The HPScast HPS Investment Partners LLC
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Becoming a leading global investment firm doesn't happen in a vacuum. Join us for conversations with some of HPS’s closest partners and clients about how they got to where they are today, and how those experiences help them drive value creation on a day to day basis.
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Chris Stainton - Managing Director at HPS Investment Partners
This week, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Chris Stainton, a Managing Director in HPS’ London office focused on direct lending and special situations investing. We talk about Chris’s early career at Bain Capital and how sitting across the negotiation table with HPS led to his eventual decision to join the firm. We also do a deep dive into the evolution of the global distressed credit market to today.
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Gareth Mee - Chief Financial Officer at Legal & General Capital
On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Gareth Mee, Chief Financial Officer at Legal & General Capital, the investing arm of one of the UK's largest insurance and asset management businesses. We talk about Gareth’s early career working as a consultant and eventual partner at Ernst & Young and his transition to join Legal & General Capital’s executive team. We also discuss his perspective on private credit and how it fits into Legal & General Capital’s portfolio.
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Jonathan Stromseth - Professor of the Practice at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy
On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Jonathan Stromseth, Professor of the Practice at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Jonathan teaches and researches globalization, foreign aid and governance reform work in Asia. We talk about Jonathan’s time spent across Asia working for the U.S. international development organization, the Asia Foundation, his transition to lead China and Southeast Asia policy planning for the U.S. State Department and his most recent role at the Brookings Institution. We also discuss his latest focus: climate change and innovations.
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Jared Solomon - Co-Founder and CEO of Five Iron Golf
On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Jared Solomon, Co-Founder and CEO of Five Iron Golf, an indoor golf simulator and events & entertainment business catering to urban centers. We talk about Jared’s first foray into entrepreneurship with Flux Stables, a poker staking business he started in law school. And he shares how he’s continued to merge his passion for business and recreation through Five Iron Golf — and what’s on the horizon for the business.
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Current Credit Market Trends with HPS Governing Partners Purnima Puri and Mike Patterson
This week’s episode features a discussion of current credit market trends with HPS Governing Partners Purnima Puri and Mike Patterson joining host Colbert Cannon.
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Jay Goffman - Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Smith Goffman Partners
On this week’s episode, host Colbert Cannon sits down with Jay Goffman, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Smith Goffman Partners, a restructuring advisory firm with a merchant bank component. We talk about Jay’s early start in bankruptcy law, his journey to becoming partner at Skadden and the origin of Smith Goffman Partners.
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Bingo!
Colbert delivers an upbeat clever and informative distress finance talk show. Awesome voice! Great idea, as usual.
Really informative
Love the format. I have listened to loads of biz podcast like HBR ideacast and others. This one is great because Colbert not only covers mainstream business issues but carefully intertwines social, historical and political considerations seamlessly throughout his conversations. Totally rocks! Keep it coming!