Private Capital

Today’s guest is Ted Seides from Capital Allocators podcast.  I first did a print interview with Ted exactly seven years ago, when he had just completed his first book So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund? and had just started his podcast.  Since then he has written two more books, Capital Allocators and today’s topic Private Equity Deals and now has one of the top investment podcasts in the world, with over 400 episodes.  Private Equity Deals is a set of engaging case studies derived from his podcast series, and is an excellent and detailed read, delving deeply into fifteen different deals. 

Ted Seides is the host of Capital Allocators, which includes podcasts, gatherings and advisory.  He was formerly co-founder of Protege Partners, which was a leading multi-billion dollar hedge fund seeder, where he was President and co-CIO.  Ted is also well known for his famous bet with Warren Buffett, a charitable wager pitting hedge funds against the S&P 500.  Ted began his career under the tutelage of David Swensen at the Yale University Investments office.  Ted graduated with honors from Yale and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.

I’m grateful to Ted for getting me into podcasting.  He told me it was fun and easy and you get to talk to really interesting people, and he was absolutely right. Please enjoy my conversation with Ted Seides.

Private Equity Deals:  https://www.amazon.com/Private-Equity-Deals-dealmaking-professionals/dp/1804090735

Capital Allocators on Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/capital-allocators-inside-the-institutional/id1223764016

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Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast. 

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Greg Fleming is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockefeller Capital Management, a role he has held since the firm, formerly known as Rockefeller & Co., launched in March 2018.

Greg and I discuss the pivotal Lehman weekend in September of 2008 when he was instrumental in the sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America, his thoughts on organic growth and mergers in wealth management, the founding of Rockefeller Capital with Viking and building on the legacy of the Rockefeller family office, growing from $18 billion to $140 billion in six years, the importance of horizontal connectivity in a large organization and his belief that nice guys can finish first.

Prior to Rockefeller, Greg was the President of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Before joining Morgan Stanley in 2010, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Merrill Lynch, and previously ran Merrill’s Global Investment Banking business. Greg joined Merrill Lynch as an investment banker in 1992. He had also been a principal at Booz Allen Hamilton.  Greg is a Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude graduate of Colgate University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School.

Please enjoy my conversation with Greg Fleming.

WEBSITE: https://www.rockco.com/bios/gregory-j-fleming/

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Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast. 

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Ken Kencel is the President & CEO of Churchill Asset Management, a $50 billion dollar platform serving over 700 institutional clients.  He shared valuable insights on the growing private credit market, the evolution of the industry, his first job at Drexel, working at Carlyle and then going out on his own to start Churchill from scratch.  We also discuss the nuances of the art of the covenent and finish with Ken’s desert island discs.

Ken started his career in M&A at Drexel Bernham Lambert, founded the high yield finance business at Chase Securities, and was head of leveraged finance at RBC as well as Indosuez Capital.  He was president and CEO of Churchill Financial group, which was sold to Carlyle where he served as a Managing director before starting Churchill Asset Management.  Ken graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown and has a JD from Northwestern.

Please enjoy my conversation with Ken Kencel.

WEBSITE: https://www.churchillam.com

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Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast. 

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We are hosting our first family office event in New York on September 19th, 2024.  If you are are a single family office and would like to attend, you can request an invite below.  We are happy to have Steve Tananbaum of GoldenTree, Zoe Cruz of Menai Financial and Torsten Slok of Apollo joining us, and will be covering private equity, fintech and the global macro outlook.  I hope you can join us.

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INHERITANCE PODCAST:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964

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Jason Schwarz is Deputy Chief Executive Officer and President at Wilshire, which currently manages over $100 billion in assets and advises on $1.3 trillion.  Jason was raised in a legal family, but his path diverged from the expected, fueled by a desire to carve his own niche. He told me, “I think you see this with sons and daughters of successful parents," he mused. "One path is to follow in the same direction, the other is to go in one's own direction. And I chose that."

This decision led him westward, where he immersed himself in the ever-evolving realm of investments, including a side trip to Hanoi.  We talk about what makes an effective consultant, the burgeoning OCIO business, what he learned from legendary founder Dennis Tito, and the transformation Wilshire underwent following its acquisition by Motive and CC Partners, where Schwarz played a pivotal role in streamlining previously siloed divisions.

