Meditations on investing
A podcast for institutional investing's most consequential conversations
with Angelo Calvello, PhD
Consensus thinking is often the enemy of better investment outcomes. Against Consensus brings together asset owners, allocators, asset managers, service providers, and innovators to challenge it — one conversation at a time.
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About the show
For almost a year, The Institutional Edge brought unfiltered conversations with the asset owners shaping the future of institutional investing. After 33 episodes, that conviction is stronger than ever — but the conversation needed to expand.
Against Consensus is built on a simple recognition: institutional investing is an ecosystem. Every principal in that ecosystem — asset owners, asset managers, allocators, service providers, and the innovators pushing them all — has something worth hearing and something worth challenging.
The premise is unchanged. The ambition is larger.
What we believe
Recent episodes
Partner, Foresight Group
Natural capital as an investable asset class — what it means to put a price on nature and why institutional allocators can no longer ignore it.
Listen nowHead of GTAA, Verizon
Global tactical asset allocation at a corporate pension — how an internal investment team operates with the discipline of a top-tier external manager.
Listen nowInstitutional Allocator & Author, Smarter Investing | Founder & Former CEO, KIPU QUANTUM
Quantum computing is a new paradigm at the threshold of commercial relevance, offering answers to unsolved portfolio construction problems today.
Listen nowInterim Chief Investment Officer, NYC Bureau of Asset Management
A three-decade retrospective on institutional investing, critiquing fee misalignment, the Total Portfolio Approach, and imminent AI disruptions.
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A look at prediction versus "signal" markets, covering geopolitical events, decision markets, AI liquidity solutions, and institutional hedging.
Listen nowChief Investment Officer of Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS)
A look inside a major public pension fund, exploring asset allocation, risk management, and long-term fiduciary strategies for institutional returns.
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Meditations on investing
The host
Founder, C/79 Consulting — Columnist, Institutional Investor
Angelo Calvello is a 40-year veteran of institutional investing — a writer, podcast host, governance leader, and one of the field's most persistent critics of received wisdom.
He is the founder of C/79 Consulting, a columnist for Institutional Investor ("The Dissident"), and the creator of Against Consensus. He co-founded Rosetta Analytics and Blue Diamond Asset Management AG and has held senior roles at Man Investments, State Street Global Advisors, and CME Group.
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Angelo Calvello
Follow Angelo's writing, commentary, and podcast announcements on LinkedIn — where he regularly publishes on AI, institutional investing, and the ideas the field isn't ready to hear yet.
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The Dissident Column
Angelo's column at Institutional Investor challenges the orthodoxies of the investment profession — in print, with the same candor as on the podcast.
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Against Consensus is built on the premise that the right voices change the field. If you belong in this conversation — or represent an organization that wants to reach the most sophisticated audience in institutional investing — reach out.
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