E38: Beyond the Double Pledge: Setting a New Standard for Trust with Stuart Wall of Setpoint

This episode is brought to you in partnership with Setpoint, the operating system for capital markets.

01:15 - First Brands and Tricolor failures and what they reveal about the ABF market today

05:08 - Setpoint overview and solving the analog backend

07:03 - What is double pledging, and what happened with First Brands and Tricolor

08:57 - Information accessibility between public and private markets

12:15 - Launching Setpoint Pledge Check

14:48 - The importance of having an independent third party for verification of assets

17:22 - Can double pledging be eliminated?

20:28 - Solving the complex workflows in ABF and moving on from Excel

22:03 - How a private credit ecosystem can become healthy and transparent in the next five years

24:01 - Stuart's entrepreneurship journey and the joy in building new products

26:53 - Fun rapid fire questions and wrap up

Stuart Wall, CEO & Co-Founder, Setpoint - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwall/

Todd Anderson, Head of Content & Programming, DealCatalyst - https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddanderson19/