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Alt Goes Mainstream

Michael Sidgmore

Join the smartest people in the room and subscribe to learn how top investors and allocators are incorporating private markets into the portfolios of tomorrow. altgoesmainstream.substack.com

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40:17

🎥 AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Jeff Fine - An...

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2026/02/14

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets.2025’s Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted.The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of the puzzle in a dynamic and increasingly complex world.Alt Goes Mainstream joined the event to have unscripted

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29:17

🎥 AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Michael Bruun -...

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2026/02/13

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets.2025’s Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted.The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of the puzzle in a dynamic and increasingly complex world.Alt Goes Mainstream joined the event to have unscripted

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20:03

🎥 AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Harold Hope -...

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2026/02/12

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets.2025’s Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted.The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of the puzzle in a dynamic and increasingly complex world.Alt Goes Mainstream joined the event to have unscripted

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18:45

🎥 AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Kristin Olson - The...

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2026/02/11

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets.2025’s Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted.The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of the puzzle in a dynamic and increasingly complex world.Alt Goes Mainstream joined the event to have unscripted

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31:04

🎥 AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' James Reynolds -...

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2026/02/10

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.The Goldman Sachs Alternatives Summit “convened leaders across finance, geopolitics, technology, and culture” to discuss themes driving global markets.2025’s Alternatives Summit was about “navigating a world in flux,” as the firm’s recap of its event noted.The event aimed to help investors cut through the noise and put together the pieces of the puzzle in a dynamic and increasingly complex world.Alt Goes Mainstream joined the event to have unscripted

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34:03

🎥 AGM Unscripted: Goldman Sachs' Matt Gibson -...

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2026/02/09

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode dives into the rapidly expanding world of secondaries with a senior leader at one of the pioneering firms in the secondaries space.We sat down at Franklin Templeton’s New York office with Taylor Robinson, a Partner on the Secondary team at Lexington Partners, which has over $77B in total capitalization and is part of Franklin Templeton’s family of private markets funds and strategies.Taylor, who joined the firm in 2008, is primarily

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62:24

🎥 Lexington Partners' Taylor Robinson - secondaries...

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2026/02/03

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode dives into the rapidly expanding world of secondaries with a senior leader at one of the pioneering firms in the secondaries space.We sat down at Franklin Templeton’s New York office with Taylor Robinson, a Partner on the Secondary team at Lexington Partners, which has over $77B in total capitalization and is part of Franklin Templeton’s family of private markets funds and strategies.Taylor, who joined the firm in 2008, is primarily

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56:48

🎥 Ultimus Fund Solutions' Gary Tenkman - building the...

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2026/01/27

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode features a pioneer who has been building the core infrastructure that is making private markets go mainstream.We talk with Gary Tenkman, a 30-year veteran of the fund administration world who is the CEO of Ultimus Fund Solutions. Ultimus serves over 450 clients and 2,300 funds, representing $725B of assets under administration, all handled by a team of over 1,100 professionals. Ultimus, which is backed by private equity firm, GTCR and,

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70:56

🎥 Goldman Sachs' Sara Naison-Tarajano - working with...

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2026/01/20

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode brings us to the apex of the wealth channel. We sat down in Goldman Sachs’ HQ at 200 West with Sara Naison-Tarajano, a Partner and Global Head of Private Wealth Management Capital Markets and Global Head of Goldman Sachs Apex Family Office Coverage. Sara is also responsible for the One Goldman Sachs Family Office initiative in the Americas.Sara has been at Goldman Sachs for over 26 years, where she’s worked in a number of roles across

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52:33

🎥 Stonepeak's Cyrus Gentry - bringing infrastructure...

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2026/01/13

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode brings infrastructure investing to life — literally.We sat down in and walked through one of Stonepeak’s data center assets with Managing Director and CEO of SP+ INFRA, Cyrus Gentry.Cyrus has played an integral role in Stonepeak’s rapid ascent as a firm and the growth of its wealth solutions business, Stonepeak+, joining early in the firm’s history and helping the firm grow to approximately $80B in AUM.Cyrus brings a private equity

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64:32

🎥 Blue Owl's Sean Connor - a growth company in a...

