The private financial markets have grown sharply in recent years as easy monetary policies drove investors towards illiquid markets offering higher yields. In the latest episode of Exchanges at Goldman Sachs, Mike Koester, co-president of the Alternatives business in Goldman Sachs’ Asset Management Division, explains how investors in the private markets are ... Show More
Yesterday
What’s Driving the Surge in Deal-Making?
Despite a year marked by geopolitical uncertainty, higher tariffs, and slowing growth, deal-making activity is surging in 2025. So can this current wave of M&A activity continue? Goldman Sachs’ Stephan Feldgoise, head of the Global Mergers & Acquisition business in Global Banking ... Show More
16m 36s
Nov 18
The Fed's Tightrope: Inflation, Labor, and the Path Ahead
With inflation above target and the labor market weakening, is the Fed poised to cut rates again? Rob Kaplan, Vice Chairman of
Goldman Sachs, discusses the uncertain outlook with Allison Nathan.
This episode was recorded on November 12, 2025.
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19m 54s
Jul 2023
How institutional investors are navigating market crosscurrents
Explaining how crosscurrents in financial markets are impacting how institutional investors allocate assets, Elizabeth Burton, client investment strategist in the Client Solutions Group in Goldman Sachs Asset Management, joins our latest episode of The Markets, a new weekly podca ... Show More
10m 35s
Jun 2023
Are there green shoots in the IPO market?
Discussing how companies are issuing new stock this year, the market for IPOs, and the other ways corporations are accessing capital in a high-rate environment, Lizzie Reed, global head of the Equity Syndicate Desk in Goldman Sachs Investment Banking, joins our latest episode of ... Show More
9m 4s
Nov 2022
Private Markets: Uncertainty in the Golden Age
<p>Over the last decade private markets have outperformed versus public markets, but given the recent public market volatility, will private markets continue to attract investors? Head of Brokers, Asset Managers, and the Exchanges Team Mike Cyprys and Head of European Asset Manag ... Show More
6m 48s
Oct 2022
Macro pressures affecting private markets
David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy, have a discussion around the macro pressures affecting private markets – across real assets, private equity, private credit and hedge funds – and where institutional investors can ... Show More
27m 17s
Jun 2023
Can the global economy withstand higher interest rates?
Discussing central bank tightening, trends in artificial intelligence and real estate, and the slowdown in China’s economy, Ashish Shah, chief investment officer of Public Investing within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, joins our latest episode of The Markets, a new weekly podca ... Show More
9m 51s
Feb 2024
How soft would a soft landing be?
The Fed remains committed to reducing rates, which bond markets may be cheering, but it may not begin easing policy as soon as markets anticipate. David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, Multi-Asset Solutions and Priya Misra, Portfolio Manager, Global Fixed Income, Currency & C ... Show More
18m 26s
Feb 2023
Steve Eisman on the 'Paradigm Shift' Happening in Markets Right Now
After a decade of dominance, 2022 saw tech stocks badly underperform the rest of the market. However, so far in 2023, tech stocks and other speculations have surged again. According to Steve Eisman, what we're seeing is the natural process by which a "paradigm shift" is playing o ... Show More
48m 33s