RPM - Reflections on Private Markets
Episodes
The case for emerging managers with Ted Panarese and Aditya Fontana-Raina
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Ted Panarese and Aditya Fontana-Raina, New York-based Managing Directors on our private equity team, join co-host Anna Marcus ...
Fall 2025 Real Estate House Views with Jeff Giller and Margaret McKnight
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Jeff Giller, Partner and Head of Real Estate, and Margaret McKnight, Partner and Head of Portfolio Solutions for Ste...
Private equity discipline in uncertain conditions
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Lisa Larsson, a New York-based Partner on StepStone’s Portfolio Management team, and Akash Chitrey, a La Jolla-based Sen...
Diversifying your Asia exposure with Zhiyao Ma and Hansong Qu
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Zhiyao Ma and Hansong Qu, Vice Presidents on StepStone's Asia Private Equity team, join co-host Anna Marcus to discuss th...
Why private debt is well-suited for evergreen fund structures with Fabian Körzendörfer
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Fabian Körzendörfer, a Zurich-based Partner on StepStone’s Private Debt team, joins co-host Michael Venne to d...
Now is the time for infrastructure secondaries with Tim Rees
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Tim Rees, a London-based Partner on StepStone’s Infrastructure and Real Assets team, joins co-host Michael Venne to disc...
Spring 2025 Real Estate House Views with Jeff Giller and Margaret McKnight
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Jeff Giller, Partner and Head of Real Estate, and Margaret McKnight, Partner and Head of Portfolio Solutions for Ste...
Responsible use in DUT and defense investing with Suzanne Tavill and Brooke Latham
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of RPM features Suzanne Tavill, Partner and Head of Responsible Investment at StepStone, in conversation with Brooke Latham, Head of Sust...
The future of Responsible AI with Suzanne Tavill and Paul Fehlinger
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Suzanne Tavill, Partner and Head of Responsible Investment at StepStone, is joined by special guest Paul Fehlinger, Director o...
Real Estate Liquidity Insights with Jeff Giller and Margaret McKnight
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Jeff Giller, Partner and Head of Real Estate, and Margaret McKnight, Partner and Head of Portfolio Solutions for Ste...
Inside the private equity co-investment market with Geoffrey Dolan
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Geoffrey Dolan, a partner on our Private Equity team in New York, joins co-host Anna Marcus to break down the competitive dyn...
Investing in climate solutions with Bhavika Vyas and Julio Friedmann
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Bhavika Vyas, Managing Director and member of StepStone’s Private Equity team, and special guest Julio Friedmann, Chief Sc...
New frontiers in infrastructure with Simon Beer
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Simon Beer, Partner, Infrastructure & Real Assets, joins co-host Michael Venne to discuss trends that are redefining the i...
The emergence of Responsible AI with Suzanne Tavill
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Suzanne Tavill, Partner and Head of Responsible Investment joins co-host Michael Venne to discuss the potential of Responsible...
Private debt in the high-rate era with Richard Schmidt and Jovan Samardzic
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Richard Schmidt, Senior Analyst, Private Debt, and Jovan Samardzic, Managing Director, Private Debt Research, join co-host Mic...
Spring 2024 Real Estate House Views with Jeff Giller and Margaret McKnight
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Jeff Giller, Partner and Head of Real Estate, and Margaret McKnight, Partner and Head of Portfolio Solutions for StepStone Rea...
Real estate secondaries with Jeff Giller and Margaret McKnight
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, co-host Maribel Yoo hands the mic to Margaret McKnight, Partner and Head of Portfolio Solutions for Real Estate, to interview...
Uncovering hidden value in European private equity with Akhilan, Thomas and Carlos
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Akhilan Nesaratnam, Thomas Dupont and Carlos Sahuquillo from our private equity team in London join co-host Michael Venne to ...
Unlocking infrastructure’s Middle Market with Todd Lapenna and Sean Ebsary
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Todd Lapenna and Sean Ebsary from our infrastructure team, join co-host Michael Venne to discuss infrastructure’s middle ma...
Fall 2023 Real Estate House Views with Jeff Giller and Margaret McKnight
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Jeff Giller, Partner and Head of Real Estate, and Margaret McKnight, Partner and Head of Portfolio Solutions for Real Estate, ...
Building a private debt portfolio with Christian Frei
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Christian Frei, StepStone head of risk joins Michael Venne to discuss some of the main insights from StepStone's recent coll...
Carbon markets with Suzanne Tavill & Ryan Ramsey
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Michael and Maribel hand the reins to StepStone’s natural capital team for a primer on carbon markets and offsetting. Thoug...
Inflation Reduction Act: Where are we really? ft. Bhavika Vyas and Julio Friedmann
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, we’re continuing our conversation about the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). More than a year out from the Act’s pa...
Private Debt Secondaries with John Bohill
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, John Bohill, a partner on our private debt team, joins co-host Michael Venne to discuss the rapid growth and evolution of priv...
Fabian Körzendörfer: Relative Attractiveness of Direct Lending
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As bond yields have risen, some investors have been questioning whether direct lending (DL) offers the same value proposition as it once did, but yiel...
Jeff Giller and Margaret McKnight: Spring 2023 Real Estate House Views
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Jeff Giller, Partner and Head of Real Estate, and Margaret McKnight, Partner and Head of Portfolio Solutions for Real Estate j...
