Dry Powder: The Private Equity Podcast
Kristin Olson has been working at the intersection of alternatives and private wealth since 2001, but as she shared on a recent episode of Dry Powder, the last few years have been among the most dynamic and exciting of her career.
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“What we’ve been seeing over the past few years,” Kristin says, “is an incredible amount of innovation in just trying to figure out how to actually penetrate that investor base with alternative investment products.”
Today on the show, I ask Kristin whether the democratization of private markets has reached an inflection point. We’ll dive into the critical challenge of investor education and which messages truly resonate for investors and their wealth advisers.
“Before you get down to investment products or investment themes,” Kristin says, “we’re even starting with, ‘Why the asset class? Why should you add it to a traditional portfolio, period?’”
We’ll also explore the nagging question of liquidity and how Goldman Sachs is thinking about the needs of clients across the wealth spectrum.
The Private Equity Podcast
In our podcast series, Bain's Hugh MacArthur interviews leading experts on the trends and opportunities that will redefine the private equity industry.
First published in octubre 2025