Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets
Michael Sidgmore
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.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 55min
Brookfield Asset Management's David Nowak - "earn your seat" private equity
David Nowak, President of Brookfield’s Private Equity Group and CEO of Brookfield Private Equity Fund, explains Brookfield’s blue-collar, earn-your-seat culture. He discusses owner-operator alignment, hands-on operational value creation, and tackling complex carve-outs. Expect stories on Westinghouse and GrafTech, a flat structure that accelerates young leaders, and how platform insights shape investment decisions.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 26min
EQT's Lennart Blecher - active ownership of real assets
Lennart Blecher, Deputy Managing Partner and Chairperson of EQT Real Assets, former ABB and GE leader with a law background. He talks about founding EQT Infrastructure, the rise of infrastructure driven by decarbonization and digitalization, the blend of energy and data center opportunities, and EQT’s hands‑on ownership model and global scale.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 1h 12min
Stable Asset Management's Erik Serrano Berntsen - what it takes to build a great alternative asset management firm
Erik Serrano Berntsen, CEO of Stable Asset Management and longtime GP-stakes investor, talks about building and scaling alternative asset managers. He covers incentives gaps between LPs and GPs, how GP stakes align interests, when evergreen structures suit different strategies, and the evolving edges managers need as they grow. He also discusses founder timing, self-awareness, and the mechanics of seeding versus accelerating firms.
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Feb 26, 2026 • 48min
MSCI's Luke Flemmer - "bringing clarity to investment decisions"
Luke Flemmer, Head of Private Assets at MSCI and former Goldman Sachs leader and fintech founder, explains how data standardization and market structure can bring transparency and liquidity to private markets. He discusses parallels with public markets, tradeoffs of transparency, building daily pricing and indexes, the rise of secondaries as portfolio tools, and what it takes to scale privates into wealth channels.
Feb 14, 2026 • 37min
AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Jeff Fine - An Investor’s Guide to Private Markets
Jeff Fine, Partner and Global Co-Head of Alternatives Capital Formation at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, draws on decades as a real estate investor to unpack private markets. He covers how product specialists bridge wealth channels, the war for talent and scale, designing client-aligned vehicles, transparency in product construction, and why insurers and tech-driven growth matter for private allocations.
Feb 13, 2026 • 28min
AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Michael Bruun - Driving Value in Private Equity Through Network and Innovation
Michael Bruun, Global Co-Head of Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, a long-tenured dealmaker focused on buyouts and growth. He discusses how value creation now depends on operational playbooks and resource battles. He explores data and AI as central margin drivers. He highlights Goldman’s network, cross-firm collaboration, and practical programs like a CEO AI Academy.
Feb 12, 2026 • 19min
AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Harold Hope - Secondaries: A Primary Consideration
Harold Hope, Partner and Global Head of Vintage Strategies at Goldman Sachs with 25+ years in secondaries. He traces how the secondaries market grew and innovated, explains continuation vehicles and valuation skills, discusses firm-scale advantages like data and AI, and outlines why secondaries are poised to expand and attract wealth investors.
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Feb 11, 2026 • 18min
AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Kristin Olson - The Evolution of Alternatives: Bridging Private Markets and Wealth
Kristin Olson, Partner and Global Head of Alternatives for Wealth at Goldman Sachs with 25 years at the firm. She discusses how alternatives moved from niche to mainstream, tailoring solutions across wealth segments, product evolution from closed-end funds to evergreens and ETFs, and the growing role of education and advisors in widening access to private markets.
Feb 10, 2026 • 28min
AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' James Reynolds - From Mezzanine to Moats: Over a Quarter-Century of Goldman Sachs Private Credit
James Reynolds, Global Co-Head of Private Credit at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and long-time firm leader. He recounts building private credit capabilities, the importance of origination and capital quality, harmonizing firm-wide solutions, deploying with discipline, and risks from AI, tech, and geopolitics. Short, candid takes on how private credit has evolved and what matters now.
Feb 9, 2026 • 34min
AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Matt Gibson - Navigating the Future of Alternatives: Scale, Supply, and Geopolitics
Matt Gibson, Head of the Client Solutions Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and former US naval officer, recounts his journey and firmwide thinking. He explores blending public and private markets, global demand outpacing origination, balancing bespoke solutions with scalable products, and how geopolitics and megatrends shape where and how investments are made.
