Turning Points interviews Sean Taylor, Chief Investment Officer from Matthews

Listen to how, despite many challenging years for emerging markets, a diverse range of opportunities in China, India, North-East Asia, ASEAN and LatAm, plays to the strengths of Matthews' fundamental investment philosophy and risk-controlled process.

Welcome to Turning Points, Clearway Capital Solutions’ podcast series, where we talk to leading investment managers and general partners in their respective asset classes about the evolution of their markets, and how they are responding to these changes. 

Clearway Capital Solutions is an independent and privately owned company, providing business development and capital advisory services to investment managers in alternative and traditional asset classes, who are seeking to engage with Australian and New Zealand investors and their consultants. The Turning Points podcast series provides listeners with direct access to the insights of our investment partners.

Episode description
Today, we are joined by Sean Taylor, Chief Investment Officer for Matthews. In this episode, Sean discusses the key investment themes in emerging markets and how Matthews fundamental approach and risk-controlled process brings it together into a portfolio. The podcast is approximately 40 minutes in length and covers the following topics:

1. An introduction to Matthews and Sean Taylor's background and responsibilities (1:50 - 5:30)
2. Matthews' investment philosophy (5:30 - 10:45)
3. Navigating the complexities of China's stimulus (10:45 - 17:20)
4. Growth and valuations in India (17:25 - 21:42)
5. The structural stories driving ASEAN markets (21:43 - 27:40)
6. Latin America's hidden gems (27:42 - 32:03)
7. Tech innovation in South Korea and Taiwan (32:05 - 35:26)
8. Understanding the complexity of risk in Emerging Markets (35:29 - 38:27)
9. Final Thoughts and Wrap Up (38:30 - 39:45)

The host for this episode is Michael Negline, Director from Clearway Capital Solutions. 

Matthews
Matthews is a pioneering active investment manager with a 33-year heritage focused on Emerging Markets and Asia. The firms value proposition centres on its deep expertise of Emerging Markets and developing connections with clients in order to build active portfolio solutions that meet defined investment outcomes. Matthews’ highly experienced investment team is located in Hong Kong and San Francisco, and includes portfolio managers and research analysts with country and sector expertise. Matthew's investment approach blends top-down macro awareness with rigorous bottom-up fundamental research to build portfolios that differ meaningfully from their respective benchmarks and that generate differentiated and diversified alpha. A disciplined approach to portfolio construction combined with deep risk analysis provides a platform for a range of investment solutions including Global, Regional, Country and ex-China strategies. 

Clearway Capital Solutions
Established in 2008, Clearway Capital Solutions is an independent and privately owned company, providing business development and capital advisory services to investment managers in alternative and traditional asset classes, who are seeking to engage with Australian and New Zealand investors and their consultants.  

This podcast is for educational and illustrative purposes only and does not constitute, and should not be relied upon as, financial advice. The podcast will be provided to listeners on the basis that they are either Wholesale, Professional or Sophisticated investors only, within the meaning of the relevant sections of the Corporations Act.

For more information on Clearway Capital Solutions please contact us on: www.clearwaycapital.com.au