Discussions here regarding LO and single managers are pretty depressing. Outflows, fee compression, talent poaching by the pods, etc. Curious on latest thinking around most interesting seats outside of the MM system.
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I think a firm called taproot is doing something interesting, maybe new, no sure. They are focusing on many analysts doing idea generation with one central desk/pm.
whats the incentive for an analyst to go here? seems like a raw deal compared to a true pod and not the stable compounder of a LO seat. do you just end up with the third and fourth tier talent thay cant get into a tier 1 or tier 2 or even tier 3 pod?
Yea, I am not sure what the pros and cons are. Just that it's an alternative option.
Sounds terrible from an analyst perspective re: development and attribution
Also very very not new
good pods and good SMs can be amazing
bad pods and bad SMs can be terrible
all about the right team/seat vs. the "kind" of seat
Can you explain what this means?
You can figure this one out surely
Agreed on importance of specific team. But not everyone wants to invest in a market neutral model, deal with tight risk/draw limits, etc, which prompted the question on options outside of the pods.
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