the age of AI and geopolitical rivalry. Drawing on his experience as...

Rob Arnott: Rethinking Risk, Fear, and the Future of Asset Pricing

Sep 15, 2025

Rob Arnott, founder and chairman of Research Affiliates, joins The Enterprising Investor to challenge long-held assumptions about the equity risk premium and asset allocation. Drawing on Fear, Not Risk, Explains Asset Pricing, the provocative paper he co-authored with Edward McQuarrie, Arnott explores why markets may...