Stephanie Drescher, chief client and product development officer at Apollo Global Management, says it’s up to advisors to educate clients on how to strategically tap into the potential of this market.

In this episode, Stephanie talks with Ben and Julie about:

• Making the most of the multi-trillion-dollar opportunity in private markets
• What’s behind their accelerating democratization
• The shift from “managing to the lowest fee to achieving the greatest outcome"
• Why less-liquid private investments are a good fit for long-term retirement funds

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Are bonds boring? That’s their reputation—and it’s a big part of why investors embrace them.

But Steve Laippley, global co-head of iShares fixed-income ETFs at BlackRock, thinks there’s also a lot more excitement to bonds than we give them credit for.

In this episode, Steve talks with Ben and Julie about:

• ETFs’ role in transforming investor access to bonds
• The value of bond ETFs in providing liquidity, transparency, and price discovery
• How fixed-income ETFs fared during the covid-19 market turmoil
• Recent innovations in the fixed-income space

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