MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has hired Jeff Passmore to a newly created role of Lead Liability Driven Investing (LDI) Strategist in the firm’s Public Fixed Income department.
A couple of years ago, I was giving an investment presentation at the Radisson Blu Resort, on the Mediterranean island of Malta. Afterward, the company’s manager invited my wife and me to dinner. I sat beside a wealthy British man who made his fortune in real estate.
“I was fascinated by your presentation on index funds,” he said.
My wife and I recently had dinner with two young women. We hadn’t met them before we connected through an online social group in Panama City, Panama. One was a twenty-six-year-old German photographer whose husband helps start-up businesses. The second was a twenty-eight-year-old Australian who works online with her partner.
I always enjoy meeting people. There’s a blank slate.
I sat on a small swing while looking out at the Caribbean sea. To my left was a private shower that any guest could use. Two private rooms were behind that shower. Immediately behind me were two hammocks and a large table from which a handful of guests would soon be eating breakfast. Marco, our host and a fabulous chef, prepared breakfast in the kitchen.