

Dry Powder: The Private Equity Podcast
Hugh MacArthur, Bain & Company
Hugh MacArthur, Chairman of Bain & Company's Global Private Equity practice, interviews leading experts on the trends and opportunities that will redefine the private equity industry.
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Jun 8, 2023 • 29min
Dry Powder: Live from SuperReturn
Christian Sinding, the CEO and managing partner of EQT Group, joins us for our first live recording. We explore when deal markets will finally stir to life and how EQT takes intelligent risks in a period of overwhelming of uncertainty.

Jun 1, 2023 • 13min
Preparing for a Post-Dollar Era
We asked Bain’s leading macro expert whether the dollar’s status as a global reserve currency is really under threat.

May 25, 2023 • 18min
Macro Update: A Strange Brew
Karen Harris, the head of Bain’s Macro Trends Group, returns to the show for a conversation on interest rates, bank runs and an unusual mix of economic indicators.

May 16, 2023 • 21min
Inside the Race to Tokenize Capital w/ HgCapital Trust’s Jim Strang
We consider whether the launch of a few tokenized funds amounts to an interesting experiment on the blockchain or the beginning of a powerful secular trend.If you'd like to learn more about the democratization of private equity, I recommend you listen to our interviews with the CEOs of Titanbay, Moonfare and Opto Investments.I've also started a series of weekly posts on LinkedIn, which you can follow here.

May 2, 2023 • 20min
Inside the Race to Retail Capital w/ Opto Investments’ Mark Machin
We asked the CEO of Opto Investments to take us inside their eye-opening series A round and why they’re pursuing Registered Investment Advisors with a laser-like focus.If you haven’t heard our interviews with the CEOs of Moonfare and Titanbay, I highly recommend you go back and listen to those episodes as well.I've also started a series of weekly posts on LinkedIn. If you're interested in receiving those updates, follow my LinkedIn profile, here.

Apr 25, 2023 • 26min
Inside the Race to Retail Capital w/ Moonfare's Steffen Pauls
We asked the CEO of Moonfare what it takes to get ordinary investors up to speed and investing in private equity with confidence.If you haven't heard my interview with another early mover in this space, the CEO of Titanbay, I highly recommend you go back and listen to those episodes as well. I've also started a series of weekly posts on LinkedIn. If you're interested in receiving those updates, follow my LinkedIn profile, here.

Apr 18, 2023 • 14min
Visualize Profits With Precision, Not Platitudes
Too many business leaders lack a clear and granular understanding of profitability, but a few organizations are visualizing profits in startling detail.

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Mar 21, 2023 • 15min
The Renewed Urgency of Operational Due Diligence
As margins shrink, private equity houses are rediscovering the vital importance of operational due diligence.

Feb 27, 2023 • 12min
The 2023 Global Private Equity Report: Executive Summary
Deal activity was on track for another record-setting year, until the wheels came off.Read the full 2023 Global Private Equity Report, below:https://www.bain.com/insights/topics/global-private-equity-report/

Feb 2, 2023 • 21min
Macro Update: Waiting to Exhale
Behind the scenes at Davos, attendees were coming to terms with a fracturing world, a cascade of risks and, despite it all, a silver lining.Today on Dry Powder, Karen Harris, managing director of Bain's Macro Trends Group, shares her key insights from Davos and how private equity investors are dealing with the emergent risks and opportunities of a multipolar world.Listen to her previous appearances on Dry Powder, below:Macro Risks: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Macro Risks: Keep It Simple


