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🎥 Stable'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...
🎥 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...
🎥 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...
🎥 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...
🎥 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...
🎥 AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Matt Gibson - Navigating the Future of Alternatives: Scale, Supply, and Geopolitics
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>Today’s episode dives into the rapidly expanding world of secondaries with a senior leader at one of the pioneering firms in the secondaries space.</p><p>We sat down at Franklin Templeton’s New York office with Taylor Robinson, a Partner on the Secondary team at Lexington Partners, which has over $77B in total capitalization and is part of Franklin Templeton’s family of private markets funds and strategies.</p><p>Taylor, who joined the firm in 2008, is primarily focused on the origination, evaluation, and execution of secondary opport...
🎥 Lexington Partners' Taylor Robinson - secondaries in the spotlight
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>Today’s episode dives into the rapidly expanding world of secondaries with a senior leader at one of the pioneering firms in the secondaries space.</p><p>We sat down at Franklin Templeton’s New York office with Taylor Robinson, a Partner on the Secondary team at Lexington Partners, which has over $77B in total capitalization and is part of Franklin Templeton’s family of private markets funds and strategies.</p><p>Taylor, who joined the firm in 2008, is primarily focused on the origination, evaluation, and execution of secondary opport...
🎥 Ultimus Fund Solutions' Gary Tenkman - building the core fund administration infrastructure to make private markets go mainstream
<p>Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.</p><p>Today’s episode features a pioneer who has been building the core infrastructure that is making private markets go mainstream.</p><p>We talk with Gary Tenkman, a 30-year veteran of the fund administration world who is the CEO of Ultimus Fund Solutions. Ultimus serves over 450 clients and 2,300 funds, representing $725B of assets under administration, all handled by a team of over 1,100 professionals. </p><p>Ultimus, which is backed by private equity firm, GTCR and, more recently, Stone Point, is able to help investment managers navigate a growing array of...
