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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt: The Road to Superintelligence

Capital is the real constraint on AI. Energy, land, and chips can all be bought, so capital is the one thing that could slow AI demand.
Blackstone .
Blackstone
Private Markets

Goldman Sachs President & COO John Waldron: What’s the real Wall Street superpower?

Inside Blackstone is our weekly podcast taking you inside our walls to share the conversations and people shaping the future of markets
Blackstone .
Blackstone
Private Markets

Where’s the Beef? Blackstone's Jon Gray on the payoff from the enormous AI CapEx spend

Skeptics question whether significant investments in AI CapEx will deliver for investors. Blackstone President & COO Jon Gray addresses that question in a presentation...
Blackstone .
Blackstone
Private Markets

The founder transition: A growing private equity opportunity

Australia’s ageing business owners are creating opportunities for private equity to support succession, growth and operational change.
Jacob Grover
Wilson Asset Management
Private Markets

WHOOP Founder Will Ahmed on the future of healthcare

The headlines tell you what happened. Our new podcast, Inside Blackstone, helps you see what may be coming next.
Blackstone .
Blackstone
Alternatives

Meet the investor trusted by the world’s biggest pools of capital

The world’s biggest sovereign wealth and pension funds entrust billions to Glenn August. Here’s what his 39 years in credit have taught him.
Chris Conway
Livewire Markets
Alternatives

From the Digital Economy to IPOs: Where Blackstone sees the next opportunity

Blackstone's Winfield Sickles on AI, real estate's recovery, the year of the IPO and why private equity is still the biggest pond.
Anna Dadic
Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

Where The Big Short’s Greg Lippmann is seeing risk build in markets now

Greg Lippmann called the GFC before the rest of Wall St. Now he and Antipodes Partners are comparing notes on where risk is building next.
Anna Dadic
Livewire Markets
Private Markets

Why we think boring is beautiful in our Private Equity portfolio

Why WMA favours resilient, cash-generative private businesses that offer diversification away from AI-driven public market volatility.
Jasper Yeghiaian-Alvandi
Wilson Asset Management
Private Markets

What the headlines are missing on private credit

Barrenjoey’s private credit team explains how asset-backed lending works, the assets underpinning it and the protections for investors.
Magellan Investment Partners
Magellan Investment Partners
Alternatives

Jon Gray on the AI ecosystem, IPOs, and real estate

What does Blackstone’s position as one of the largest private capital providers to the AI ecosystem tell us? In his latest 'Market Views' commentary, Blackstone’s...
Blackstone .
Blackstone
Private Markets

Developer cracks expose private credit fault line

Australia's private credit reckoning is here warns Paul Miron. Investors are being forced to confront questions overlooked in boom years.
Paul Miron
Msquared Capital
Private Markets

The Beautiful Game: why process matters more than individual talent

In football, as in lending
Frank Danieli
MA Financial Group
Alternatives

What the world's largest alternative asset manager is watching now

AI remains the dominant theme, but it's far from the only force shaping markets, according to Blackstone.
Chris Conway
Livewire Markets
Markets

Blackstone's mid-year investment perspectives

The outlook remains constructive, though not without risks that could create periods of volatility along the way.
Blackstone .
Blackstone
Alternatives

The public market pie is shrinking. Here’s what investors are missing

EQT's Frank Heckes and Lonsec's Darrell Clark explain the opportunity for investors in the 85% of large companies that are now private.
Keith Ford
Livewire Markets
Alternatives

The crowd is fighting over 1%. In this market, it pays to look elsewhere

The biggest deals get the headlines, but Schroders' Claire Smith believes the richest hunting ground sits elsewhere.
Chris Conway
Livewire Markets
Alternatives

The growth companies defining the next decade aren't on the ASX

From Compass Education to Douzone - EQT's Frank Heckes on finding moats before the market does.
Anna Dadic
Livewire Markets
Alternatives

What if the best companies disappear, or never list?

Don't be fooled by SpaceX's megalisting - public markets are shrinking and early growth lives off-exchange.
Chris Conway
Livewire Markets
Private Markets

What do Private Equity investors look for? Blackstone's playbook

How Blackstone approaches investing and why very different businesses can belong together.
Blackstone .
Blackstone
Alternatives

Most managers have 30% in software. Apollo has 3%. Here's what it's hunting instead

Eric Hanno explains why Apollo is underweight software and backing hard assets, structured equity and critical infrastructure.
Chris Conway
Livewire Markets
Private Markets

Why now is a good time to invest in natural capital: the case for Australian water

Australian water entitlements offer scarce, uncorrelated exposure to natural capital, but require specialist active management.
Jacob Grover
Wilson Asset Management
Alternatives

Private credit explained: what matters beyond the noise?

Private credit has grown rapidly, but so have the misconceptions. Here’s what investors should understand.
Blackstone .
Blackstone
The Rules of Investing

Investing in the 1%: Backing generational companies with Blackbird’s Samantha Wong

Innovation starts at the grassroots, and Australia and New Zealand are producing their fair share of generational companies.
The Rules of Investing
Livewire Markets
Private Markets

Why now is the time to invest in infrastructure

Unlisted infrastructure stands out amidst persistent inflationary pressures for its ability to pass rising costs through to consumers.
Jasper Yeghiaian-Alvandi
Wilson Asset Management
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