Troy Dixon, Founder and CIO, Hollis Park Partners and Greg Maddox, Head of Global Manager Research, Wells Fargo Investment Institute "Designing an Emerging and Diverse Manager Program from Scratch"

My guests for today's podcast are Troy Dixon, Founder and CIO of Hollis Park Partners, a $750mn+ independent alternative asset manager that specializes in structured products and Greg Maddox, Head of Global Manager Research at Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

I took a different approach for this podcast by asking my two guests to follow along with role playing the following scenario:  Let's pretend that the three of us have recently started the "Emerging Manager Impact Fund" (EMIF), a new $1 billion fund focused on investing in top emerging and diverse managers.  We are being seeded by Priscilla Chan Zuckerberg and Oprah Winfrey with the dual purpose of delivering best in class risk adjusted returns while making an impact by investing in emerging and diverse managers.  (Note to audience, repeat - this is a role play so please don't call us to ask for money!)

Given Troy's and Greg's wealth of experience and juxtaposition of perspective: retail vs. institutional, sell side vs. buy side, investment bank vs. independent emerging manager, portfolio manager vs. allocator, having designed an emerging and diverse program vs having won mandates from emerging and diverse programs – I found this conversation especially insightful for all players in the investment game.

Without further ado, please enjoy my conversation with Troy and Greg.