{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets","title":"Stonepeak Credit's Ryan Roberge - building an infrastructure credit strategy","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3706,"description":"Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.\nToday’s conversation unpacks an emerging category within infrastructure investing that has a compelling set of market forces and mega trend tailwinds.\nWe sat down in Stonepeak’s New York office with Stonepeak Credit Partner and Senior Managing Director Ryan Roberge.\nRyan brings a diverse set of experiences to bear that helped him build an infrastructure credit business at Stonepeak. He previously covered the energy and infrastructure sectors for King Street, a New York-based hedge fund focused on distressed, special situations, and event driven credit investing. Prior to King Street, Ryan worked in the Energy group at TPG Capital, a large global alternative asset manager. Ryan started his career in Credit Suisse’s Energy Investment Banking Group. He received a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Louisiana State University.\nRyan and I had a fascinating conversation on why infrastructure credit’s time is now. We covered:\nHow Ryan’s background across energy investment banking, energy private equity, and distressed and special situations energy and infrastructure investing all help when investing in infrastructure credit.\nWhy infrastructure credit is a specialized, capital-intensive strategy.\nHow to underwrite data center risk.\nContrarian AI insights.\nThe biggest risks in infrastructure credit investing.\nHow and why infrastructure credit is different from other areas of private credit and direct lending.\nHow a specialist investment platform can help inform where to invest in infrastructure credit.\nThanks Ryan for coming on the podcast to share your expertise, wisdom, and passion for infrastructure and credit.\nShow Notes\n00:00 Hard Asset Diversification\n00:25 Welcome to Alt Goes Mainstream\n01:01 Message from our Sponsor, Ultimus\n02:07 Meet Ryan Roberge\n04:16 Ryan Career Origins\n04:52 From Banking to TPG\n05:25 King Street Credit Training\n06:07 Equity To Credit Shift\n07:04 Downside First Mindset\n07:48 What Is...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AFAZ1vkAT92lFJtqt-r0HeFQ55KTdcbJHmgKXaMlAtY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE5MDA4LzE2MTQ1/Mzk1MDUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}