SBAI Podcast
Episodes
Podcast Episode 21: Building Scale, Stewardship and Long-Term Thinking in Pension Investing
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, SBAI’s Brian Digney is joined by Richard Tomlinson, Chief Investment Officer of Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI), to d...
Podcast Episode 20: Trade Errors, Transparency and Culture in Systematic Investing
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, SBAI’s Brian Digney is joined by Leda Braga, Chief Executive Officer of Systematica Investments, and Ben Dixon, the firm’s Genera...
Podcast Episode 19: Understanding Insurance-Linked Securities: Navigating Risk, Return and Resilience
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, SBAI’s Brian Digney is joined by Chantal Berendsen, Partner and Senior Hedge Fund IDD Analyst at Albourne Partners, and Richard Low...
Podcast Episode 18: A Conversation on Demystifying Portfolio Credit Insurance: A Risk Tool for Private Credit
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, SBAI’s Brian Digney is joined by Ben Gedye and Josh Madeiros from K2 Credit to explore the rising role of portfolio credit insuranc...
Podcast Episode 17: A Conversation on Insurance in Asset Management – How to protect your Firm and your Clients
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the SBAI podcast, Brian Digney sits down with Mike Butcher, Head Underwriter for Europe and Financial Institutions Underwriter at K...
Podcast Episode 16: Regulatory Compliance - Mind the Gap: Divergence ahead for the SEC, UK & EU
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is part of the ongoing SBAI and Morgan Lewis Regulatory Compliance podcast series, co-hosted by Christine Ayako Schleppegrell, Partner at...
Podcast Episode 15: A Conversation on Cybersecurity in Asset Management: Insights with Nic Miller
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the SBAI podcast, Brian Digney sits down with Nic Miller from Aedile Consulting to explore the evolving cyber threat landscape faci...
Podcast Episode 14: A Conversation on Valuation – Art or Science? With Ryan McNelley
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ryan McNelley, Managing Director and EMEA Portfolio Valuation Leader at Kroll, joins Brian Digney, Research and Content Director at t...
Podcast Episode 13: A Conversation on The Evolving Role of Operational Due Diligence in Private Markets – Insights from the SBAI ODD Survey
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jean-François Mauvis, former Head of Operational Due Diligence (ODD) at Pantheon Ventures, joins Brian Digney, Research and Content ...
Podcast Episode 12: Regulatory Compliance – Choppy Waters Ahead?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the inaugural episode from the newly launched SBAI and Morgan Lewis Regulatory Compliance podcast series. It is co-hosted by Christine Ayako S...
Podcast Episode 11: A Conversation on Leadership Transition and the Future of Alternative Investments
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mario Therrien, the former Chair of the SBAI and Head of Investment Funds at CDPQ, reflects on his tenure, while Jane Buchan, CEO of ...
Podcast Episode 10: A Conversation on Private Market Valuations: Insights from the ODD Perspective
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jean-François Mauvis, former Head of Operational Due Diligence (ODD) at Pantheon Ventures, joins Brian Digney, Research and Content ...
Podcast Episode 9: A Conversation on Private Markets – Opportunities and Challenges from the Investment Practitioner's Perspective
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nicolas Roth, Managing Director and Head of Private Markets Advisory at UBP, shares his insights on private markets from an investmen...
SBAI Podcast Episode 8: A Conversation on Sustainability and Impact in Alternative Investments
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Cappucci (Managing Director for Sustainable Investing, Harvard Management Company), David Gulkowitz (COO, DSC Meridian Capital) and Pierre Len...
SBAI Podcast Episode 7: Founder Series – Mario Therrien and Wayne Cohen
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode from our Founder series, Mario Therrien (SBAI Chair and Head of Investment Funds and External Management, CDPQ) is joined by W...
SBAI Podcast Episode 6: Founder Series – Poul Winslow and Stuart Fiertz
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from our Founder series, Poul Winslow (until recently Global Head of Capital Markets and Factor Investing at CPP Investments and an ...
SBAI Podcast Episode 5: Founder Series – Paula Volent and Luke Ellis
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of our Founder series podcasts, one of our newest Trustees Paula Volent (CIO of Rockefeller University) is joined by our Deputy Chair Luk...
SBAI Podcast Episode 4: A Conversation on China
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alvin Fan (CEO, OPIM) and Mark Smith (Principal and Head of Business Development, Northwest Investment Management) discuss all things China in episode...
SBAI Podcast Episode 3: A Conversation on Diversity at a Board and Allocator Level
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mario Therrien (SBAI Chair; Head of Investment Funds and External Management, CDPQ) and Dame Amelia Fawcett (Lead Independent Director, State Street C...
SBAI Podcast Episode 2: A Conversation on Carbon
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Razmpa (Director, Head of Responsible Investment, Portfolio Manager, Equities, Unigestion) and Rob Sachs (Head Of Business Development, Whitebox ...
SBAI Podcast Episode 1: A Conversation on Culture
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara Bernstein (Chief HR Officer, Magnetar Capital) and Amanda Cherry (Director of HR, Aspect Capital) discuss measuring and evidencing the culture...