Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets
Alt Goes Mainstream podcast is the place to turn to for interviews with some of the brightest and most experienced minds in the world at the intersection private markets and wealth management. AGM dives into investment strategies like private equity (PE), private credit, venture capital (VC), secondaries, GP stakes, infrastructure, real estate, wealth management, and comprehensively covers tools and frameworks for approaching private markets, such as asset allocation, evergreen funds, model portfolios, and more. For anyone looking to invest into private markets (from experienced wealth managers to family offices to the individual investor looking for a more diversified investment portfolio...
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Bloomberg's Brad Foster - driving the convergence between public and private markets
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>Today’s episode takes us to a hub of market structure, a powerhouse of trading, and a crossroads of public and private markets to discuss how private markets are in the midst of a market structure evolution.</p><p>We sat down at Bloomberg’s NYC headquarters with Bloomberg’s Head of Fixed Income & Private Markets Brad Foster to discuss how technology and data are driving a convergence between public and private markets, particularly as it relates to the credit space.</p><p>Brad is the Head of Fixed Income...
Brookfield Asset Management's David Nowak - "earn your seat" private equity
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>Today’s episode unpacks how to build a private equity firm within one of the largest and most unique investment platforms in private markets.</p><p>We sat down in Brookfield Asset Management’s Brookfield Place office in downtown NY with David Nowak, the President of Brookfield’s Private Equity Group. </p><p>David and I dove into a conversation about the private equity industry, Brookfield’s approach to private equity, and how the firm’s culture and DNA shapes how they work with portfolio companies and LPs.</p><p>David has...
EQT's Lennart Blecher - active ownership of real assets
<p>It all comes back to the DNA.</p><p>The firms that know who they are will know who to be.</p><p>You can learn a lot about an investment firm by listening to what they say.</p><p>Alt Goes Mainstream’s AGM Originals Series - The DNA: Capturing Culture - is dedicated to capturing the DNA of a firm by listening to what they say.</p><p>The first season of The DNA stars EQT. In Stockholm, at EQT’s AIM this past summer, I sat down for conversations with nine EQT executives.</p><p>Each exec...
Stable Asset Management's Erik Serrano Berntsen - what it takes to build a great alternative asset management firm
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>Today’s episode dives into what it takes to start, build, and scale an alternative asset manager.</p><p>We sat down in Stable Asset Management’s London office with Erik Serrano Berntsen.</p><p>Erik is the CEO of Stable, where he defines and executes the firm’s investment strategy. Stable is one of the largest and most tenured GP stake builders globally. The firm manages around $5B in assets and has built over 40 firms since 2006.</p><p>Stable makes strategic seed and acceleration investments to launch and scale...
MSCI's Luke Flemmer - "bringing clarity to investment decisions"
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>Today’s episode dives into how data and market structure are shaping private markets.</p><p>We sat down in MSCI’s New York office with Luke Flemmer, the Head of Private Assets at MSCI to discuss how standardization and normalization of data can help bring efficiency, transparency, and liquidity to private markets.</p><p>Luke brings a unique perspective to private markets. He was previously Managing Director, Head of Digital Strategy for Alternative Investments at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and was Co-Founder and CEO of Lab49, a global solu...
AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Jeff Fine - An Investor’s Guide to Private Markets
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets.</p><p>2025’s Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted. </p><p>The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of the puzzle in a dynamic and increasingly complex world. </p><p>Alt Goes Mainstream joined the event to have unscripted conversations with Goldman Sachs Alternatives leaders to cut through the noise by unpacking k...
AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Michael Bruun - Driving Value in Private Equity Through Network and Innovation
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets.</p><p>2025’s Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted. </p><p>The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of the puzzle in a dynamic and increasingly complex world. </p><p>Alt Goes Mainstream joined the event to have unscripted conversations with Goldman Sachs Alternatives leaders to cut through the noise by unpacking k...
AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Harold Hope - Secondaries: A Primary Consideration
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets.</p><p>2025’s Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted. </p><p>The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of the puzzle in a dynamic and increasingly complex world. </p><p>Alt Goes Mainstream joined the event to have unscripted conversations with Goldman Sachs Alternatives leaders to cut through the noise by unpacking k...
AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Kristin Olson - The Evolution of Alternatives: Bridging Private Markets and Wealth
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets.</p><p>2025’s Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted. </p><p>The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of the puzzle in a dynamic and increasingly complex world. </p><p>Alt Goes Mainstream joined the event to have unscripted conversations with Goldman Sachs Alternatives leaders to cut through the noise by unpacking k...
AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' James Reynolds - From Mezzanine to Moats: Over a Quarter-Century of Goldman Sachs Private Credit
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets.</p><p>2025’s Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted. </p><p>The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of the puzzle in a dynamic and increasingly complex world. </p><p>Alt Goes Mainstream joined the event to have unscripted conversations with Goldman Sachs Alternatives leaders to cut through the noise by unpacking k...
