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

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. We are joined by Sean Connor , President & CEO, Global Private Wealth at Blue Owl Capital , a firm with over $160B in AUM.  Sean highlighted a number of key insights for navigating and working with the wealth chan...

Welcome to the 8th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano , the Chairman & CEO of iCapital , who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of wh...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode takes us inside the mind of a tech titan who is at the forefront of shaping the market structure evolution in private markets. John Stecher is the Chief Technology Officer at Blackstone . He’s responsible for all aspects of technology across the firm and advises the firm’s investment teams as well as acts as a resource to portfolio c...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.  Today we have an incredible discussion that spans the world of private credit and the growth of women’s sports - and how those two topics intersect in the guest’s daily life. Chris Long  founded Palmer Square Capital Management , an approximately $29B+ asset manager focused on corporate and structured credit with offices in Kansas City and London,...

“The room where it happens … No one really knows how the game is played The art of the trade How the sausage gets made We just assume that it happens  But no one else is in the room where it happens … When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game But you don’t get a win unless you play in the game.” Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.  These excerpts were in a song by Leslie Odo...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives deep into one of the fastest growing independent wealth platforms in the US — Sanctuary Wealth — and how alternatives is a major ingredient to the growth of their firm and the RIA space more broadly. We have Sanctuary’s MD and Head of Alternative Investments, Patrick McGowan, and Director of Strategic Partnerships, Oksana Pozna...

Welcome to the 7th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here's the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano , the Chairman & CEO of iCapital , who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of wh...

A few weeks ago, the tables were turned and I sat down with David Weisburd of the 10X Capital Podcast to talk about the ongoing transformation of private markets. The wealth channel is becoming a centerpiece of the LP universe. Every alternative asset manager either has — or has to have — a strategy for working with the wealth channel in today’s private markets. We discussed: Why the wealth channe...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s episode, we travel around the world of hospitality investing. We talk with Carlos Rodriguez Jr. , the Founder, President, and COO of Driftwood Capital , one of the US’s leading hospitality sponsors with over $3B in hospitality assets under management. They’ve found a way to do both the traditional things in real estate investing and devel...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we welcome a senior member of the team at the world’s 3rd largest alternatives manager. Tyler Jayroe is a MD and Portfolio Manager in the Private Equity Group at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, which manages over $2.4 trillion of assets on behalf of a diverse group of global institutions and individual investors. Tyler’s team, the Pri...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we welcome a long-time VC investor who brings the perspective from both sides of the pond. Fred Destin , the founder of Stride VC , a seed fund operating out of London and currently investing out of its second £123M fund, shares his views on the venture capital industry. Prior to Stride, Fred was a General Partner at Accel and Accom...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we welcome a veteran of venture, a champion of portfolio concentration, a master of micro VC.  Chris Douvos has taken a mosaic of experiences as an allocator at both endowments and funds that worked on behalf of institutional investors to found Ahoy Capital in 2018, an intentionally right-sized firm focused on working with smaller,...

Welcome to the 6th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano , the Chairman & CEO of iCapital , who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of wh...

Welcome to the 5th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano , the Chairman & CEO of iCapital , who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of wh...

Today’s show brings us inside the mind of a top allocator and CIO in the private wealth world. We talk with Shannon Saccocia , the CIO of Neuberger Berman Private Wealth , a division of NB that has almost $70B of assets under management. With over 24 years of experience, Shannon brings a wealth of knowledge on private markets to bear. At NB Wealth, she works closely with investment leadership to e...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s show dives into the collision of culture, sports, and finance. We talk with Chase Griffin , a student-athlete and QB at UCLA, who has become a pioneer in the college athletics Name Image Likeness (NIL) movement and is the 2x winner of the NIL Male Athlete of the Year awards from the NIL Summit and Opendorse. Chase has excelled on and off the...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we bring the institutional family office perspective to private markets. We talk with Jamie Rhode , a Principal at Verdis Investment Management . Verdis is a single family office based in Philadelphia that was built on the rich legacy of the family, a major business family, that has spanned over three centuries. At Verdis, Jamie is...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we bring on one of the world’s largest pre-seed investors to cover what the state of early-stage investing looks like. We welcome Maelle Gavet , the CEO of Techstars , a leading accelerator and global investment business that works with early-stage startups. Maelle has taken a background where she’s been a CEO, COO and operator at the likes of...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today, we travel to London to talk with someone who has seen the evolution of the European tech ecosystem up close. We discuss the rise of Europe with Isomer Capital ’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner Joe Schorge . Isomer is a pan-European fund-of-funds, co-investment, and secondaries platform that is on its way to €1B AUM. They’ve invested in 70 VC...

Welcome to the 4th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano , the Chairman & CEO of iCapital , who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of wh...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Startup stories are often stuff of dreams — and today’s podcast is a story about one of tech’s most unlikely venture capitalists . Journalist and professional soccer player turned immigrant turned self-proclaimed "best carwasher in San Jose" turned Persian rug salesman turned top Silicon Valley seed investor Pejman Nozad , the Co-Founder & Found...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode features a pioneer in the sustainable investing world. Bill Orum , who is a Partner at Capricorn Investment Group , has proven that investors can do well and do good at the same time. Bill and his Partners have led Capricorn, a $9B AUM sustainable investment platform serving families, foundations, and institutional investors for over...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we dive into the world of wealth management with one of the industry’s leaders, Haig Ariyan . Haig has seen it all. He went from someone who grew up in the advisory world as a wealth manager at Dean Witter Reynolds to ultimately becoming President and CEO of Alex Brown, America’s first investment banking firm. At Alex Brown, he over...

Welcome to the 3rd episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano , the CEO of iCapital , who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening...

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today's show, we have a fascinating episode that combines the macro and the micro. Nimble Partners Founder John Burbank and Partner Ken Wallace come on the show to share their unique perspectives and discuss both the nuances and intricacies of investing in private markets and early-stage venture. Nimble Partners is a technology investment platfor...