RPM - Reflections on Private Markets

About RPM - Reflections on Private Markets

StepStone Group explores the world of Private Markets through conversations with our thought leaders on key developments across private equity, private debt, real estate, and infrastructure. In each episode a member of StepStone’s investment team will discuss the data, trends, and insights helping shape investors' portfolios.

Publisher

StepStone Group

Category

business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Oct 2020

Latest episode

20 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 67 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   20 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   2H26 Real Estate house views

   Jeff Giller and Margaret McKnight share StepStone Real Estate's 2H26 house views with Maribel Yoo, revealing a compelling investment entry point amidst market dislocation and cautious optimism.

2. 

   25 Jun 2026

   Beyond top quartile: what deal-level benchmarking unlocks for private market investors

   Host Michael Venne sits down with StepStone's Tyler Johnson and PitchBook's Paul Santarelli to discuss what's changing — and what deal-level benchmarking actually unlocks for GPs, LPs, and the market at large. In this episode: Why fund-level benchmarking leaves the most important questions unanswered How to separate alpha from beta in manager evaluation What the PitchBook × StepStone partnership makes possible — and what stays confidential Where the private markets data stack is headed as retail investors enter the asset class Key takeaway: The real unlock isn't a new data set — it's a new default. A world where "show me the comparables" is easy to answer raises the bar for how GPs pitch and how LPs pick. Now live: SPI Deal Benchmarking, the deal-level benchmarking solution from StepStone and PitchBook, is available now. Fund managers and service providers can access it through the PitchBook platform (https://pitchbook.com/partners/stepstone?utm_medium=press&utm_source=press&utm_campaign=partnership&utm_content=q2_2026_partnership_stepstone_launch&utm_term=2026_sw). Investors can access it through SPI by StepStone (https://spi.stepstonegroup.com/).

3. 

   9 Jun 2026

   Venture's shifting landscape: liquidity, selectivity, and secondaries

   This episode of RPM explores the evolving landscape of venture capital in 2026, focusing on market shifts, liquidity challenges, and strategic opportunities in secondaries and selectivity. Experts Stephen West and Anthony Giambrone sit down with Maribel Yoo to share insights on innovation, platform shifts, and future value drivers.

Inside a recent episode

2H26 Real Estate house views

Published 20 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Fundamentals are mostly fine. And there are still a lot of over-leveraged balance sheets that need fixing, which creates investment opportunity. So capitalizing on all of that makes a lot of sense. We can't ignore the turmoil. It's bringing inflation, higher interest rates, slower growth. […]

Who has been a guest on RPM - Reflections on Private Markets

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jeff Giller
• Margaret McKnight
• Ted Panarese
• Aditya Fontana-Raina
• Zhiyao Ma

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

23 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

16

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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