Jason joined Wilshire in 2005 and has held a number of increasingly senior roles within the firm, including establishing Wilshire as a leading provider of investment solutions for financial intermediaries, advisors and their clients and ultimately overseeing all of the firm’s business segments. Jason holds a BA in Government from Hamilton College and an MBA from the Marshall School of Business.

Please enjoy my conversation with Jason Schwarz.

WEBSITE: https://www.wilshire.com/

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NOTE: This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Anything said by the guests or host should not be construed as legal or investment advice. Thanks for listening.

Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast. 

FOLLOW JOE: https://twitter.com/joereillyjr

WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/

INHERITANCE PODCAST:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964

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Anthony Scaramucci, is the founder and managing partner of Skybridge Capital and the SALT Conference.  We had a wide ranging and candid conversation about his new book, his path from Port Washington to the White House, navigating the cutthroat world of Wall Street and politics, adapting his investment style to survive, and the importance of non-transactional networking. 

Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital and founder and chairman of the SALT conference.  Prior to founding SkyBridge in 2005, Scaramucci co-founded investment partnership Oscar Capital Management, which was sold to Neuberger Berman in 2001. Earlier, he worked in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs.

Scaramucci briefly served as Chief Strategy Officer of the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank and as White House Communications Director in 2017. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and a board member of the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation. He is the author of five books.and he holds a BA  in Economics from Tufts University and a JD from Harvard Law School.

Please enjoy my conversation with the always engaging Anthony Scaramucci.

SkyBridge Capital:  https://www.skybridge.com/

X: @Scaramucci

From Wall Street to the White House and Back: The Scaramucci Guide to Unbreakable Resilience

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NOTE: This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Anything said by the guests or host should not be construed as legal or investment advice. Thanks for listening.

Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast. 

FOLLOW JOE: https://twitter.com/joereillyjr

WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/

INHERITANCE PODCAST:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964

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Carin-Isabel Knoop is the founder and executive director of the Harvard Business School Research and Case Writing Division.  This conversation was spurred by two things, one that I found out on the Business Breakdowns podcast last year that Harvard Business School Publishing is larger than Forbes, and two that I’ve also always been curious about how case studies are actually written.  Anyone who has done security or competitive analysis will appreciate the level of detail that goes into a case.

This is similar to the great conversation I had last year with Paul Edelman, who has developed psychological tests to find talent for leading hedge funds.  I would encourage you to listen to that one if you haven’t, Paul is great at breaking down conceptual thinking.

Cases are used to teach decision making and business reasoning for analysts, business owners, consultants and investors, but what are the decisions that go into the cases themselves and why are they such a good tool for teaching this mode of thought?  What I found was intriguing and in some ways pleasantly surprising, and Carin was great fun to talk to.  Please enjoy our discussion.

Carin-Isabel Knoop is the Executive Director of the Harvard Business School Case Research and Writing Group which she began in 1995.  Previously she was a consultant at McKinsey and Price Waterhouse Coopers.  Carin has her bachelors summa cum laude in Government, Economics and International Relations from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Harvard Business school with honors.  She is also a very active writer on Medium and where she writes about creating better workplaces.

https://carinisabelknoop.medium.com/

Scott Sperling is the Co-CEO of Thomas H. Lee Partners.  We had an excellent conversation about his time at Harvard Management Company under legendary figures like Walter Cabot and Jack Meyer, his thoughts on the evolution of private equity, the growth of THL, how the firm is structured, his top metrics and how to find new areas of growth.

Scott is Co-CEO and co-chair of the firm’s management committee.  Prior to joining Thomas H. Lee Partners, Scott was, for more than a decade, managing partner of the affiliate of Harvard Management Company that managed all alternative asset classes for Harvard University’s endowment fund. Before that he was a Senior Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.

Scott is involved with a number of charitable and non-profit organizations. He is Chairman of MassGeneralBrigham, the Parent of the Harvard teaching hospitals, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital. He is Chairman Emeritus of the CitiCenter for Performing Arts and Wang Theater.

NOTE:  This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only.  Anything said by the guests or host should not be construed as legal or investment advice.  Thanks for listening.

Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast. 

FOLLOW JOE: https://twitter.com/joereillyjr

WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/

INHERITANCE PODCAST:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964

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Michael Tiedemann is a founding partner and chief executive officer of AlTi Tiedemann Global, a publicly traded $70 billion investment firm. He is also a member of the firm’s board of directors and chairman of the firm’s internal investment committee. 

