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by Ted Seides – Allocator and Asset Management Expert
Allocator and asset management expert, Ted Seides, conducts in-depth interviews with leaders in the institutional investing industry. Guests include Chief Investment Officers from leading allocators, asset managers, strategists, thought leaders, and many more. Our mission is to learn, share, and help implement the process of premier investors.
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- 2 weeks ago48 min
Continuation Vehicles from the LP Seat – Scott Ramsower (EP.523)
My guest on today's show is Scott Ramsower, Head of Private Equity Funds at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, where a 27-person team manages $33 billion in private equity for the $250 billion pension plan. Scott started his LP career at AlpInvest and joined Texas Teachers sixteen years ago, when the private equity program was six people and $7 billion. He also chairs the board of ILPA. Our conversation covers Scott's path from equity research to the LP seat and the growth of the Texas Teachers program. We then turn to continuation vehicles and the reasons LPs have grown wary of them, from conflicted pricing and misaligned economics to the loss of the right tail. We close with zombie funds, retail capital in private equity, and how a slower exit market is changing the way LPs underwrite their GPs. AlphaSense free trial for Capital Allocators listeners. Learn more about Juniper Square here. Learn More Follow Ted on X at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list (https://capitalallocators.com/) Access Transcript with Premium Membership (https://capitalallocators.com/signup) Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)
- 2 weeks ago39 min
AI in the Investment Firm – Ben Harrison (EP.522)
Ben Harrison is President of Industries at Intapp, a leading provider of software solutions to professional and financial services firms. Ben first joined me three years ago to discuss DealCloud, Intapp's platform serving the private capital community. Since then, Intapp has nearly tripled in size, and the rapid development of AI has created an entirely new opportunity for the business. Our conversation explores what Ben calls "firm AI" — moving beyond using AI to conduct research, build models, or create presentations to deploying agents that draw on a firm's institutional memory and execute its workflows. We discuss how AI is changing sourcing and origination, fundraising, deal lifecycle management, and the staffing of investment firms. We also cover the critical importance of governance and security, lessons from the combination of DealCloud and Intapp, and Ben's perspective on the next leg of growth for the business. Learn More Follow Ted on X at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant
- 2 weeks ago30 min
[REPLAY] DealCloud - Ben Harrison (Dealcloud), (S3. Sponsored Insight)
This Sponsored Insight features Ben Harrison, Founder and Co-President of DealCloud, our sponsor for Season 3 of Private Equity Deals. Ben discusses how DealCloud's vertical software supports alternative investment professionals through deal sourcing, relationship and pipeline management, and workflow efficiencies. We are incredibly grateful of DealCloud for sponsoring Private Equity Deals, and we are eager to highlight their value to the alternative investment community. Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)
- 3 weeks ago52 min
Building a Berkshire for the Middle Market – Tracy Britt Cool (EP.521)
My guest on today's show is Tracy Britt Cool, co-founder of Kanbrick, a long-term investment partnership that provides owners of family-owned, midsized businesses with a differentiated option from traditional private equity. Tracy launched the business after spending ten years at Berkshire Hathaway as one of Warren Buffett's few deputies. She started out of business school as a financial assistant to Buffett, served as Chair of several Berkshire portfolio companies, and later became CEO of Pampered Chef. Our conversation covers Tracy's journey, including lessons from Buffett and the value of operating experience. We turn to the application of those lessons at Kanbrick across its strategy, sourcing, deal dynamics, operational improvements, and long-term holding periods, all supported by the firm's creation of a community of 4,000 executives who share best practices in hiring, operations, excellence, and growth. Learn more about Juniper Square here. Learn More Follow Ted on X at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list (https://capitalallocators.com/) Access Transcript with Premium Membership (https://capitalallocators.com/signup) Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)
- 4 weeks ago51 min
Senior Decision Makers: Erlina Yeo Terwelp, Columbia Investment Management Company (EP.520)
