The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Elizabeth Burton reads as The Strategist because she interrogates the foundations others build on, most notably challenging the equity-bond correlation that underpins conventional portfolio construction. Drawing on her vantage as a Goldman Sachs Asset Management strategist and former pension CIO, she identifies constrained, under-trafficked opportunities and charts paths through them with analytical precision.
“Something happened. So I wanted to try other strategies and multi-strat sounded like a good place to learn about a bunch of different types of strategies. I was really interested in hedge funds. Our clientele was mostly XUS, almost exclusively XUS. And it was great.”
“Number one would be my dad. We are very close. We have had very similar careers. We look alike. He's my best friend by far. We talk two or three times a day. I've admittedly super codependent. He's awesome. I was joking earlier. I think Goldman believes me more than he does, and I am totally joking.”
“So I applied to Maryland State Retirement. I actually think I interviewed there a couple days after my child was born because they were cutting off the application and I luckily thankfully got the job, got to work for one of the most amazing CIOs in the business and a close friend, Andy Palmer. But how I got the award, I'm not sure.”
“My money into AI startups. You don't think that's a I don't think plowing money into anything is usually a good idea, but I mean, to use an example, so I did Kilimanjaro a year ago and I didn't get altitude sickness.”
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