2fold: Investing for impact – Take Stock with John Coombe

Caroline Gurney, CEO of Future Generation, speaks to John Coombe, Executive Director of Jana Investment Advisers, and Investment Committee member for both Future Generation Companies.

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Welcome to Take Stock, a new podcast series by Future Generation.

In this series, we get a backstage pass into the minds of our leading pro bono fund managers and Future Generation supporters. In the first episode, Caroline Gurney, CEO of Future Generation, speaks to John Coombe, Executive Director of Jana Investment Advisers, and Investment Committee member for both Future Generation Companies. John advises some of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds, and discusses the performance of small-cap companies domestically and globally, the performance of the largest global companies – which have coined the name the ‘magnificent seven’ – as well as both Future Generation Companies.

Listen time 16 minutes. Read the transcript.

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