Ep. 2: Liz Simmie

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Welcome to Mistakes Were Made, a new podcast from Citywire that asks investors about their worst mistakes and what they learned from them.   

Hosted by Citywire’s US editor Alex Steger and head of research Frank Talbot, each week we hear from an investor about their biggest errors and the lessons that came from them, all in an effort to help us make better investments.  

Our guest for this episode is Liz Simmie, the co-founder of Honeytree Investment Management, a boutique ESG manager, headquartered in Toronto, Canada.  

In this interview, she tells Alex and Frank about the dangers of being short term and the common mistakes being made by some ‘ESG’ managers.  
18 Mar 2021 English South Africa Investing · Business News

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