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Markets open at 9:30. School drop-off is at 8:45. Somewhere in the overlap is where this newsletter lives.
Andrew Moncur has spent over 11 years working in capital markets, focused on sales strategy, business development, and building the kind of relationships that actually move things forward. He has worked with publicly traded companies and privately held businesses alike, which gives him a perspective that does not come from just one side of the table.
Today, he works at AnswIR, where he’s involved across marketing, capital strategy, and consulting. It is the kind of role where you wear a few hats and have to understand how different pieces of a business connect, which suits him well.
He is not here to be the loudest voice in the room. He is here because he has spent a long time paying attention, and he has found that most people in this industry are looking for the same thing: straightforward thinking from someone who has been in it.
Outside of work, Andrew is a dad first. Kids, dogs, an occasional round of golf, and a to-do list that never quite gets finished. His home office uniform is what he calls "business sweatpants," which tells you a lot about his priorities.
He’s also known to quote The Simpsons at a frequency that’s either impressive or concerning, depending on how you look at it.
Either way, it has a way of making the point.
Balancing a career in capital markets with being actually present as a parent is the whole thing. That tension, and the way it shapes how you work and what you value, is baked into everything he writes.
This newsletter shares observations, lessons, and perspective from inside capital markets. Not the headline version of things, but the ground-level view that comes from years of working in it.
You won’t find dense technical analysis or jargon for the sake of sounding smart.
The goal is practical thinking, honest perspective, and the frequent reminder that even the most driven professionals are also just trying to get dinner on the table before seven.
It connects professional ambition with real life responsibilities, because pretending those two things exist in separate boxes has never made much sense.
Capital Markets Dad is written for professionals in capital markets and adjacent industries. It’s for people building careers, managing relationships, and trying to grow, while also managing everything else that comes with having a life outside of work.
If you value clear thinking over noise, and perspective over performance, you’re in the right place
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