Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets. 2025’s Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted.  The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of the...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets. The 2025 Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted.  The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of th...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. 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. 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 Tem...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode features a pioneer who has been building the core infrastructure that is making private markets go mainstream. 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, al...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode brings us to the apex of the wealth channel. We sat down in Goldman Sachs’ HQ at 200 West with Sara Naison-Tarajano , a Partner and Global Head of Private Wealth Management Capital Markets and Global Head of Goldman Sachs Apex Family Office Coverage . Sara is also responsible for the One Goldman Sachs Family Office initiative in the...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode brings infrastructure investing to life — literally. We sat down in and walked through one of Stonepeak ’s data center assets with Managing Director and CEO of SP+ INFRA, Cyrus Gentry . Cyrus has played an integral role in Stonepeak’s rapid ascent as a firm and the growth of its wealth solutions business, Stonepeak+, joining early in...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode takes us inside the world of wealth from the perspective of one of the industry’s largest alternative asset managers that has made the wealth channel core to its firm’s DNA from the beginning. We sat down with Sean Connor , Senior Managing Director and the President & CEO of Global Private Wealth at Blue Owl Capital , a firm with...

It all comes back to the DNA. The firms that know who they are will know who to be. You can learn a lot about an investment firm by listening to what they say. 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. The first season of The DNA stars EQT . In Stockholm, at EQT’s AIM this past summer, I sat...

Welcome to the 18th episode of the Alts Pulse, a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream.  In the latest episode of the Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano , the Chairman & CEO of iCapital , Lawrence and I go global. We discussed his recent trip to Asia to peer into the nuances of the different wealth management markets around the globe. As the leader o...

It all comes back to the DNA. The firms that know who they are will know who to be. You can learn a lot about an investment firm by listening to what they say. 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. The first season of The DNA stars EQT . In Stockholm, at EQT’s AIM this past summer, I sat...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into the nuances of enterprise software and how to build a scaled specialist alternative asset manager. We sat down in Vista ’s NYC office with David Breach , Vista’s President and Chief Operating Officer. David sits on Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode was filmed at ING ’s HQ in Amsterdam, right after ING held its Private Markets Day . The firm has been actively building out its private markets capabilities to serve its private wealth clients so it was a treat to interview two of the people responsible for running ING’s wealth management and private markets practice. We sat down wi...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode was filmed live at an event during a Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions RIA Council meeting in New York. Armen Panossian , the Co-CEO and Head of Performing Credit at Oaktree , and I sat down for a conversation in a Brookfield-owned building with a group of RIAs in the audience. Armen, who joined Oaktree in 2007, has been an integra...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode brings the perspective of an asset management veteran who has sat on both sides of the table. We sat down in Franklin Templeton’s New York City office with George Stephan , COO of Global Wealth Management Alternatives at Franklin Templeton . George joined Franklin to continue the buildout of the firm’s Alternatives capabilities, whic...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s interview is with a wealth management entrepreneur who created one of the most consequential wealth management technology companies that has helped to shape the industry into what it is today. Bill Crager is the Co-Founder of Envestnet, which he and his co-founder, the late Jud Bergman, grew into a public company. Bill was the CEO of Envestn...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode welcomes a pioneer and visionary in enterprise software investing to Alt Goes Mainstream. Robert F. Smith is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of $100B AUM Vista Equity Partners . He sits on the firm’s Investment Committees for Vista’s Flagship, Foundation, Endeavor, and Perennial Funds and serves as a member of Vista’s Executive commit...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into private credit and building an asset management business inside of a leading global bank. We sat down in Nomura’s NYC office with Robert Stark , the CEO of Nomura Capital Management LLC (NCM) and Head of Investment Management in the Americas for the Nomura Group. Robert brings deep experience in financial services to Nomur...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with an experienced private markets and distribution executive who has been educating the wealth channel and distributing private markets investment solutions at some of the industry’s largest investment platforms. We sat down in Prudential’s Newark studio with PGIM ’s Global Head of Alternative Investments, Dominick Carlino . PGI...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into digital infrastructure and how it powers the growth of artificial intelligence and other major trends in digitalization and electrification. We sat down in Blue Owl ’s NYC office with Matt A’Hearn , an asset management entrepreneur and executive at the firm. Matt is a Senior Managing Direct at Blue Owl and Head of Digital...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with an experienced asset allocator who has operated at the intersection of insurance and asset management throughout his career. We sat down in Prudential’s Newark studio with  PGIM’s Head of Multi-Asset and Quantitative Solutions, Phil Waldeck . Phil is responsible for nearly $140B in AUM, where the business unit leverages PGIM’...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into the evolution of infrastructure investing with a leading scaled specialist firm in infrastructure. We sat down in Stonepeak ’s Hudson Yards office with a pioneer in infrastructure investing: Mike Dorrell . Mike is the Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Stonepeak, building the foundations for the firm to achieve a rapid ascen...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode provides a fascinating window into the world of private equity value creation and how AI can help transform both portfolio company and investment firm processes and operations to create value. We sat down in New York with Hg Partner and Head of Value Creation Chris Kindt to dive into how he spearheaded the growth of the firm’s in-hou...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with two executives who have helped to build one of the industry’s leading alternative asset managers. In Permira Part 2, Brian Ruder joins his Co-Managing Partner and Co-CEO Dipan Patel in Permira ’s London office to discuss the firm’s evolution and how the business has grown to over €80B in AUM. Both Brian and Dipan bring deep b...

We are back with the latest Going Public with Evercore ’s Glenn Schorr . On this episode of Going Public, we unpack the rollercoaster of the past few months in private markets for alternative asset managers. Private markets is much more than private equity — and this episode dives into nuances of specific strategies and what it means for alternative asset managers’ businesses. We discussed: Will t...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with one of the executives who has helped to build one of the industry’s leading alternative asset managers. We sat down in Permira ’s London office with Co-CEO Dipan Patel to discuss the firm’s evolution and how the business has grown to over €80B in AUM. Dipan brings a deep background in private equity investing to bear as he an...