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2026/01/06

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 that has made the wealth channel core to its firm’s DNA from the beginning.We sat down with Sean Connor, Senior Managing Director and the President & CEO of Global Private Wealth at Blue Owl Capital, a firm with almost $300B in AUM. Sean highlighted a number of key insights for navigating and working with the wealth

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57:11

🎥 Vista's David Breach - building a software...

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2025/12/11

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode dives into the nuances of enterprise software and how to build a scaled specialist alternative asset manager.We sat down in Vista’s NYC office with David Breach, Vista’s President and Chief Operating Officer.David sits on Vista’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing and decision-making body for matters affecting its overall management and strategic direction as well as the firm’s Private Equity Management and Vista’s Private Equity

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49:28

🎥 ING's Anneka Treon and Johan Kloeze - lessons...

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2025/12/09

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode was filmed at ING’s HQ in Amsterdam, right after ING held its Private Markets Day. The firm has been actively building out its private markets capabilities to serve its private wealth clients so it was a treat to interview two of the people responsible for running ING’s wealth management and private markets practice.We sat down with Anneka Treon, ING’s Global Head of Private Banking, Wealth Management & Investments, and Johan Kloeze,

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58:20

🎥 Live from New York with Oaktree's Armen Panossian -...

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2025/12/04

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode was filmed live at an event during a Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions RIA Council meeting in New York.Armen Panossian, the Co-CEO and Head of Performing Credit at Oaktree, and I sat down for a conversation in a Brookfield-owned building with a group of RIAs in the audience.Armen, who joined Oaktree in 2007, has been an integral part of scaling Oaktree to over $209B in AUM. Oaktree, a storied firm, particularly in distressed credit,

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53:52

🎥 Franklin Templeton's George Stephan - bringing...

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2025/12/02

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode brings the perspective of an asset management veteran who has sat on both sides of the table.We sat down in Franklin Templeton’s New York City office with George Stephan, COO of Global Wealth Management Alternatives at Franklin Templeton.George joined Franklin to continue the buildout of the firm’s Alternatives capabilities, which boasts over $264B AUM in private markets strategies that include Lexington Partners, Benefit Street

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57:50

🎥 iAltA's Bill Crager - from building Envestnet to a...

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2025/11/19

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s interview is with a wealth management entrepreneur who created one of the most consequential wealth management technology companies that has helped to shape the industry into what it is today.Bill Crager is the Co-Founder of Envestnet, which he and his co-founder, the late Jud Bergman, grew into a public company. Bill was the CEO of Envestnet during the company’s time as both a public company and following Bain Capital’s acquisition to take the

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55:39

🎥 Vista Equity Partners' Robert F. Smith - on who...

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2025/11/13

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode welcomes a pioneer and visionary in enterprise software investing to Alt Goes Mainstream.Robert F. Smith is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of $100B AUM Vista Equity Partners. He sits on the firm’s Investment Committees for Vista’s Flagship, Foundation, Endeavor, and Perennial Funds and serves as a member of Vista’s Executive committee. Vista’s portfolio spans 90 enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled companies that employ

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60:14

🎥 Nomura Capital Management's Robert Stark - building...

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2025/11/11

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode dives into private credit and building an asset management business inside of a leading global bank.We sat down in Nomura’s NYC office with Robert Stark, the CEO of Nomura Capital Management LLC (NCM) and Head of Investment Management in the Americas for the Nomura Group.Robert brings deep experience in financial services to Nomura. He was previously the Founder & CEO of Alterum Capital Partners LLC, where he focused on building an

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41:23

🎥 PGIM's Dominick Carlino - operating at the...

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2025/11/04

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode is with an experienced private markets and distribution executive who has been educating the wealth channel and distributing private markets investment solutions at some of the industry’s largest platforms.We sat down in Prudential’s Newark studio with PGIM’s Global Head of Alternative Investments, Dominick Carlino. PGIM is the $1.4T global asset management business of Prudential Financial.At PGIM, Dominick is responsible for driving

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55:40

🎥 Blue Owl's Matt A'Hearn - a generational...

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2025/10/23

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.Today’s episode dives into digital infrastructure and how it powers the growth of artificial intelligence and other major trends in digitalization and electrification.We sat down in Blue Owl’s NYC office with Matt A’Hearn, an asset management entrepreneur and executive at the firm.Matt is a Senior Managing Direct at Blue Owl and Head of Digital Infrastructure. He’s responsible for leading the overall management of Digital Infrastructure, including

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