Hamilton Lane's Hartley Rogers - pioneering private markets: Live from iCapital Connect

Hamilton Lane's Hartley Rogers - pioneering private markets: Live from iCapital Connect

From Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets by Michael Sidgmore

May 5, 2026 · 36 min · Episode 210

About this episode

Hartley Rogers discusses the evolution of private markets and asset management at the iCapital Connect conference.

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. We were live from iCapital Connect’s conference in Phoenix, where we sat down with some of the industry’s leaders across asset management and wealth management. Hartley Rogers is a pioneer in private markets. He is the Executive Co-Chairman of Hamilton Lane , where he plays a significant role in investing and client relationship activities, as well as in strategic and organizational development. He is a Member of the Investment Committees and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2003, Hartley was a Managing Director in the private equity fund management areas at Morgan Stanley and at Credit Suisse. He started his career on Wall Street in 1981. This was a thoroughly fascinating conversation. Hartley’s wealth of knowledge made for a nuanced discussion that married the evolution of the business of asset management with why and how product structure innovation has unfolded as it has in private markets. We also dove into an area that is Hartley’s passion: venture and the innovation economy. We covered: Hamilton Lane’s evolution scaling from 50 people in a single office to 800 people across 22…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Sidgmore

Guest: Hartley Rogers

Topics covered

  • private markets
  • asset management
  • venture capital
  • investment consulting
  • data and tools in investing

Keywords

  • private markets
  • asset management
  • venture capital
  • investment consulting
  • portfolio construction
  • data tools
  • wealth management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hamilton Lane, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse

Places: Phoenix

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