Sep 29, 2026 · 2 hr 4 min · 27 segments
Private markets have historically been dominated by pensions, endowments and other large institutional investors. But as access expands, individual investors are increasingly encountering private…
And that is why we have Christian McCormick, Head of Client Portfolio Management at Makita Capital.
We're getting out of this publicly traded stocks, publicly traded bonds, and...
I mean, the world of alternatives, the world of private investments, it's certainly been gaining momentum, particularly in the headlines.
And I'm sure we will cover this later in the program, Christian, because maybe some people are listening like, ah, they hear the term private equity and they're like, they just ruin everything.
They go and just, you know, there's the legacy, you know, community, you know, auto shopper, you know, whatever it is.
It's like private equity came in and bought them out and just ruining everything.
It's like, okay, like let's talk about the, let's talk about the sides of private equity where there is, you know, you don't, it's not necessarily bad, but I always look at it as a teacher.
There's pros and cons with anything, just like there's pros and cons with, public stocks, public ETFs, public mutual funds.
So really the objective is to get the education around these, how they function and how these would make sense to compliment you as an investor.
And when you look at the sheer size of private markets, when you look at the number of companies that are private versus public, this is certainly an investment class, if you will, that you want to pay attention to.
I mean, major categories within the private market universe size and growth and also to like why are companies staying private longer versus going public like why is there not such a i don't know if incentive is the right word but maybe that is why are companies choosing to stay private for longer versus going the public route i mean i know i could kind of paint with broad brush strokes here but i mean just headline questions that i'd love to get your thoughts on
And that is why we have Christian McCormick, Head of Client Portfolio Management at Makita Capital.
We're getting out of this publicly traded stocks, publicly traded bonds, and...
I mean, the world of alternatives, the world of private investments, it's certainly been gaining momentum, particularly in the headlines.
And I'm sure we will cover this later in the program, Christian, because maybe some people are listening like, ah, they hear the term private equity and they're like, they just ruin everything.
They go and just, you know, there's the legacy, you know, community, you know, auto shopper, you know, whatever it is.
It's like private equity came in and bought them out and just ruining everything.
It's like, okay, like let's talk about the, let's talk about the sides of private equity where there is, you know, you don't, it's not necessarily bad, but I always look at it as a teacher.
There's pros and cons with anything, just like there's pros and cons with, public stocks, public ETFs, public mutual funds.
So really the objective is to get the education around these, how they function and how these would make sense to compliment you as an investor.
And when you look at the sheer size of private markets, when you look at the number of companies that are private versus public, this is certainly an investment class, if you will, that you want to pay attention to.
I mean, major categories within the private market universe size and growth and also to like why are companies staying private longer versus going public like why is there not such a i don't know if incentive is the right word but maybe that is why are companies choosing to stay private for longer versus going the public route i mean i know i could kind of paint with broad brush strokes here but i mean just headline questions that i'd love to get your thoughts on
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