Real conversations with the fund managers, allocators, and advisors behind standout firms: the backstories, the first meetings, and the relationships that carried them.
Hosted by Jennifer Bruno, founder of Catalyst Hedge Fund Marketing and CapitalFormation.ai
Private Funds•Independent RIAs•Allocators
Hedge Interview ran from 2018 to 2024, then paused while I led marketing and investor relations inside a commodities multi-strategy firm. Two years on the inside changed how I hear these conversations, and made me want to have more of them. New episodes, new look, same conviction: strategy and performance get the meeting; alignment and trust win the relationship.
Every episode belongs to one of six series, because standout firms take more than one seat at the table.
Emerging and boutique managers on how they got to the table: the backstory, the first allocator meetings, and what finally worked.
Family offices and allocators on how they actually evaluate managers: what earns a first meeting, and what a real relationship looks like.
RIA founders and wealth advisors on winning clients, communicating through drawdowns, and building a book on lasting relationships.
The lawyers, administrators, CFOs, and platforms standout firms run on, and how to choose them well.
The outlook, from the people watching markets closest: managers, analysts, and research firms on the regimes, the risks, and the opportunities they see forming.
Topic-specific conversations with the specialists who know their corner of the market best, from commodities to credit to whatever comes next.
The allocator who wants to find you before you're famous.
The lawyer who's seen every way a fund launch goes wrong.
Six years of managers, allocators, and the people who help funds run: every conversation, playable right here.
Partner & Co-CIO, Longwall Family Office
The allocator who wants to find you before you're famous.
Founding Partner, Sadis & Goldberg
The lawyer who's seen every way a fund launch goes wrong.
Co-Founder & CEO, Noviscient & FundBox.AI
Launching a fund in a month, not a year.
Founder & CEO, Wolfgang Capital
What it really costs to run a fund business.
Co-Founder & CEO, Repool
Fund admin, rebuilt for emerging managers.
CEO & CIO, Parataxis Capital Management
Institutional discipline in a market that had none.
Co-Founder & CIO, Difesa Capital
The three-legged stool between fixed income and equities.
President, Hassan Family Office
Treat family offices as people, not banks.
Founder & CEO, Allocator.com
What allocators do with your data when you're not in the room.
Founder & CEO, Green Capital Single Family Office
Building relationships when nobody can shake hands.
Chief Investment Officer, Regal Ford Asia (Single Family Office)
A family office view from the other side of the world.
CIO & Co-Founder, ADIT Ventures
Investing alongside families, on identical terms.
Chief Investment Strategist, TAG Associates
A sustainable process beats a hot streak.
Managing Director, Single-Family Office
No one-size-fits-all: hedge funds as risk tools.
Managing Partner, Arrivato, LLC
The episode that started the Investor Views series.
I'm Jennifer Bruno. For 25+ years I've sat across the capital-raising table from allocators, as an asset raiser, internal marketer, and someone who has viewed all stages of the founder-allocator relationship trajectory. That vantage point taught me a simple truth: raising capital is all about building relationships.
Capital follows connection. These are the stories behind the connections that build great firms.
Hedge Interview is where those relationships get talked about in the open: managers on how they got funded, allocators on what makes them say yes, advisors on how trust gets built client by client, and the specialists who keep standout firms running. The stories behind standout firms, told by the people who lived them.
Jennifer is the founder of Catalyst Hedge Fund Marketing and CapitalFormation.ai. On this show, the conversation is the whole point.
If you're a boutique fund manager, an allocator, or an advisor with a point of view on how capital and trust really move, I'd love to hear it. Episodes are 30 relaxed minutes, recorded remotely. You'll leave with a polished video asset made to share.
Pitch yourself as a guestOne email when each episode drops: the story, the best line, and the listen link.