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The Ecosystem Effect

New episodes: Monthly
Typical length: 29 min
Latest: 4 Sep 2026
Language: English

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4 Sep 2026 · 17 min

5. The Return Equation Reset: Distribution as the Differentiator - The Ecosystem Effect

The final episode of The Ecosystem Effect examines one of the most important shifts taking place across private markets today: the evolution of distribution from a fundraising function into a strategic driver of value creation. As firms seek new sources of capital and investors demand greater access to private markets, technology, partnerships, and distribution networks are becoming central to long-term growth. The firms that successfully connect capital, platforms, and investor experiences will help define the next generation of private markets. In this episode: Scott Kauffman , Founding…

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S2 · 4 Sep 2026 · 26 min
4. Next-Gen GP Solutions: Setting New Standards and Designing the Operating System of the Modern GP - The Ecosystem Effect
Throughout this series, we've explored how data, infrastructure, and artificial intelligence are transforming financial services. Now we bring those ideas together by examining how General Partners are redesigning their operating models to meet the demands of an increasingly connected private markets ecosystem. Today's leading GPs are moving beyond disconnected technology stacks to build integrated platforms where fundraising, portfolio management, investor servicing, and reporting work together through intelligent data and AI-powered workflows. Leading the discussion is Jannine Ravens ,…
S2 · 4 Sep 2026 · 38 min
3. AI Transformation: Overhyped vs. Underestimated — From Copilots to Cash Flow - The Ecosystem Effect
Artificial intelligence is transforming financial services, but where is it creating real value? In this episode of The Ecosystem Effect , our panel explores how AI is moving beyond experimentation to become embedded across investment workflows, operations, and decision-making. As firms combine trusted data, intelligent automation, and connected platforms, AI is becoming a catalyst for measurable business outcomes rather than simply another technology trend. Leading the discussion is Umesh Subramanian , Partner at Motive Partners and former Chief Technology Officer of Citadel and Goldman…
S2 · 4 Sep 2026 · 32 min
2. Private Markets at Scale: Unlocking Capital and Rewiring the Plumbing for the Wealth Era - The Ecosystem Effect
Welcome back to The Ecosystem Effect , our special podcast series recorded live in Berlin. [BZ1] As private markets continue to expand into the wealth channel, demand is no longer the industry's greatest challenge, rather it is the infrastructure needed to support it. Legacy processes, fragmented workflows, and disconnected technology are giving way to connected platforms that enable greater scale, transparency, and accessibility. This episode explores how firms are rebuilding the foundations of private markets to unlock the next wave of growth. In this episode: Leading the discussion is…
S2 · 4 Sep 2026 · 21 min
1. Accelerating Value Creation in Private Markets: The Power of Strategic Data and Ecosystem Partnerships - The Ecosystem Effect
We're excited to share the second installment of our special edition mini-series podcast captured at the exclusive event: The Ecosystem Effect , which was co-hosted by Motive Partners and S&P Global, in Berlin to kick off SuperReturn 2026. Our first episode explores how strategic data and ecosystem partnerships are redefining value creation across private markets. As public and private markets continue to converge, firms that connect technology, intelligence, and expertise are creating competitive advantages that extend well beyond their own organizations. Leading the conversation is Rob…
S1 · 8 Jul 2025 · 32 min
4. What’s Next in Next Gen GP Solutions - Forming the Future of Finance
Explore the trends, opportunities and challenges for how GPs are /will be running their businesses, and what’s next in shaping the future? This is the fourth and final episode in the Forming the Future of Finance series - a special limited series podcast focused on reshaping the financial landscape.
S1 · 8 Jul 2025 · 39 min
