Absolute Return Podcast

On today’s podcast, we welcome special guests from Origin Materials, Co-Founder and Co-CEO John Bissell and Co-CEO Rich Riley. Origin Materials is the world’s leading carbon negative materials company and recently merged with Artius Acquisition Inc, trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol AACQ.

On the podcast, John and Rich discuss:

• The founding of Origin and how its core technology works
• How to build, grow and raise capital for a start-up when revenue is 15 years out
• What goes into a $1 billion+ capital project and how to de-risk it
• Key details regarding their merger with SPAC Artius Acquisition that valued the company at $1 billion
• The case for Origin Materials stock
• And more

In this week’s podcast we welcome special guest Rob Van Wielingen. Rob is the President of Viewpoint Investment Partners and manages Viewpoint’s flagship global multi-asset strategy on behalf of institutions, family offices, and UHNW families across Canada and the United States.

We discuss:

-How Viewpoint was created out of a family office

-Asset allocation within a family office and the advantages a family office has over institutional investors

-Risk parity as an investment strategy

-Startup investing

In today’s podcast, we welcome special guest Scott Galit, CEO of Payoneer, the global payment and commerce-enabling platform which powers growth for millions of digital businesses worldwide. Payoneer recently announced a going-public transaction through SPAC FTAC Olympus Acquisition in a $3.3 billion transaction. 

On the podcast, Scott discusses:

• How his background as an investment banker at DLJ and senior executive at Mastercard prepared him for the CEO role at Payoneer
• What it was like working with SPAC legend Betsy Cohen
• Background and insights on their $3.3 billion SPAC merger
• Key growth opportunities for the company
• Why investors should consider Payoneer’s stock
• And more

• Opportunities and challenges in the gold mining sector 
• The top ways to have gold exposure and his outlook on the price of gold
• Gold’s role in a diversified portfolio
• Top investment themes for the next ten years#

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