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Hugh MacArthur – Private Equity’s Challenges and Opportunities (EP.453)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Release Date: 06/23/2025

Hugh MacArthur – Private Equity’s Challenges and Opportunities (EP.453)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Hugh MacArthur is the Chairman of Bain & Company’s Global Private Equity Practice, which he helped found more than thirty years ago. Hugh’s consulting team works on around 5,000 investment opportunities every year and comprises the largest practice area at Bain. He also hosts the “Dry Powder” podcast, my favorite in the private equity space. Our conversation covers Bain’s work in private equity across due diligence, sourcing, value added support, and strategy for both GP and LP organizations. We then discuss findings from Bain’s latest Global Private Equity Report,...

Bob Oros – RIA Perspective at Hightower (Private Wealth 7, EP.452)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Bob Oros is the outgoing Chairman and CEO of Hightower Advisors, a leading RIA platform with over $165 billion in assets under management. Bob has spent three decades in the wealth management industry, including stints at Charles Schwab, LPL, and Fidelity before joining Hightower in 2019. During the last six years, he oversaw fifty acquisitions of RIAs that he integrated under Hightower’s Well-th Rebalanced culture. Our conversation shares a perspective on how RIAs function and allocate capital at scale. We cover the evolution of private wealth from product sales to holistic planning, the...

Josh Koplewicz – Flexible Capital and Creative Structures at Thayer Street (EP.451)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Josh Koplewicz is the Managing Partner of Thayer Street Partners, a boutique private equity firm he founded in 2012 that provides flexible growth capital to lower middle market companies in financial and business services. Our conversation traces Josh’s journey from his early fascination with business and real estate to building Thayer Street into an institutional platform. We discuss the lessons he learned at Goldman Sachs and his transition from scrappy dealmaker to fund manager. We cover Thayer Street’s thematic sourcing, deal structuring, and portfolio construction, the evolving...

David Breach – Software Specialist Enters Private Wealth (Private Wealth 6, EP.450)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

David Breach is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Vista Equity Partners, a leading specialist in enterprise software investing with over $100 billion in assets. David joined Vista a decade ago when it managed $13 billion and has been instrumental in helping manage its rapid growth. Robert Smith, Vista’s founder, was a past guest on the show, and that conversation is replayed in the feed. Our conversation centers on Vista’s strategic expansion into the private wealth channel. David shares the firm’s rationale for moving beyond its institutional roots, the lessons learned...

[REPLAY] Private Equity Masters 3: Robert F. Smith – Vista Equity Partners (Capital Allocators, EP.202)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Robert F. Smith is the Founder, Chairman and CEO, Vista Equity Partners. Vista is a private investment firm that focuses entirely on enterprise software companies and manages $75 billion in assets across private equity, permanent capital, credit and public vehicles. Taken together, Vista’s current portfolio companies are about 70 in number and house 70,000 employees, 700,000 customers across 175 countries, and 200 million global users. Its combined revenue would make the portfolio one of the largest enterprise software companies in the world. Our conversation covers Robert’s...

Kipp deVeer – Scaling for Private Wealth Globally in Credit (Private Wealth 5, EP.449)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Kipp deVeer is the Co-President of Ares Management, a leading global public alternative investment firm that manages $500 billion across credit, private equity, real assets, and infrastructure. Kipp came on the show last year to share the Ares story, and that conversation is replayed in the feed. Our conversation covers Ares’ credit-centric approach to serving the wealth channel. We discuss Ares’ dedicated focus and expansion in private wealth alongside a strategic acquisition five years ago, the resources and strategies Ares has developed since, the firm’s approach to scaling...

[REPLAY] Kipp deVeer – The World of Private Credit at Ares (EP.329)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Kipp deVeer is a Director and Partner of Ares Management, the $30 billon market cap public company (ARES) that manages $360 billion in assets, including $250 billion in credit. Kipp joined Ares twenty years ago and serves as the Head of Ares Credit Group, CEO of the public BDC Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC), and a member of the Executive Management Committee. Our conversation covers Kipp’s path to Ares, the business and credit markets twenty years ago, and the exponential growth of Ares since. We turn to the firm’s research process across origination and sourcing, underwriting, investment...

Jon Madorsky – Navigating the Evolution of Private Equity Secondaries (EP.448)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Jon Madorsky is Managing Partner and Co-Portfolio manager of the secondaries strategy at RCP Advisors, one of the largest managers focused exclusively on North American lower middle market buyouts. Jon joined the firm 21 years ago and has participated in the growth of the secondaries business from its earliest stages. His partner, Alex Abell, joined me on the show last year and that conversation is replayed in the feed. Our conversation covers the history and maturation of the secondaries market from a red-headed stepchild to a modern portfolio tool. We discuss the use cases,...

[REPLAY] Alex Abell - Lower Middle Market Buyout Investing at RCP (EP.383)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Alex Abell is a Managing Partner at RCP Advisors, which at $14 billion of committed capital, is one of the largest firms focused exclusively on lower-middle market buyouts. Alex has spent twenty-three years in the business, starting on the LP side, building Atlas Diligence – a research and advisory platform focused on advanced analytics, and then merging Atlas with RCP a decade ago. Today, he helps manage RCP’s research efforts, its customized solutions, and advisory services. Our conversation covers Alex’s path and lessons learned investing in lower middle market buyout funds across...

Kristin Kallergis Rowland – Alts at J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank (Private Wealth 4, EP.447)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Kristin Kallergis Rowland is the Global Head of Alternative Investments for J.P. Morgan Wealth Management, where she oversees $180 billion of alternative investments within the $500 billion managed in J.P. Morgan’s $3 trillion private bank. The Private Bank’s investment approach resembles that of many institutions, with centralized research, manager selection, and portfolio construction that its financial advisors use in client portfolios. KK has spent her entire career in private wealth at J.P. Morgan, spanning investment functions and global geographies. Our conversation describes...

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Our conversation covers Bain’s work in private equity across due diligence, sourcing, value added support, and strategy for both GP and LP organizations. We then discuss findings from Bain’s latest Global Private Equity Report, including data on the slowdown in deal activity, liquidity bottleneck, private wealth inflows, carveouts, AI, and competitive positioning. We close with Hugh’s perspective on the winners and losers of the next era, and the strategies GPs and LPs need to pursue to come out on the right side of a changing industry.

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