Welcome to Beyond the Obvious for 2021. Over the past couple of months, I've been reflecting on how I can provide you, my audience, with the most value in this podcast format. Hence the delayed start to the year. Whilst I really enjoy the long form conversational podcast format, it’s a pretty crowded space and ... The post Beyond the Obvious – New format for 2021 appeared first on David Hobart.

Beyond the Obvious

Beyond the Obvious – New format for 2021

In this conversation, I had the great pleasure of chatting with Brook Monahan, Founder and Managing Director of Mosaic Property Group, one of Queensland’s most awarded and respected residential property developers. I’ve known Brook for 15 years and have watched him evolve and grow as a businessperson over that time. He is forever pushing himself ... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Brook Monahan appeared first on David Hobart.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Brook Monahan

In this conversation, I had the pleasure of chatting with Marcus Burns, Portfolio Manager for Spheria Asset Management, a fundamental-based small cap equity manager, based in Sydney. Marcus’s investment background includes a stint working for GLG Partners in London, one of Europe’s largest Hedge Funds, as a portfolio manager for their global consumer focused fund. ... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Marcus Burns appeared first on David Hobart.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Marcus Burns

In this conversation, I had the pleasure of chatting with Pat Howard, ex-Wallaby, ex-Head Coach for the Leicester Tigers Rugby Club, ex-Manager of Team Performance for Cricket Australia, and current-CEO of MPower MSL Ltd, an ASX-listed sports software business. During our chat, we talked about Pat’s transition from player to coach, coach to sports administrator ... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Pat Howard appeared first on David Hobart.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Pat Howard

In this conversation, I had the pleasure of chatting with Chris Tate; trader, trader mentor and director of Trading Game, a Melbourne based trader mentoring business which has been mentoring traders for the past 21 years. Having personally been a trader since 1994, I’ve had a few too many moments where I thought I knew ... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Chris Tate appeared first on David Hobart.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Chris Tate

In this conversation, I had the pleasure of chatting with John Deniz, the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Paragon Funds Management, a fundamental, high conviction, long-short equity manager, based in Melbourne. John is a mechanical engineer by training, so it was fascinating drawing out his process driven edge and also talking about Paragon’s investment ... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with John Deniz appeared first on David Hobart.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with John Deniz

In this conversation, I have a chat with Chris Gordon. Chris is a Director of Australian recruitment company – Profusion Group, which specialises in the banking and financial services sector. As well as being a career coach, Chris manages a broad range of client relationships, working with small businesses through to the big four banks... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Chris Gordon appeared first on DavidHobart.com.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Chris Gordon

In this conversation, I had the pleasure of chatting with Tom King, the Chief Investment Officer of Nanuk Asset Management, an award winning sustainable investment manager, based in Sydney. Tom’s also an Olympic gold medalist, having won gold in sailing at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Tom has such a high-performance focus. It was fascinating talking... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Tom King appeared first on DavidHobart.com.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Tom King

In this episode, I had a chat with Stephen Moore, ex-captain of the Wallabies; the Australian Rugby Union team. It was an enlightening chat around high performance culture and the balancing of high-performance imperatives with the values of respect and humility. Interestingly, Steve’s drivers for success are framed by his team’s success. I found this... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Stephen Moore appeared first on DavidHobart.com.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Stephen Moore

In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Kathryn Young, the Head of Investments for Cambooya Pty Ltd, the Fairfax Family Office. Kathryn’s had an interesting investment career having previously worked for Mutual Trust and the Myer Family office as Director of Investment research and for Morningstar as Director of Manager Research. This... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Kathryn Young appeared first on DavidHobart.com.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Kathryn Young

In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Ross Israel, Head of Global Infrastructure at QIC. Ross and his team manage over AU$14B in assets such as ports, roads, airports, water, electricity, gas and healthcare. Investing in unlisted long-duration assets like infrastructure requires such a nuanced view of risk and a long, historical... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Ross Israel appeared first on DavidHobart.com.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Ross Israel

In this conversation, I had the pleasure of chatting with John Carroll, professor emeritus in Sociology at La Trobe university. John’s work focuses on culture and its crucial role in the human search for meaning. For those unfamiliar with John’s work, you can often find him as a contributor in the weekend Australian newspaper. Early... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with John Carroll appeared first on DavidHobart.com.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with John Carroll

In this conversation, the first in a series of conversations with some of Australia’s best investors and fund managers, I chat with Jamie Nicol, CIO and a founding partner of DNR Capital, a $6B Aussie equity manager based in Brisbane. It was a broad conversation where we discussed the challenges in building his business over... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Jamie Nicol appeared first on DavidHobart.com.

Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Jamie Nicol

In this conversation, I chat with Ben Farinazzo. Ben is an Australia Day Ambassador and passionate advocate for mental health, veterans and the healing power of sport. You have probably come across Ben around the time of the Invictus Games, where he won gold medals in powerlifting and indoor rowing. Whilst winning gold medals is... The post Beyond the Obvious – Episode with Ben Farinazzo appeared first on DavidHobart.com.