From AC/DC to Bad Bunny: we ask MAPFRE AM’s managers about their favorite music
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Álvaro Anguita, CEO of MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
I have a problem here, I’m really conflicted... I can spend a week listening to Puccini and then switch in a heartbeat to AC/DC, with a little bit of American country and 90's Spanish pop along the way
Javier Lendines, General Manager of MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
Eduardo Ripollés, Institutional Business Development Manager
- Your favorite music group?
My taste goes from Meat Loaf to Coldplay to Joaquín Sabina.
Raquel Arteaga, Head of Risk Management at MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
Queen.
Patrick Nielsen, Deputy General Manager at MAPFRE AM
- Your favourite music group?
My musical taste is becoming more and more classic and diverse. The great baroque composers, medieval music, romantic composers, recent composers. I also listened to a lot of rock in my youth (I was in a band and participated in a radio show in the eighties), so for nostalgia's sake I'm going to mention Joy Division because it had a huge impact on me.
Carlos de Ancos, Fixed Income Manager at MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
I don't have any real favorite group and the music I listen to depends on the mood I’m in and what’s going on. From the pop and rock of the 80s and 90s, through to the English music that my close, music-loving friend Samuel introduced me to as a teenager, to more commercial and current music that I listen to with my daughters. Can’t forget the “pachanga” either, which is a must at any party or celebration.
Cristina Benito, Discretionary Portfolio Management Equities Manager at MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
I don’t really have a favorite group – it all depends on the moment, but I really like 90s Spanish pop music.
Manuel Rodríguez López de Coca, Equities Manager for Collective Investment Institutions and Pension Funds at MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
I’d say Los Secretos and Joaquín Sabina, but lately I’m really into Manuel Turizo, Quevedo and Bad Bunny.
David Iturralde, Fixed Income Manager at MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
I really like Los Suaves, Extremoduro, Loquillo, and Sabina, who have great lyrics. I’d also pick AC/DC, Metallica and Guns rock 'n' Roses.
Thomas Nugent, European Equities Manager and MAPFRE AM Good Governance Fund Manager
- Your favorite music group?
I’d recommend the latest by el último disco de Jorge Drexler
Luis García, Equity Portfolio Manager and MAPFRE AM Behavioral Fund Manager
- Your favorite music group?
Joaquín Sabina, by a long shot.
Javier Miralles, Equities Manager and Fondmapfre Bolsa Iberia Fund Manager
- Your favorite music group?
If I have to go with just one, I’d say Don Adolfo Cabrales Mato (aka: Fito), both in Platero and his current group, Los Fitipaldis.
Carmen Mondéjar, Head of Fixed Income Investments
- Your favorite music group?
Depends on my modo – I can go from listening to Imagine Dragons to Frank Sinatra, via classical music, all in the same day.
María Torres de Becerril, Equities Invesment Manager
- Your favorite music group?
U2 and Frank Sinatra.
Conchi Bravo, Head of Alternative Investments at MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
Iron Maiden has been my favorite group since I was a kid – I love Bruce Dickinson’s voice!
Beatriz Ranea, Fixed Income Manager at MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
Bon Jovi.
Estanislao del Campo, LATAM Investment Manager at MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
It’s tough to pick just one. How about my Top 3? Soda Stereo, Queen and The Killers.
César Gimeno, US Equities Manager at MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
I’m listening to lots of electronic music right now, but two groups I really like are Depeche Mode and Arctic Monkeys.
Juan Nozal, Fixed Income Manager at MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
I’m the kind of guy who picks different music for different moments. I listen to a little bit of everything, from electronic to singer-songwriter music. But if I have to pick just one, I’ll go with Spanish pop music from the 80s.
Paloma Ramos, Financial Risks and Sustainability Manager at MAPFRE AM
- Your favorite music group?
I dont’ have one standout favorite. I like music from the 80 and 90, which brings back good memories of my younger days!
Nicole Sophie Gómez, US Equities and Global Multi-asset Manager
- Your favorite music group?
It’s imposible for me to choose just one – I really like lots of different kinds of music. Lately I’m really enjoying the sound of TOOL.
Julián González, Fixed Income Manager
- Your favorite music group?
Me apasiona toda la música en general y me gustan muchos grupos de estilos diferentes, pero mi música favorita de siempre es el Rock & Roll y diría que Guns and Roses mi grupo favorito.
BONUS TRACK
And last but not least, all of us on the Communication team who prepare the Financial Newsletter every week want to share our favorite songs, and have included them in the Spotify playlist. Daniel Badía's favourite song is Don’t look back in anger, by Oasis, and Marta Pachón's, Livin’ on a prayer, by Bon Jovi. Javier Caamaño highlights París, by Morat and Duki, but admits that any song from Los 40 or Europa FM, such as Vagabundo by Sebastián Yatra or 1000 Cosas by Manuel Turizo or Lola Índigo, is good to sing in the car.
Thanks for reading us, and now for listening to us too!