3. Cracking the Code on Private Markets Investing - Forming the Future of Finance
With alts expected to become one third or as much as half of an individual’s or institution’s portfolio, the need to dramatically accelerate the integration of public and private market assets into the wealth management landscape has never been greater. What is the key to driving an alternative investment revolution and creating better investment opportunities for investors everywhere? This is the third episode in the Forming the Future of Finance series - a special limited series podcast focused on reshaping the financial landscape.
S1 · 8 Jul 2025 · 25 min
2. The Transformative Power of AI, Data and Analytics for Wealth Advisors - Forming the Future of Finance
The promise of AI is seemingly unlimited, but AI is only as good as the data and infrastructure behind it. What is the role of AI in driving value creation and what are the risks, challenges of AI readiness on the path to automation and innovation to capture the next generation of ‘investors/customers’? This is the second episode in the Forming the Future of Finance series - a special limited series podcast focused on reshaping the financial landscape.
S1 · 8 Jul 2025 · 31 min
1. Investing in NextGen WealthTech - Forming the Future of Finance
Rob Heyvaert, Founder & Managing Partner, Motive Partners in conversation with Natalya Guseva, Head of Financial Markets & Resilience, World Economic Forum. This is the first episode in the Forming the Future of Finance series - a special limited series podcast focused on reshaping the financial landscape.
30 Aug 2024 · 31 min
116 - Splitit Transforms Traditional Buy Now Pay Later
This podcast features Nandan Sheth, CEO at Splitit, a financial technology company that powers the next generation of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) through their merchant-branded Installments-as-a-Service platform.
2 Jan 2024 · 31 min
115 - ABN AMRO & Motive Partners: forging the next generation of strategic partnerships
Edwin van Bommel, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at ABN AMRO in discussion with Ramin Niroumand, Partner at Motive Partners and Head of Motive Ventures, on the recently announced strategic partnership.
29 Sep 2023 · 22 min
114 - Meet the sage of software: a conversation with Heather Bellini, President and CFO of InvestCloud
Heather Bellini is an Industry Partner at Motive, and a President and Chief Financial Officer at InvestCloud, a global software-as-a-service (SaaS) leader in digital transformation for the wealth management industry and portfolio company of funds advised by Motive.
31 Aug 2023 · 29 min
113 - Charlie Kerr, Founder & CEO of With Intelligence, on the role of data and analytics in the alternative investment sector
Motive has recently completed a majority investment, alongside ICG, in With Intelligence. This episode explores the epic journey of With Intelligence with the Founder Charlie Kerr and the Motive team who have delivered this deal.
3 Mar 2023 · 38 min
112 - Nick Leopard, sharpening the Office of the CFO with the help of Accordion and Motive
Nick Leopard and Richard Lumb discuss how Accordion thinks about the Office of the CFO with the help of Motive.
4 Nov 2022 · 38 min
111 - Stephen Daffron, how Motive and BetaNXT are helping drive the industry transformation in Wealth and Asset Management
An investigation with Stephen Daffron into how Motive and BetaNXT are helping drive the industry transformation in Wealth and Asset Management.
30 Sep 2022 · 34 min
110 - Adrian Durham, CEO, FNZ, & Rob Heyvaert discuss opening up wealth through the power of technology
Adrian Durham (Founder & CEO of FNZ) and Rob Heyvaert (Founder & Managing Partner of Motive Partners) discuss how FNZ is opening up wealth through the power of technology, empowering customers through innovative products, with an extraordinary growth trajectory.
29 Jul 2022 · 26 min
109 - Jouk Pleiter, CEO & Founder, Backbase, re-architecting around the customer, for the future of banking
Jouk Pleiter is the CEO & Founder at Backbase, a financial technology company on a mission to re-architect banking around the customer. We discuss how to service the customer holistically, by leveraging the power of a cloud-based engagement banking platform to create frictionless customer journeys, rather than stitching legacy applications together and trying to rework banking around outdated technology.
