Jim Golan, co-manager of the William Blair Large Cap Growth Fund, talks about how he identifies structurally advantaged companies, sectors and themes in this episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Inside Active podcast. Host David Cohne, BI’s mutual fund and active analyst, and co-host Gina Martin Adams, BI’s chief equity strategist, ask Golan his views on managing risk with a concentrated portfolio, how to work through periods when growth is out of favor and how the rise of passive investing has affected the market.

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One of the fastest-growing parts of the ETF market are for lower-risk products, including “buffer ETFs” that give a defined outcome, increasingly being favored by baby boomers. In this episode of Inside Active, Calamos Advisors’ Head of ETFs Matt Kaufman and Co-Head of Alternative Strategies David O’Donohue discuss how structured-protection ETFs work with host David Cohne, Bloomberg Intelligence’s mutual fund and active analyst, and co-host James Seyffart, BI ETF analyst. They also discussed how the ETF industry has changed and what the future of active ETFs could have in store.

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The Russell 2000 plunged this month amid expectations for significant economic weakness and a credit crunch, Michael Coyne, Voya’s head of small-cap growth, tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of Inside Active, Coyne sits down with host David Cohne, BI’s mutual fund and active analyst, and co-host Michael Casper, BI’s sector and small-cap strategist, to discuss the growth metrics he uses for selecting small-cap stocks and how he determines sustainable valuations. They also talked about the recent selloff, where small caps could go from here and evaluating risk and reward.

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