Our next guest on the Senior Decision Makers series is Erlina Yeo Terwelp, a Managing Director at Columbia Investment Management Company, where she oversees the endowment's private markets portfolio. Erlina's path spans investment banking, private equity, growth equity, and family office investing before she joined Columbia nearly a decade ago. Our conversation covers her evolution as an allocator, how she thinks about manager selection and portfolio construction, the growing role of leadership and team development in her seat, and her perspective on generalist versus specialist team models after working within both. Erlina is candid, thoughtful, and funny — with a deep commitment to intellectual honesty, an openness to changing her mind, and a willingness to continually put herself in situations that force her to grow. Learn more about Juniper Square here. Learn More Follow Ted on X at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)
- Oct 8, 202659 min
Real Estate Credit Over Yield at Invesco – Charlie Rose (EP.519)
Charlie Rose is the Global Head of Real Estate Credit at Invesco, where he oversees an $85 billion global platform. Before joining Invesco, Charlie worked in real estate as an academic researcher, jack-of-all-trades through the financial crisis, and investor up and down the capital stack for eight years at Canyon Partners. Our conversation covers Invesco's "credit over yield" approach, property-first underwriting, collaborative work inside the firm, and relationship-based focus. We discuss sourcing through repeat borrowers, risk management, portfolio construction, contrarian calls, including avoiding data centers and AI exposure, and "sheds and beds" theme of industrial and multifamily loans. We close with lessons from the 2022–23 real estate correction, managing troubled loans, and how Invesco is using AI to improve investment decisions. See full disclaimer here. Register for TomorrowX using the Capital Allocators discount here. Learn More Follow Ted on X at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant
- Oct 5, 202656 min
Building the Total Portfolio at Ontario Teachers – Stephen McLennan (EP.518)
Stephen McLennan is the Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, where he oversees asset allocation for the $300 billion fund responsible for the retirement security of 346,000 teachers. Stephen joined OTPP in 2003 and worked across credit, natural resources, infrastructure, and Total Fund Management, before splitting the CIO seat with Gillian Brown in 2024 — a dual-CIO structure that is unique among Canada's largest pension funds. Our conversation traces that path and discusses OTPP's total portfolio strategy, including the balance of top-down asset allocation with bottom-up investing, role of active management, liquidity, leverage, and internal and external management. We cover where private equity, credit, infrastructure, hedge funds, and inflation-sensitive assets earn their place in the portfolio, how AI-driven concentration risk factors into portfolio resilience, and the evolution of the Canadian model, with both enduring edges and eroding competitive advantages. Register for TomorrowX using the Capital Allocators discount here. Learn more about Juniper Square here. Learn More Follow Ted on X at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)
- Sep 28, 202649 min
Nancy Zimmerman – People, Process, and Fixed Income Arbitrage at Bracebridge (EP.517)
Nancy Zimmerman is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Bracebridge Capital, a $13 billion alternative asset manager specializing in fixed income arbitrage that she founded over 30 years ago, in 1994, alongside Gabe Sunshine with capital from David Swensen at Yale. Our conversation traces Nancy's evolution from pricing securities to investing and the enduring sources of inefficiency in fixed income markets. We discuss the nature of arbitrage opportunities and their persistence over time and then turn to hunting for mispricings today across developed market rates, structured credit, corporates, and emerging markets. Along the way, we cover Bracebridge's process for sourcing ideas, assessing relative value, determining position sizes, constructing a portfolio, and managing risk. We close with building a team, aligning the organization and its clients, investing in today's exciting and unusual environment, and transferring investment knowledge to work on the investment committee and brain science research at Nancy's alma mater, Brown University. Nancy is among the sharpest, most curious, funny, and deeply experienced investors in the hedge fund world. Take our audience survey. Tell us more about you, how you listen, and what we can do to make the podcast and platform better. Try ALEX by Admired Leadership. Learn More Follow Ted on X at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)
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