Private Markets
Private equity and secondaries
Not on the starting list: Claude named it and a second pass merged look-alike labels into it.
- Episodes
- 35
- Share
- 3.3%
- Shows
- 31
- Net sentiment
- +0.21
Bullish 11Mixed 12Neutral 7Bearish 5
The episodes behind it
Why each one was bullish, bearish or in between. Most time on the theme first.
Bullish 11
- Opening private companies to everyday investors is presented as a major expansion of access and wealth creation.Robinhood's Sarah Pinto: Bringing Private Markets to the Public · Origins: Inside Venture Capital · Sep 21
- Most high-growth African companies are private, so private markets hold the main opportunity.Viewpoints with Burkhard Varnholt - A global markets podcast (Ep. 73) · UBS On-Air: Market Moves · Sep 25
- Hosts argue private equity has outperformed public stocks for decades and new rules now open access to ordinary investors.The New Way For Ordinary People To Build Wealth - Tony Robbins - #1153 · Modern Wisdom · Sep 21
- Private equity offers enhanced return potential via the illiquidity premium.Alternative Realities: Modeling better portfolios · Insights Now · Sep 24
- Ferrari argues PE's structure can't replicate Bending Spoons' shared technology and team model, favoring his approach.Luca Ferrari, Bending Spoons CEO: The $40K Origin Story, Buying Product-Market Fit & Why Private Equity Can't Compete · All-In Podcast · Sep 23
- Real estate secondaries are growing from a small base and offer discounted entry and shorter holds.Inside Private Real Estate: How Hamilton Lane Evaluates Managers with Liz Bell · Dakota Live! Podcast · Sep 23
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- AI is expected to standardize and digitize private market transactions, increasing transparency and liquidity.Gabe Stengel - Building Investing Superintelligence - [Invest Like the Best, EP.492] · Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Sep 22
- Private equity has excess cash to deploy, paying strategic multiples and roll-up strategies in aerospace.Meghan Welch on Defense, Aerospace M&A Impacts to Future Battlefields · Schwab Network · Sep 21
- Private equity wealth-builders are praised for buying, adding value and selling without forced selling."Worse Than a Recession" - Tony Robbins Breaks Down Ray Dalio's Warning on U.S. Debt · Valuetainment · Sep 25
- Private markets transactions can become faster, more transparent and liquid through AI, a large opportunity.Gabe Stengel - Building Investing Superintelligence - [Invest Like the Best, EP.492] · Invest Like the Best · Sep 22
- He says big money can be made in private markets, which family offices use for higher returns.THE REAL EDGE IS IN PEOPLES’ HEADS (Guest: Ahmed Husain) · The Market Huddle · Sep 26
Bearish 5
- Mega buyout funds are getting worse as they grow, with returns largely levered beta rather than operational improvement.Diminishing Returns to Scale in Private Equity (w/ Andrew Akers, PitchBook) · Private Equity FunCast · Sep 23
- Long fund lockups and unreturned capital could impede fundraising for next vintages.The Private Credit Boom is Over: Redemption Requests Exceed Liquidity | James Elbaor | Marlton LLC · Monetary Matters with Jack Farley · Sep 27
- Leveraged buyout and dividend recap left KB Toys unable to fund strategic changes before bankruptcy.Ep 6: KB Toys, the AI Boom & Nvidia: Business Lessons From Past and Present · Fundamentals Unfiltered · Sep 21
- Hosts suspect private market products help sponsors with exit backlogs and carry conflicts of interest.401(k)ouple discuss AI, private equity, & plan design · Retireholics · Sep 25
- Guest says the real risk sits in the equity layer of private-equity-owned companies rather than senior debt.E432: $24 Billion Investor on Private Credit, the Psychology of Winning & Fear of Failure · How I Invest with David Weisburd · Sep 21
Mixed 12
- Private equity holding periods are lengthening and carry is scarce, pushing talent into independent sponsors and continuation vehicles.André Perold – Investing Through Exponential Change (EP.516) · Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry · Sep 21