22 Jul 2022 · 27 min
108 - Rob Heyvaert & Bob Brown, Motive Partners raises $2.5 billion
Rob Heyvaert, Founder & Managing Partner at Motive Partners, and Bob Brown, Founding Partner & Head of Investor Relations, discuss the successful final close of Motive Partners' second flagship fund, Motive Capital Fund 2.
21 Jan 2022 · 18 min
107 - Matt Brown, Founder and CEO at CAIS
Matt Brown, Founder and CEO at CAIS, following the recently announced investment from Motive Partners and Apollo Global Management into CAIS.
7 Nov 2021 · 19 min
106 - Jason Quinn, Chief Product Officer, Trumid
After the recently announced investment from Motive Partners into Trumid, an electronic credit trading platform, we hear in a conversation with Jason Quinn, Chief Product Officer about the growing opportunity for digitizing credit trading.
29 Sep 2021 · 18 min
105 - Jeff Yabuki, Chairman and Founding Partner, Motive Partners
In an exclusive first interview, we hear in a conversation between Rob Heyvaert, Founder and Managing Partner at Motive Partners and newly appointed Jeff Yabuki, Chairman and Founding Partner at Motive Partners what the opportunity ahead for financial technology looks like and why Jeff is excited about joining Motive Partners.
22 Sep 2021 · 22 min
104 - Dan Globerson, Head of Open Banking, NatWest
Dan Globerson, Head of Open Banking at Natwest, joins the podcast to discuss the opportunity ahead in Open Finance and the role NatWest among other leading banks play to develop new digital banking services.
17 Sep 2021 · 25 min
103 - Kelly Rodriques, CEO at Forge
Kelly Rodriques, CEO at Forge, joins the podcast after announcing the SPAC merger with Motive Capital Corp (“MOTV”) led by Blythe Masters, Industry Partner and CEO of MOTV. Forge is a leading global private securities marketplace.
3 Sep 2021 · 23 min
102 - Snejina Zacharia, Founder and CEO at Insurify
Snejina Zacharia, Founder and CEO at Insurify, joins the podcast after announcing a $100 million Series B financing led by Motive Partners.
11 Apr 2021 · 24 min
101 - Tom Wipf, from LIBOR to SOFR
Tom Wipf, Vice Chair, Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Securities Group, and Chair of the New York Federal Reserve’s Alternative Reference Rates Committee (“ARRC”), on the transition away from the LIBOR standard and the introduction of the new SOFR.
20 Dec 2020 · 37 min
100 - Mark Makepeace, the inside story of FTSE
Mark Makepeace, Founder and Former Chief Executive, FTSE Russell and Former Group Director of Information Services, London Stock Exchange Group (LSE), talks about his new book, FTSE - The Inside Story — how a small start-up created by the Financial Times and the LSE launched in the mid-1990s to provide financial information, became a world leader and one of the UK’s most trusted and famous brands.
22 Nov 2020 · 36 min
099 - Alastair Lukies, Herman Spruit, innovation in the global SME landscape
Alastair Lukies, CEO and Founder of Pollinate and Herman Spruit, CEO of Pollinate International talk about the state of the global SME landscape.
20 Sep 2020 · 28 min
098 - Simon Haslam, the payments industry transformation
Simon Haslam, Group CEO of Network International, and our own Sam Tidswell-Norrish discuss the significant changes taking place in the payments industry, and the transformation of Network International through Africa's largest tech acquisition.
6 Sep 2020 · 30 min
097 - Cheryl Nash, the changes impacting wealth management
Cheryl Nash, CEO at Tegra118, and our own Miguel Tejeda discuss the changes impacting wealth management through the Great Wealth Transfer as well as Cheryl's successful efforts in creating a diverse and inclusive Tegra118. Apart from catalysing internal objectives to reach diversity goals, Cheryl has also mentored many women on early-career building and on thriving in the wealth management industry.
2 Aug 2020 · 35 min
096 - Christine M. Ciriani, digital transformation in the wealth management
Christine M. Ciriani, CEO at Finantix and Industry Partner at Motive Partners gives her insights on the digital transformation in the wealth management industry.

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Language: English
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Typical length: 29 min
Latest episode: 4 Sep 2026
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