🎥 Lincoln International's Brian Garfield - how is AI impacting private markets valuations?

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Brian Garfield on how AI is influencing valuations in private markets.

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into the nuances of the numbers to discuss valuations, underwriting, and the state of private markets. We sat down with Brian Garfield , Managing Director and Global Head of the Portfolio Valuations practice within Lincoln International ’s Valuations and Opinions Group. Brian provides valuation and transaction opinion services to public and private alternative asset managers. He leads a team of over 225 professionals, providing strategic oversight for the Global Portfolio Valuation practice which includes both our Portfolio Valuation and Asset Backed Finance teams situated across North America, EMEA and APAC. Brian’s team also produces the Lincoln Private Market Index, Lincoln Senior Debt Index, and Lincoln Default Index. Brian and his team specialize in estimating the fair value for an array of financial instruments, including direct investments in senior, unitranche and subordinated loans, as well as preferred equity, common equity, option and warrants. His expertise also includes valuing secondary fund interests, co-investments, and GP stakes. Prior to joining Lincoln, Brian spent more than six years at…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Sidgmore

Guest: Brian Garfield

Topics covered

• AI impact on valuations
• private markets
• portfolio valuations
• financial instruments
• underwriting

Keywords

• AI
• valuations
• private markets
• financial instruments
• underwriting
• portfolio valuations
• alternative asset managers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lincoln International, Duff & Phelps, LLC, Lincoln Private Market Index, Lincoln Senior Debt Index, Lincoln Default Index

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