- Low distributions and carry pressure challenge PE managers, while continuation vehicles offer opportunities in lower middle market gems.André Perold – Investing Through Exponential Change (EP.516) · Capital Allocators · Sep 21
- Higher rates and rich buyout multiples make underwriting harder, requiring operational value creation and cautious allocation.E434: Warren Gibbon on How AI is Changing the Private Markets · How I Invest with David Weisburd · Sep 25
- Private equity can adopt AI but faces talent, time-horizon and fund-structure limits compared with a long-term holding model.Re-Founding Incumbents for the AI Era with Sequence Holdings Co-Founder and CEO Michael Lee · No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups · Sep 24
- Sees pre-IPO and late-fund secondary opportunities but notes heavy capital crowding into private equity.[REPLAY] André Perold – Pockets of Inefficiency at HighVista Strategies (EP.169) · Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry · Sep 21
- Secondary buyers find bargains outside top names, but sellers in the top names command premium prices.VCs Would Bet on Open-Source AI Over OpenAI and Anthropic | E2341 · This Week in Startups · Sep 23
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- Private markets offer growth access to retail investors, but early-stage exposure carries high failure risk and liquidity concerns.The "Permabear" Holds 50% Stocks. 7 Sectors Barely Grew. What If Stocks Stop Carrying the Economy? · Two Quants and a Financial Planner · Sep 21
- Private markets are crowded, but inefficiencies exist in pre-IPO rounds and late-life fund asset sales.[REPLAY] André Perold – Pockets of Inefficiency at HighVista Strategies (EP.169) · Capital Allocators · Sep 21
- Vertical's funding runway and strategic review raise financing risk but also partnership opportunities.Airbus wing-production shift, Boeing 777-9 ETOPS hiccup and Vertical preps for production · FlightGlobal Focus · Sep 27
- Possible FIFA stake sale to outside capital is viewed as an opportunity if used to grow the game.US Soccer's JT Batson on the World Cup and Scaling the Game · Talks at GS · Sep 25
- Long-dated illiquid commitments carry opportunity cost but can be handsomely rewarded.[REPLAY] André Perold – Academic Practitioner (EP.02) · Capital Allocators · Sep 21
- Alternatives like private credit and private equity are more accessible but complex and illiquid, requiring advisor guidance.Why Advisors Matter More in an Age of Unlimited Information with Jim Patrick · WealthTech on Deck · Sep 22
Neutral 7
- Compares Sequence's permanent holding model against traditional fund-based private equity structures and their incentives.Re-Founding Incumbents for the AI Era with Sequence Holdings Co-Founder and CEO Michael Lee · No Priors · Sep 24
- Discussion of the Hightower acquisition and alternative buyers, framed as deal structuring.Build, Grow & Transact: David Bahnsen on Building a $10.5B Business Worth Selling · The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors · Sep 24
- Mentions private equity acquisitions of Dave's Hot Chicken and Portillo's as exit examples.No Mercy / No Malice: The 1% Next Door · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · Sep 26
- Covers independent practices rolling up and transition deal structures, a form of deal-making.W2 versus Independent: Why Financial Advisors Shouldn't Chase the Trend · Advisor Talk with Frank LaRosa · Sep 24
- Discussed only in passing; no clear investing lean on private market vehicles.Are investors ready for the commercial property pivot? · Property Investment Podcast Network · Sep 24
- Touches on illiquidity tolerance for long-horizon investors without deep analysis of the asset class.How to Invest for A Hundred Years | Inigo Fraser Jenkins · Hidden Forces · Sep 24
Around it
Companies named
- Blackstone 3
- Rogo2
- KKR 2
- Apollo2
- Robinhood 1
- OpenAI 1
Shows that covered it most
- Capital Allocators3
- Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry2
- How I Invest with David Weisburd2
- Fundamentals Unfiltered1
- Modern Wisdom1
- Origins: Inside Venture Capital1
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