Dream Machine
Dream Machine
Podcast Description
Dream Machine by M&G Investments is a different type of asset management podcast. Offering a more personal perspective on the world of investing, M&G’s fund managers share their insights on investing and discuss their career journeys, while revealing their dream vending machine items along the way. Join hosts Laura Brown and Alex Matcham as they bring you closer to the people behind the portfolios. For professional investors only.
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The podcast focuses on investment insights, sustainability, and personal anecdotes, with episodes covering topics such as ESG principles with Ben Constable Maxwell, career growth in fund management with Carl Vine, and the nuances of global infrastructure investing with Alex Araujo.

Dream Machine by M&G Investments is a different type of asset management podcast. Offering a more personal perspective on the world of investing, M&G’s fund managers share their insights on investing and discuss their career journeys, while revealing their dream vending machine items along the way. Join hosts Laura Brown and Alex Matcham as they bring you closer to the people behind the portfolios. For professional investors only.
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Stefan reflects on the evolution of fixed income — from the early days of the Bond Vigilantes blog to today’s global, fast‑moving markets — and why conviction, emotional resilience and stepping away from the herd still matter. And while his approach to markets is measured and forward‑looking, his snack choices reveal a fondness for the simple, unmistakable comforts that shaped his earliest memories.
Guest:
- Stefan Isaacs, Co-Head of Macro Fixed Income
Hosts:
- Laura Brown, CMO and Head of Client Experience
- Alex Matcham, Head of UK Wholesale Sales
The value of investments will fluctuate, which will cause prices to fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount they invested. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The views expressed in this document should not be taken as a recommendation, advice or forecast.
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For investment professionals only. Not for onward distribution. No other persons should rely on any information contained within.
In the UK, this financial promotion is issued M&G Securities Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK and provides investment products. The company’s registered office is 10 Fenchurch Avenue, London EC3M 5AG. Registered in England and Wales. Registered Number 90776. Elsewhere, by M&G Luxembourg S.A., Registered Office: 16, boulevard Royal, L 2449, Luxembourg.

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