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Marc Rowan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
676 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

The second thing is I believe the ability to guarantee outcomes has value.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

Capital is key to being able to guarantee outcomes, both for issuers as well as for people on the insurance side or the retirement income side where you're guaranteeing their insurance.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

So we've amassed a massive capital base, and it's going to get bigger.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

It allows us to partner with our clients.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

I think that is the sweet spot of where we are in a changing world.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

So what's happened so far is if you think about our industry, which has only existed for about 40 years in a real industrial form, the entire industry was built out of one capital source.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

This was the alternative bucket of institutions.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

And essentially it was all in funds.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

It was all relatively slow moving.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

And yes, there were private equity funds, but then there were real estate private equity funds and infrastructure private equity funds and credit kind of private equity funds.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

It was all one business, and it was a pretty simple business.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

And you did not need a lot of infrastructure because same institutions, quarterly fine.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

Well, there are five new markets.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

We serve individuals, we serve insurance companies, we serve the debt and equity bucket of institutions, we serve traditional asset managers, and we serve 401 .

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

All of these other five markets want nothing to do with a drawdown fund.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

They live in a public world.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

And so the notion that they are going to somehow conform to us is just hubris.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

We are going to have to conform to them if we want to serve them, if we want to exist in their world.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

But we have to also do it in a way that does not bastardize our products, that does not create unacceptable mismatches between risk and reward.

The a16z Show
Marc Rowan on Private Markets, Software Repricing, and Capital Allocation

And so we're starting with our investment-grade private suite of products, and we will be daily estimated value by June 30.