Meketa's Steve McCourt & Primark's Michael Bell - Democratizing Private Equity | #482

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Today’s guests are</span> <a href= "https://meketa.com/people/stephen-p-mccourt-cfa/"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Steve McCourt</span></a><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">, co-CEO of Meketa Investment Group, an investment consulting and advisory firm serving institutional investors, and</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbell001/"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Michael Bell</span></a><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">, founder of Primark Capital, an investment management firm providing retail investors with access to private equity investment opportunities.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> In today’s episode, Steve and Michael discuss their new partnership aimed at expanding access to private equity investments. They walk through the nuts and bolts of the interval fund structure, touching on fees, sourcing institutional quality deals, diversification through vintage and industry, and the benefits of doing this through co-investments. Then we spend some time talking about the current state of private equity and what they’re seeing with both existing investments and new opportunities.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> -----</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style= "font