



19 episodes
by Michael Sidgmore · English
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), you’ll hear inside stories from executives and founders at some of the world’s largest financial institutions, alternative asset managers firms, and wealth management firms. More than a personal finance podcast, Alt Goes Mainstream dives deep into trends, investment strategies, firm building lessons, and innovative technologies that are enabling investors to access private markets.









iSquared’s infrastructure investing in Arriva (London buses and European public transport), focusing on how taking Arriva private enabled a hands-on value creation plan: cost/revenue optimization,…
12 Nov 2026 · 1h 4m · 33 chapters
Lowercarbon Capital’s Chris Sacca and Caie (Kai) Kelley discuss investing in “energy” and industrial power/advanced manufacturing rather than “climate tech,” how they underwrite early-stage hardware,…
29 Oct 2026 · 1h 31m · 37 chapters
Nomura Asset Management International CEO Shawn Lytle discusses parallels between Japanese Neapolitan pizza craftsmanship and asset management, emphasizing client-first consistency, long-term…
21 Oct 2026 · 29m · 14 chapters
Arcesium’s Jeb Altonaga discusses “operational mastery” in private markets by fixing the data normalization problem—turning unstructured deal data into structured, standardized data—and the missing…
13 Oct 2026 · 53m · 23 chapters
Josh Pristaw, president of Clarion Partners (a $72B real estate investment firm within Franklin Templeton’s alternatives), explains how Clarion invests using long-term demographic/structural…
6 Oct 2026 · 43m · 26 chapters
Christian Sinding (former EQT CEO) explains EQT’s “inspire change” culture, its governance tools (Full Potential Plans and the Troika model), and why Europe can produce “trillion euro” companies.
29 Sep 2026 · 53m · 18 chapters
Pete Stavros (KKR) discusses KKR’s 50-year culture of collaboration and “making everybody an owner,” arguing private equity’s next decade should shift from financial engineering to total cultural…
22 Sep 2026 · 37m · 15 chapters
Dr. Sadek Wahba (I Squared) explains how to “Build” infrastructure investing in the mid-market, emphasizing long-term service quality, correct pricing/user fees, and a risk framework that avoids “too…
17 Sep 2026 · 1h 16m · 30 chapters
Golub Capital co-CEO David Golub explains how private credit pioneer Golub built a $95B specialist platform, pioneered unitranche “one-stop” sponsor-backed financing, and manages credit risk via…
10 Sep 2026 · 1h 10m · 28 chapters
James Li, president/partner at Davidson Kempner, explains how the firm’s principal, family-office DNA drives a “no situation is too complex” approach to liquid and illiquid credit.
8 Sep 2026 · 59m · 32 chapters
Ava Mallin (Ardian) discusses why managing money is managing emotion in private wealth and secondaries, emphasizing evergreen structures, advisor/client communication, and partnership-based investing.
2 Sep 2026 · 16m · 8 chapters
Franklin Templeton’s Dave Donahoo discusses building private-market and wealth solutions for RIAs by “starting with the end client,” using investor-first product design, brand/communication strategy,…
19 Aug 2026 · 32m · 14 chapters
RIT Capital Partners’ CEO Maggie Fanari explains why “permanent capital” (RIT’s family-office heritage institutionalized) is a privilege for building a multi-asset portfolio across public and private…
12 Aug 2026 · 57m · 23 chapters
Mike Trihy (Wellington Management) explains “evergreen” private-market funds—how they differ from drawdown structures, what ingredients drive success (cashflow planning, operations, valuation…
6 Aug 2026 · 25m · 11 chapters
The evolution of GP stakes (buying equity stakes in private-market managers) and how Investcorp’s GP Staking business views returns, investor “buckets,” middle-market manager growth, and…
5 Aug 2026 · 42m · 21 chapters
Secondaries as “solutions” for both LPs and GPs, with emphasis on GP-led continuation vehicles (CVs), portfolio construction, and how Collar Capital approaches underwriting and discounting.
4 Aug 2026 · 30m · 17 chapters
Kyle Kniffen, Goldman Sachs Global Head of Alternatives for Third-Party Wealth, discusses how private markets are evolving into the wealth channel, and how Goldman’s alternatives franchise supports…
30 Jul 2026 · 24m · 18 chapters
Paul Desmarais III (Sagar) explains how Sagar built a $46B alternative asset manager since 2016, aiming to “go mainstream” by offering alternatives and innovation to entrepreneurs and family offices,…
29 Jul 2026 · 25m · 13 chapters
Anuj Ranjan (CEO, Brookfield Private Equity) discusses how Brookfield invests in “boring” industrial and infrastructure businesses, why patience and balance-sheet capital matter, and how AI is being…
28 Jul 2026 · 31m · 16 chapters