Why Now’s the Time to Lean in to SBO
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When the economy shrinks, institutions tend to seek reassurance from larger, more established private equity fund managers. This comes at the expense ...
Building to Zero, Inflation Reduction Act, a platform for growth
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Bhavika Vyas, managing director and member of the Responsible Investing Team, as well as special guest Julio Friedmann, chief ...
NAV Lending for Institutional Portfolios: Lisa Larsson
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Lisa Larsson, managing director on our portfolio management team, joins co-host Michael Venne to discuss the recently trending...
Bob Long: Improving Access to Private Markets
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the next five years, private capital assets under management are projected to grow from $10 trillion to $17 trillion. One of the leading reasons:...
Aditya Raina and Laura White: The 2023 Private Equity Outlook
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Aditya Raina and Laura White, two members of our Private Equity team, join co-host Maribel Yoo to discuss StepStone’s 2023 o...
Nature-based investing: Suzanne Tavill
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nature provides the building blocks for civilization, arable soil, air and water filtration, ore and minerals for extraction, and economic and recreat...
Ariel Goldblatt and Mark Tsang: The 2023 Private Debt Outlook
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Ariel Goldblatt and Mark Tsang, senior members of our private debt team join co-host Maribel Yoo to discuss StepStone’s 2023...
John Avirett : VC Market Landscape
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, John Avirett, a partner on our venture capital and growth equity team discusses the venture capital ecosystem as we navigate t...
Qi Liu: Daily Valuation Engine
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, Qi Liu from our data, science and engineering team discusses one of our newest tools – the daily valuation engine (DVE). Ty...
John Coelho - Growth equity
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, we're talking about growth equity with partner John Coelho. However you define "growth," its champions regard it as a proverb...
Christian Frei - Geopolitical uncertainty
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Ukraine crisis has taken a more negative turn than we would have hoped. While it becomes clearer what Russia's objectives may be, considerable unc...
Ryan Ramsey: Agriculture
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of RPM, we're talking about one of the oldest industries in the world—Agriculture. From inflation concerns (4:15) and the boom i...
Nitin Malik: Developing Your People
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 18th episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, StepStone's Head of Talent Development Nitin Malik joins co-host Michael Venne to dis...
Marc-Andre Mittermayer & Marc Lickes: Insurance Companies
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 17th episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, senior members of our private debt team, Marc-Andre Mittermayer and Marc Lickes join ...
Ariel Goldblatt and Mark Tsang: The 2022 Private Debt Outlook
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 16th episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, senior members of our private debt team, Ariel Goldblatt and Mark Tsang, join c...
Aditya Raina: The 2022 Private Equity Outlook
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the 15th episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, Aditya Raina , a principal on our private equity team summarizes the firm's 2022 outl...
Margaret Kuhlow: Bridging the Worlds of Nature and Finance
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In part four of RPM's climate change special, Suzanne Tavill, StepStone head of responsible investment, hosts Margaret Kuhlow, Global Finance Practise...
Jean-Marc Champagne: Filling the Funding Gap In Nature-Based Investing
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In part three of RPM's climate change special, Jean-Marc Champagne the head of bankable nature solutions at the WWF, joins StepStone's head of respons...
Carl Prins: Carbon Footprinting & Going Net Zero
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of RPM's climate change special, Carl Prins, the CEO of Pathzero and an expert on carbon footprinting, joins StepStone's head of responsib...
Linda Romanovska: Europe's Sustainable Finance program and drive to Net Zero
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In part one of RPM's climate change special, Linda Romanovska, an expert in sustainable finance and one of the architects of the EU's climate change p...
Evolution of Private Markets with Jason Ment
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 10th episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, StepStone President and Co-COO Jason Ment discusses the history of and outlook for pr...
Inflation, the recovery and input prices with Tom Keck
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 9th episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, head of research and portfolio management Tom Keck summarizes current market condition...
China Healthcare with Vincent Hsu and Zhiyao Ma
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 8th episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, Private Equity team members Vincent Hsu and Zhiyao Ma&nb...
Impact Investing with Bhavika Vyas
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the 7th episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, Bhavika Vyas a managing director on our responsible investment team joi...
Responsible Investment with Suzanne Tavill
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the sixth episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, partner and head of responsible investment Suzanne Tavill joins Michael Venne t...
Covid-19 Private Debt Market Update with Marcel Schindler and Christian Frei
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our fifth episode, StepStone Partners Christian Frei and Marcel Schindler discuss how Direct Lending as an institutional asset class has successful...
Private Equity Co-investments with Darren Friedman and Lindsay Creedon
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our fourth episode, StepStone Partners Darren Friedman and Lindsay Creedon discuss Private Equity co-investments – some of the whys and hows ...
Real Estate - Secondaries with Kieran Farrelly
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, partner Kieran Farrelly joins co-host Michael Venne to discuss some of the char...
Christian Frei - Strategic Asset Allocation
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, StepStone Head of Risk Christian Frei joins co-host Graziella Scassillo to discuss ...
Scott Hart - State of private markets
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of RPM—Reflections on Private Markets, StepStone Co-CEO Scott Hart joins co-host Michael Venne to ...
Trailer
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
StepStone Group explores the world of Private Markets through conversations with our thought leaders on key developments across private equity, privat...