{"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":797,"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":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998"},"episode":{"title":"Rodney Comegys – The Mechanics of Indexing at Vanguard (EP.498)","slug":"rodney-comegys-the-mechanics-of-indexing-at-vanguard-ep-498","published_at":"2026-04-20T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998/rodney-comegys-the-mechanics-of-indexing-at-vanguard-ep-498","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional-investment-industry-222998","url":"https://tedseides.libsyn.com/rodney-comegys-the-mechanics-of-indexing-at-vanguard-ep498","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tedseides/CA_-_EP.498_Rodney_Comegys_-_AUDIO_V2.mp3?dest-id=482814","summary":"Rodney Comegys is the CIO of Vanguard Capital Management and its Head of Global Equity Indexing, where he oversees $8.5 trillion in index assets across domestic, international, and multi-asset strategies. Rodney joined Vanguard twenty seven years ago and has worked across operations, customer service, risk management, and investing. Our conversation covers the philosophy and mechanics behind running one of the world's largest index fund operators. We discuss Vanguard's ownership structure, values, product selection, and mechanics of delivering an index fund. We then turn to common issues around indexing, including concentration in U.S. equities, corporate governance, private assets, and AI. Learn more about our Strategic Investments: Thema . Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant ( ⁠ https://thepodcastconsultant.com ⁠ )","meta_description":"Rodney Comegys is the CIO of Vanguard Capital Management and its Head of Global Equity Indexing, where he oversees $8.5 trillion in index assets across do…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2819,"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/rodney-comegys-the-mechanics-of-indexing-at-vanguard-ep-498/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/rodney-comegys-the-mechanics-of-indexing-at-vanguard-ep-498.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}