{"podcast":{"title":"Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry","slug":"capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998","podcast_index_feed_id":222998,"rss_url":"https://tedseides.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://capitalallocators.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/b/7/6/fb76e1c8bfb69e8dd959afa2a1bf1c87/CA_Square_logo_light_background_6.26.24.jpg","author":"Ted Seides – Allocator and Asset Management Expert","episode_count":806,"summary":"Allocator and asset management expert, Ted Seides, conducts in-depth interviews with leaders in the institutional investing industry. Guests include Chief Investment Officers from leading allocators, asset managers, strategists, thought leaders, and many more. Our mission is to learn, share, and help implement the process of premier investors. Learn more and join our community at capitalallocators.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T16:20:00.076624+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998"},"episode":{"title":"Homegrown CIO at Williams College - Abigail Wattley (EP.507)","slug":"homegrown-cio-at-williams-college-abigail-wattley-ep-507","published_at":"2026-06-22T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998/homegrown-cio-at-williams-college-abigail-wattley-ep-507","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998","url":"https://tedseides.libsyn.com/homegrown-cio-at-williams-college-abigail-wattley-ep507","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tedseides/CA_-_EP.507_Abigail_Wattley_-_AUDIO_V1.mp3?dest-id=482814","summary":"Abigail Wattley is the Chief Investment Officer of Williams College, where she oversees the school's $4.5 billion endowment. She became CIO three years ago upon the retirement of Collette Chilton, whose past conversation is replayed in the feed. Abigail has spent two decades in the Williams investment office, and her tenure manifests the benefits of duration and institutional knowledge in the seat. Our conversation traces Abigail's nearly twenty-year journey inside the Williams Investment Office, from joining as an early analyst to becoming the internal successor CIO. We discuss the consistent mandate throughout alongside Abigail's evolution from analyst to deputy to decision-maker, including the knowledge retained as an internal candidate, the tension between respecting an institution's history and putting her own stamp on the portfolio, and perspectives on hedge funds, private markets, liquidity management, real assets, team development, and AI. Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant ( ⁠ https://thepodcastconsultant.com ⁠ ) Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership","meta_description":"Abigail Wattley is the Chief Investment Officer of Williams College, where she oversees the school's $4.5 billion endowment. She became CIO three years ag…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2844,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998/episodes/homegrown-cio-at-williams-college-abigail-wattley-ep-507/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998/homegrown-cio-at-williams-college-abigail-wattley-ep-507.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}