HOSTS Alec Renehan & Bryce Leske |12 August, 2025
What makes a good fund manager? That is one of the hardest questions to answer in finance. Today’s guest is as well placed as any to help us work through it.
Chris Cuffe AO is the founding director and portfolio manager of Third Link. Chris was formerly CEO of investment managers Colonial First State and Challenger Financial Services Group. He was also previously the Chairman of UniSuper.
Basically, Chris has assessed a few fund manager in his time. And today we wanted to understand how he approaches that task today. We unpack:
- Lessons from Chris’ career building financial services businesses
- How the advice landscape has changed over his career
- The hallmarks of the best advice businesses
- In Chris’ opinion: what makes a great manager?
- What he’s looking for when he starts assessing a new manager
- How he builds portfolios of managers
