Ross Butler

Ross Butler speaks with Adrian Letts, Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Private Equity Group and Head of Business Operations. Adrian brings a deep operator’s lens – from founding one of the UK’s first streaming platforms, to leading Tesco’s digital and global e-commerce, to scaling a UK retail-energy company from 500k to 5 million customers through M&A […]

In this episode of Fund Shack, Ross Butler speaks with William Benjamin, Head of Alternative Solutions at HSBC Asset Management, about the evolution of private markets, evergreen fund structures, and the democratization of alternatives. William has held senior roles across HSBC’s alternatives platform — including CIO, CEO, and Head of Hedge Funds — as well […]

Alex van Someren has lived at the frontier of technology entrepreneurship, venture capital, and national security. As a teenager he joined Acorn Computers, the company that seeded ARM Holdings and the UK’s early computing revolution. He co-founded nCipher, a London-listed cryptography firm, later became a partner at Amadeus Capital Partners, and between 2021 and 2024 […]

Ross Butler speaks with Kim Pochon, Global Head of Primary Investments at Unigestion, and Joe Briggs, Founder of BCF for this launch episode of Fund Shack’s Emerging Manager Series. What drives experienced professionals to leave established firms and launch new platforms? How do LPs assess the viability of emerging teams? And why the earliest decisions—on […]

In this Fund Shack episode, recorded at SuperReturn in Berlin, Ross Butler talks with Kyle D. Kniffen, Managing Director and Global Head of Alternatives for Third Party Wealth at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. With over $500 billion in alternative assets under management and nearly four decades of experience, Kyle discusses the firm’s expansive platform, which […]

In this episode of Fund Shack, Ross Butler speaks with Matthew Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management, the firm that launched the first crypto index fund and now oversees over $10 billion in assets. Previously CEO of ETF.com and chairman of Inside ETFs, Matthew has been at the vanguard of two financial revolutions: […]

In this episode of Fund Shack, Ross Butler is joined by Cyril Demaria-Bengochea, Head of Private Market Strategy at Julius Baer, Associate Professor at EDHEC Business School, and author of multiple leading books on private equity. Cyril has worked as an expert for Invest Europe, ILPA, and the European Commission, and he brings a unique […]

Donald H. Chew, Jr. has been the editor of the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance for 45 years. In this episode, Donald gives his big picture take on the central role of American-style corporate finance in driving wealth and prosperity.  We discuss: Drawing on Donald’s recent book, The Making of Modern Corporate Finance: A History […]

Raja Hadji-Touma, Partner at Corsair Capital and Head of European Buyouts, discusses Corsair’s focus on asset-light businesses in financial services, technology, and business services. He explains Corsair’s thematic approach to identifying trends and opportunities, emphasizing hands-on value creation, digitization, and scaling businesses through operational and strategic improvements. Insights and Highlights Specialization and Evolution Corsair Capital, […]

Arjun Raghavan, CEO of Partners Capital is the man private equity executives trust with their money. And not just them. Partners Capital has evolved from managing private equity executives’ wealth to overseeing $60 billion for smaller endowments, family offices, and foundations globally. In this conversation, Arjun speaks to Ross Butler about the firm’s “Advanced Endowment […]