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Assertion Supported
Barth: General Atlantic uses an AI bot on its investment committee
“I mean, I think what GA is doing is really cool in terms of having an AI bot on their investment committee, thinking about investment decisions they made in the past and having that institutional memory in a bot.”
Brett Barth Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 41:08 Friends Reunion 3 – Five Allocators Riff on Investing (EP.454)
Prediction Held up
Barth: Private markets will see slower realizations rather than valuation volatility
“Obviously, they all have to get audited, and it all has to be gap, and you've got to get Houlihan Loki or someone else to sign off on the valuation, but I don't think you're going to see the volatility in private markets. You're just going to see a real slowdo…”
Brett Barth Sep 19, 2022 ▶ 21:49 Friends Reunion 2 – Five Allocators Riff on Investing with Meredith Jenkins, Casey Whalen, Brett Barth, Jon Harris, and Ted Seides (Capital Allocators, EP.271)
Assertion Supported
Barth: Ivy League endowments are structurally tax-efficient through VC and low-turnover equity
“The big Ivy League endowments haven't been huge private credit owners. They've done a lot of Growth equity in VC, it's actually pretty tax efficient, and they've done a lot of public equity that's not been high turnover.”
Brett Barth Jun 30, 2025 ▶ 25:53 Friends Reunion 3 – Five Allocators Riff on Investing (EP.454)
Assertion Supported
Barth: BBR started managing money on March 1, 2000, at the NASDAQ peak
“The fact that we didn't start managing money till March one of 2000, like almost right on top of the NASDAQ high, really framed our investment approach for years to come, and I think it served us well”
Brett Barth Apr 20, 2017 ▶ 23:34 Brett Barth – Asset Allocation for Families (Capital Allocators, EP.03)
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