Seth Klarman – Timeless Value Investing (EP.328)
Capital Allocators with Ted Seides
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Allocator and asset management expert, Ted Seides, conducts in-depth interviews with leaders in the institutional investing industry. Guests include Chief Investment Officers from leading allocators, asset managers, strategists, thought leaders, and many more. Our mission is to learn, share, and help implement the process of premier investors. Ted founded Capital Allocators LLC in 2016 to explore best practices in the asset management industry from the perspective of asset owners, managers, and other relevant players. He hosts the Capital Allocators podcast, serves as an advisor to allocators and asset managers, and educates investors. From 2002 to 2015, Ted was a founder of Protégé Partners LLC and served as President and Co-Chief Investment Officer. Ted began his career in 1992 under the tutelage of David Swensen at the Yale University Investments Office. Ted holds a BA, Cum Laude, from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Video Description
Seth Klarman is a legendary value investor and CEO and Portfolio Manager of The Baupost Group, an investment firm founded in 1982 that manages $27 billion. Seth authored the very out-of-print Margin of Safety and edited the recently released 7th edition of Graham and Dodd’s value investing classic, Security Analysis. Our conversation covers Seth’s early experience in business and investing, path to Baupost, timeless value investing principles and those that have changed over time. We discuss Baupost’s application of value investing across sourcing, diligence, portfolio construction, and risk management. We then turn to Seth’s thoughts illiquidity, international investing, the weird current environment, positioning portfolios for it, alignment with clients, succession at Baupost, and his updated perspectives on Securities Analysis and Margin of Safety. We close discussing Seth’s personal investments in the Boston Red Sox, horse racing, and philanthropy. Seth generally stays away from the public eye, so I was particularly grateful to share this conversation some twenty-five years after we first met. Subscribe to the mailing list: https://capitalallocators.com/ Access Transcript with Premium Membership: https://capitalallocators.com/signup/ Subscribe on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional/id1223764016 Follow Ted on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tseides Follow Ted on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedseides/ Original Publish Date: 07/17/2023 Show Notes 05:05 Early experience in business and investing 17:43 Path to Baupost 20:18 Value investing principles over time 34:39 Sourcing 42:47 Diligence 49:07 Portfolio construction 52:49 Risk management 56:04 Illiquidity 58:46 International investing 1:00:50 Current environment 1:09:13 Alignment with clients 1:12:23 Succession at Baupost 1:14:33 Perspectives on Securities Analysis and Margin of Safety 1:21:47 Boston Red Sox 1:23:59 Horse Racing 1:25:53 Philanthropy
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