The Portico Podcast
Episodes
23 episodes
Accion Venture Lab's Amee Parbhoo on Early-stage Fintech
In this edition, I speak with Amee Parbhoo, Managing Partner of Accion Venture Lab, a leading global seed-stage inv...
Deals! with FT Corporate Finance & Deals Editor Arash Massoudi
In this edition, I speak with Arash Massoudi, Corporate Finance and Deals editor with the Financial Times in London, and also the co-creator of the FT’s must-read newsletter on deal-making:
Can Crypto Solve the $4 Trillion SME Financing Gap?
I was recently invited to give a lightning talk on a topic that’s been capturing much of my mindspace of late: whether crypto can be a better technology for capital formation than legacy options, such as banks, capital markets, and non-bank fin...
Aleem Remtula on Investing in Refugees & Displaced Communities
In today’s episode, I speak with Aleem Remtula, a Partner on the private equity team at Developing World Markets.DWM is an impact investi...
The Four Dynamics Shaping Global Private Markets
What are the most important dynamics shaping the global private markets industry today?I would highlight four:Primary fundraising is extremely challenging Consolidation is transforming the strategic landsca...
Ben Fanger on Distressed Debt in China
In today’s episode I speak with Ben Fanger, the Managing Partner and Founder of ShoreVest Partners, an investment firm that specializes in Chinese...
Howard French on "Born in Blackness"
In today’s episode, Mike Casey interviews Howard French, the author of the urgent and essential book Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Sec...
Nnennia Ejebe on the Art of Control Deals in Africa
In today’s episode I speak with Nnennia Ejebe, a Partner with Adenia who is based in the firm’s office in Accra, Ghana. Adenia has been investing across Africa since 2002, and it is a pioneer of control dea...
Karim Hussein on Egypt's Vibrant Venture Landscape
I’m really excited to share today’s episode, which features an interview with Karim Hussein, a Managing Partner of Algebra Ventures, Egypt’s leading institutional-quality venture capital firm. ...
Gopal Jain on India’s Transformation
In today’s episode I speak with Gopal Jain, co-founder and Managing Partner of Gaja Capital, one of the leading private equity firms in India.It was a real pleasure to speak with Gopal because ...
Tariq Fancy asks Is Sustainable Investing Dangerous?
This episode of the Portico Podcast features a conversation with Tariq Fancy — the former CIO for Sustainable Investing at the ~$10 trillion asset manager BlackRock. He’s also the author of the delightfully thought-provoking essay
Simon Clark on The Key Man
This episode features an interview with Simon Clark, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal and the co-author of The Key Man —...
Greg Bowes on The State of EM Private Markets
An interview with Greg Bowes, Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Albright Capital___One of the questions I’ve often pondered since founding this business is: is emerging markets private equity dying? That literally was...
The Abraaj Fiasco
I wanted to experiment with a different format for this episode and share my writings on the Abraaj fraud scandal as they were happening in real time a few years ago.Now, for those who don’t know Abraaj, it was one of the largest — and p...
Viktor Shvets on The Great Rupture
In this episode of the Portico Podcast I speak with Viktor Shvets, a global strategist at Macquarie, and the author of the deeply thought-provoking book ...
Jake Cusack on Investing in Frontier & Fragile Markets
In this episode of the Portico Podcast I speak with Jake Cusack, co-founder and Managing Partner of The CrossBoundary Group, a firm that unlocks private capital for sustainable growth and strong retu...
Weijian Shan on Leverage and Turnarounds in Asia
In this episode, I speak with Weijian Shan, the chairman and CEO of PAG — a leading Asia-focused alternative investments firm with ~ $40 billion of assets under management.Prior to PAG, Shan was a co...
Tom Burgis on The Rise of Kleptocracy
In today’s episode I speak with Tom Burgis, an investigations correspondent with the Financial Times, and author of two c...
Monica Brand Engel on Fintech & Financial Inclusion
In the third episode of The Portico Podcast I speak with Monica Brand Engel — a co-founding Partner at Quona Capital, a venture capital firm focused on fintech for inclusion in emerging markets.If you’...
Private Equity & Development with Roger Leeds
When I decided to launch the podcast, I wanted today’s interviewee — Roger Leeds — to be one of the first guests. And I wanted to explore the theme of private equity and its role in private sector development in emerging and frontier markets.
