Salim Ramji
The Architect
Structured and legacy-driven; builds the systems and institutions that last.
Salim Ramji reads as The Architect because he builds frameworks before he takes positions. His reframing of ESG as structural investment risk rather than ideology roots long-term thinking in the mechanical reality of index ownership, a construct built to outlast political cycles. And his insistence that ETF technology must work all of the time shows a leader who maps innovation against reliability constraints first, engineering durability into every layer of the system.
“ESG risks and climate risk is an investment risk. For long term investors and index investors are the ultimate long term investors because I can't sell the stock if it's in the index — we're thinking about risk reward trade offs.”
“ETFs are a technology, and the thing about a technology is that it's got to work not some of the time, but all of the time. There's a big first order undertaking to make sure that happens.”
“We want to innovate, but we also want to be able to look our clients in the eyes a year from now, ten years from now, and say we put them in a good investment vehicle.”
Masters in Business: “Salim Ramji on ESG Investing (Podcast)”
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