Farooq Tirmizi: Pakistan's Political Reality, US Investments, BRICS & the Dollar Shift | 352 | TBT

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Farooq Tirmizi is the Founder and CEO of Elphinstone.

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00:00 Introduction
01:22 Early Life & Education
04:31 Madrassah to KGS Transition
07:36 Academic Inspiration
09:29 IPE: Why that major?
10:43 Entering Finance
12:18 Brokerage Firms: Then and Now
16:15 Emotions vs. Algorithms: Reshaping Investments?
18:06 Moving back to Pakistan
22:57 Joining Faisal Bank
23:30 Embracing the Unconventional
26:35 Stuck in the Cycle?
30:37 Pakistan's Trading Concerns
36:36 Investment Gap: Why?
40:33 Bankers vs. Investment professionals
41:16 Bank-Centric Finance: The Preferred Approach
42:04 The 401k Model
42:32 Ideal Model for Pakistan
47:57 Past Challenges
49:16 Working with Profit Magazine
54:57 Economic vs. Financial Journalism
55:53 Journalistic Landscape in Pakistan
57:53 Pakistan's Political Reality: Internal & External Analysis
1:03:38 Evolution in Progress?
1:17:01 Internal Affairs: Inflation, Pensions & more
1:19:56 Reprofiling & Debt Restructuring
1:22:21 Circling back to internal
1:24:50 BRICS and Currency Dynamics
1:39:06 About Elphinstone
1:41:05 Who can invest in the US?
1:43:47 Empowering Freelancers
1:46:12 How it works?
1:47:50 Islamic Investment Adoption
1:50:00 Pakistan of 2050

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