We talk about starting the business with his father, Carl Tiedemann, the former president of DLJ, spinning up a wealth manager from scratch after the dot-com collapse, the importance of having an operator mentality, finding great talent, and Mike’s thoughts on venture, private debt, growth in the wealth management space and being deliberate.

Michael began his career working for Tiedemann Investment Group (TIG) as an emerging markets research analyst. In 1994, he joined the equity research group at Banco Garantia, one of Brazil’s leading investment banks, living in Brazil for two years. Later, Michael ran their equity sales and trading operations out of New York, where he worked closely with Garantia’s top-ranked hedge fund-of-fund group. In 1998, when Credit Suisse acquired Garantia, he remained there, heading up their sales trading efforts for Latin America, until he left to start Tiedemann Advisors in 2000.

Michael has been a selected speaker at a number of financial and regulatory associations around the country. In 2012, the Henry Street Settlement honored Michael for his contribution to charitable causes, and most recently in 2017 Michael received the Impact Award for his contribution to fighting poverty by the River Fund of New York.  Michael received a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University.

If you like these discussions, please subscribe or leave a review. Please enjoy my excellent talk with Mike Tiedemann.

NOTE: This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Anything said by the guests or host should not be construed as legal or investment advice. Thanks for listening.

Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast. 

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WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/

INHERITANCE PODCAST:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964

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Alex Chaloff is the CIO of Bernstein Private Wealth Management. We had a great conversation talking about his personal litmus test for a manager, what to do with lagging funds, the advantages of scale, and the importance of having a sleep coach. Please enjoy my talk with Alex Chaloff.

Alex Chaloff is the Chief Investment Officer of Bernstein Private Wealth Management. Before his current role, he served as head of Alternative Asset Strategies. Alex was also a Senior Investment Strategist and Co-head of Bernstein’s Private Client Investment Policy Group, the decision-making body for the private client business. The PCIPG provides asset allocation, investment, and risk management advice for high-net-worth clients, endowments, and foundations. Before joining Bernstein in 2005, he was a managing director at Wilshire Associates, serving on the firm’s investment committee. At Wilshire, Alex structured the investment programs of Fortune 500 companies and developed the portfolio construction for multiple mutual fund complexes, serving as Chief Financial Officer for several fund families. Prior to that, he worked in fund accounting operations at a global custodian in Boston. Alex earned a BA in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an MBA with a concentration in finance from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.

NOTE: This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Anything said by the guests or host should not be construed as legal or investment advice. Thanks for listening.

Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast. 

FOLLOW JOE: https://twitter.com/joereillyjr

WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/

INHERITANCE PODCAST:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964

If you like this show, do me a favor and send it to someone you think would enjoy it.  Just copy the link into an email or text.  I appreciate it.

©2024 Joe Reilly

Today we have Mark Hurley, who recently co-authored a white paper called Welcome to the Jungle: The Next Phase of the Evolution of the Wealth Management Industry. Mark has written several influential papers over the years, and makes some intriguing and provocative points. We go into the mechanics of the wealth management business, how to find talent, discuss the ten-year acquisition spree in the industry, and the challenges of a wealth management business which is transitioning from a club-like place to one that is far more competitive.

Mark is currently CEO of Digital Privacy and Protection, a cybersecurity company. He was the Chairman and CEO of Fiduciary Network, a well know firm that provided capital for internal transitions, acquisitions, and MBOs of Registered Investment Advisors. Prior to that he was CEO of Undiscovered Managers, a mutual fund company, and started out at Goldman Sachs. Mark was educated at the United States Military Academy at West Point and has an MBA from Stanford.

Digital Privacy and Protection:  https://www.dpripro.com

Welcome to the Jungle: The Next Phase of the Evolution of the Wealth Management Industry: https://www.dpripro.com/research/yhxohtca3dvhxbc69uh2xqhgi5ynen-jzsww

NOTE:  This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only.  Anything said by the guests or host should not be construed as legal or investment advice.  Thanks for listening.

Joe Reilly is a family office consultant, and the host of the Private Capital Podcast as well as the Inheritance Podcast. 

FOLLOW JOE: https://twitter.com/joereillyjr

WEBSITE: https://www.circulus.co/

INHERITANCE PODCAST:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inheritance-podcast/id1644964

If you like this show, do me a favor and send it to someone you think would enjoy it.  Just copy the link into an email or text.  I appreciate it.

©2024 Joe Reilly