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

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s podcast was a conversation that was recorded live at Morningstar’s Investment Conference in Chicago earlier this year. Morningstar CEO Kunal Kapoor took time out of his packed schedule at the event to sit down with me for a thought-provoking conversation that dove into the nuances of many of the trends that are shaping private markets today....

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into the evolution of infrastructure investing with the leading scaled specialist firm in infrastructure. We sat down in Stonepeak ’s Hudson Yards office with the firm’s Co-President Luke Taylor to discuss the inner workings of the infrastructure investing world and unpack the story of how Stonepeak’s rapid ascent has seen the...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into how operations and streamlining technology processes can be turned into a strategic advantage. We sat down with Arcesium ’s MD and Head of Client and Partner Development David Nable to discuss how technology is impacting how funds manage their processes, operations, and data. David was an early employee at Arcesium, helpin...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into what the future of fund administration could look like with a tech-forward approach and the application of AI. We sat down with Juniper Square CEO and Co-Founder Alex Robinson to discuss how and why they’ve built a digital first fund administrator for private markets, starting with real estate and since expanding into othe...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. What happens when two podcasters walk into a room?  They talk. Today’s podcast turns the tables on one of the industry’s leading podcasters and content creators to have him share his story and experience as an allocator and content creator.   We sat down with Ted Seides , the Founder of industry-leading podcast Capital Allocators and former Presiden...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is about mining for investment success in enterprise software by going “an inch wide and a mile deep” with someone who is one of the industry’s most prolific private equity technology investors. We sat down with Nic Humphries in Hg ’s London office. Nic is the Senior Partner and Executive Chairman of Hg and Head of the firm’s Saturn...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s conversation brings us beachside, featuring a live podcast from Soho Beach House in Miami with EQT Partner, Head of Private Wealth Americas Peter Aliprantis . With the backdrop of the beach behind us and the wealth community in the audience, Peter and I discussed the nuances of the wealth channel and how Peter’s experience working with wealt...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s podcast is with an elite performer on and off the field who has gone from protecting quarterbacks to protecting families’ wealth. We sit down with former NFL and USC star Winston Justice , whose entrepreneurial spirit that was stoked while he was still playing in the NFL has led to a successful and impactful career in wealth management.  He...

Future Proof , which holds one of the industry’s largest wealth conferences, invited me to hold a live podcast earlier this year with Blue Owl Co-President and Global Head of Real Assets Marc Zahr .  Marc is a pioneer in the real estate space, building Blue Owl into a market leader in the triple net lease strategy, a commercial real estate investment strategy that is becoming increasingly popular...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with someone who has successfully built a wealth solutions business tailored to her firm’s unique strengths, expertise, and investment track record. Martina Sanow is a Partner and Head of Hg Wealth , where she is focused on building the firm’s wealth solutions offering built out of the $85B AUM firm, Hg , that invests in enterpris...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s conversation dives into the current state of private markets through the lens of one of the leading GP stakes firms in the industry. We sat down with Partner and Global Co-Head of the Petershill Group at Goldman Sachs Robert Hamilton Kelly . Petershill takes minority equity stakes in established and newly-established alternative asset manage...

Welcome to the 17th episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream.  We were live from iCapital Connect’s conference in Phoenix to dive into the most pressing trends at the intersection of private markets and wealth management —and unpack how wealth management firms are utilizing private markets to build out or enhance their practice. In this episode of t...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with someone who is running the long race — in investing and in running. We sit down with prolific long distance runner, Blue Owl Capital ’s Ivan Zinn, who has been a pioneer in alternative credit and asset-based finance. Ivan has had a long career in private credit. He started at DLJ before joining Leonard Green & Partners an...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with the CIO of an insurance company responsible for more than $300B in assets and a major focus on private markets. Lincoln Financial EVP and CIO Jayson Bronchetti and I sat down recently at Lincon Financial’s headquarters in Radnor, Pennsylvania to discuss the increasing involvement of insurance companies in private markets. Jay...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode digs into how the CIO of a growing multi-billion dollar wealth management firm thinks about customization and differentiation by building out private markets capabilities. We sat down with John McArthur , Senior Partner and CIO at $3.6B AUM Krilogy . Founded in 2009, Krilogy provides comprehensive financial planning and investment ma...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with a private equity pioneer who has seen the industry evolve in the forty plus years he’s spent in private markets. We sat down with Steve Klinsky , the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of New Mountain Capital , which he started in 1999, and has grown to over $55B AUM with an investment platform that spans strategies across P...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we sit down with a technology and fund services veteran who has worked with many of the industry’s largest asset managers. Cesar Estrada is Private Markets Head at Arcesium , a global financial technology company delivering pre- and post-investment operations and enterprise data management solutions designed to systematize the most complex wor...

Welcome to the 16th episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream.  We were live from iCapital Connect’s conference in Phoenix to announce a ground-breaking partnership in private markets: a collaboration between BlackRock, iCapital, and GeoWealth , where models that include both public and private markets exposure through a unified managed account (UMA)...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with someone responsible for growing the footprint of one of the largest private markets businesses in the industry. We sat down at Goldman Sachs ’ 200 West office with Kyle Kniffen to discuss the evolution of the firm’s work with the wealth channel and how an intensified focus on private markets is helping to drive the firm’s str...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with a wealth channel veteran who has an innate and developed view of working with wealth. We sat down in the studio with Adam Bobker . Adam joined Fortress Investment Group in 2022 to build out their wealth business as Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Private Wealth Solutions. He oversees strategy, distribution, marketing, pr...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with someone who is an expert on the RIA market and the wealth management business model. We talk with Karl Heckenberg , the President & Managing Partner of Constellation Wealth Capital , an investment firm that recently closed on a $1B debut fund dedicated to providing differentiated, long-term capital solutions to well-posit...

Welcome to the 15th episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. We were live from iCapital Connect’s conference in Phoenix to announce a ground-breaking partnership in private markets: a collaboration between BlackRock, iCapital, and GeoWealth , where models that include both public and private markets exposure through a unified managed account (UMA)...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with a private markets veteran who has been working in the wealth channel before it was considered "the wealth channel." We sat down in the studio with Peter Aliprantis . Peter joined EQT in October 2024 as a Partner and Head of Private Wealth Americas. He’s hit the ground running to build out a wealth team in the Americas and hel...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into the details of product innovation in private markets with a private equity veteran who has helped to pioneer a new investment structure and working with the wealth channel. We sat down at KKR ’s Hudson Yards office with Alisa Wood , a Partner and Co-CEO of KKR Private Equity Conglomerate LLC (K-PEC). Alisa has been at KKR...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s conversation features a live podcast that takes place at BTG Pactual’s NYC office for an audience in private markets. We are joined by Todd Owens , the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Cantilever Group , where BTG Pactual is an investor. Cantilever is an independent firm focused on providing capital solutions to middle market asset manager...