Ridgepost’s Chairman and CEO, Luke Sarsfield, is featured on Private Equity Wire’s latest Alternative Views podcast with host Jack Arrowsmith to discuss how allocators are rethinking private markets exposure in a more uncertain environment.
In the conversation, Luke explains why sophisticated LPs are increasingly looking for platform partners that can provide exposure across strategies, rather than managing long rosters of niche managers. He shares Ridgepost’s view that the middle and lower-middle market remains compelling because it offers a broader universe of companies and less concentrated capital, while its more opaque and relationship-driven nature makes proprietary data, institutional knowledge, and cross-platform insight critical to sourcing and underwriting quality opportunities. Luke also discusses how these dynamics are playing out across the U.S. and Europe, where the middle market continues to mature and local expertise remains especially important.