The Man Behind the Balance Sheet - Steve Clapham

In this episode of HReSource we talk money, specifically an area often clouded by a lack of understanding and jargon - investments. We meet Steve Clapham author of a new bestselling book that's causing quite a stir in the investment world. The Smart Money Method aims to strip away the mystique and provide a logical path to deliver a better understanding of the risks and opportunities to help even a novice make better informed investment decisions. This is 50 minutes of conversation certainly worth investing in... Steve Clapham is the founder of Behind the Balance Sheet, an investment research and training consultancy, which produces bespoke research and runs training courses for a select group of institutional clients. Steve’s Forensic Accounting Training Programme launched in June 2018, and in its first two years some 300 professional investment analysts and portfolio managers at some of the biggest funds in the UK took the course, which has been enthusiastically received. The course is unusual in that it looks at the issue of financial manipulation from a practitioner’s perspective and has over 150 real life examples of accounting chicanery from around the world. Steve spent some 20 years as an equity analyst at different investment banks, covering various sectors, and was consistently rated in the top 10 in his sector in Extel, II and Reuters surveys. He moved to the buy-side in 2005 and was a partner and head of research at two multi-billion dollar hedge funds; he specialised in using a deep dive research approach to identify special situation opportunities. Steve trained as an accountant and lives in London; he enjoys reading, yoga, and skiing and is interested in investment theory, wine and classic cars. He is regularly featured in the press, including the Financial Times, the Times, Sunday Times, Telegraph and City AM. Steve also frequently appears on podcasts, including Bloomberg Odd Lots and the Acquirer’s Podcast as well as on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 and on Real Vision, talking about accounting issues at quoted companies. His book, The Smart Money Method, outlines his research process and is a number one Amazon investment category bestseller.