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CFA Society of Dallas-Fort Worth is proud to present Charterholder Chatter – a podcast focused on the inspiring personal and professional journeys of local, national, and international investment professionals.

Dec 16, 2022

I have always been intrigued with people willing to take risk with their career and in the investment world. Our guest today, Apurva Mehta checks both boxes as he along with Patrick O’Connor, started Summit Peak Investments in the summer of 2018. The firm provides capital to venture capital funds and...


Dec 2, 2022

One of the biggest challenges for asset managers is effectively articulating their stories and raising significant capital for their strategies and funds. Our special guest for this episode is a rock star in the global institutional asset management arena, with expertise for alternative investment firms. Over the course...


Nov 17, 2022

What’s it like to be responsible for investing $35 billion on behalf of state employees and retirees and managing a staff of 80 people? While at the Employees Retirement System of Texas, Tom Tull was involved with over 200 completed investment transactions totaling $13 billion encompassing private equity, private...


Nov 3, 2022

Our special guest today thought he was going to be a veterinarian, and yet somehow ended up in portfolio management, with a focus on global value investing. Dave Iben is the Founder, Chief Investment Officer, and Lead Portfolio Manager at Kopernick Global Investors, which manages roughly $7 billion dollars, utilizing a...


Oct 20, 2022

Nick Tompras founded ACR Alpine Capital Research in 1999 to fulfill his vision of an asset manager built solely on fundamental investment principles. He developed ACR’s core investment philosophy and policies, and authors the firm’s quarterly investment commentary. He is the lead Portfolio Manager of ACR’s...