Tom Brown has been at the center of the U.S. banking industry for the last four decades, first as an award-winning stock analyst and later as the managing partner of Second Curve Capital, a hedge fund he founded 21 years ago to invest in bank stocks. In this edition of the Slant Podcast, Brown talks about the challenges of running a hedge fund, how he does his research and the kinds of companies that end up in Second Curve’s portfolio. He also dishes on some of the smartest — and dumbest — bank CEOs that he has met in his 40-year career.

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