[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":54},["ShallowReactive",2],{"content-body-sam-roberts-bitcoin-pensions-the-financial-renaissance":3,"transcript-sam-roberts-bitcoin-pensions-the-financial-renaissance":51},{"body":4,"extras":48},[5,16,24,32,40],{"_key":6,"_type":7,"children":8,"markDefs":14,"style":15},"20913eefa06a","block",[9],{"_key":10,"_type":11,"marks":12,"text":13},"5e4326197f18","span",[],"Today on the podcast I’m talking to Sam Roberts.",[],"normal",{"_key":17,"_type":7,"children":18,"markDefs":23,"style":15},"a4bbb240f4ce",[19],{"_key":20,"_type":11,"marks":21,"text":22},"aa204c87ec22",[],"Sam is a qualified actuary and the director at Cartwright, a UK-based pensions and investment advisory firm that works with institutional clients, including corporate pension schemes, charities, and corporate treasuries.",[],{"_key":25,"_type":7,"children":26,"markDefs":31,"style":15},"097bceb16bdd",[27],{"_key":28,"_type":11,"marks":29,"text":30},"5a99a0e0150b",[],"Under Sam’s leadership, Cartwright became the first UK firm to take the bold step of advising clients to allocate Bitcoin to their portfolios, marking a significant moment in what’s being called the “arrival of institutions” into this new financial frontier.",[],{"_key":33,"_type":7,"children":34,"markDefs":39,"style":15},"c1866a04b6ec",[35],{"_key":36,"_type":11,"marks":37,"text":38},"66455862b292",[],"In this episode, we explore Bitcoin’s emerging role in the institutional investment landscape, with a particular focus on pension funds. Sam recounts his journey from the 2008 financial crisis to embracing Bitcoin as a hedge against systemic risks. He also sheds light on the challenges of introducing Bitcoin into the traditionally conservative and slow-moving pensions industry.",[],{"_key":41,"_type":7,"children":42,"markDefs":47,"style":15},"9a330dc68010",[43],{"_key":44,"_type":11,"marks":45,"text":46},"c5b278e30119",[],"Our conversation also touches on Bitcoin’s potential as a tool for economic resilience, its environmental implications, and its role in shaping a future financial system—one that could ignite a new economic renaissance.",[],{"pullQuote":49,"appleEmbedUrl":50},"War is the health of the state. I don’t think that many people really understand that. That’s where the money is made: War, death, destruction. They love it. It gives them an excuse to run the money printer.","https:\u002F\u002Fembed.podcasts.apple.com\u002Fus\u002Fpodcast\u002F102-sam-roberts-bitcoin-pensions-the-financial\u002Fid1655921100?i=1000675304841",{"slug":52,"turns":53},"sam-roberts-bitcoin-pensions-the-financial-renaissance",[],1788805156103]