Private Markets, Vintage Funds & the Decade-Long AI Trade. Featuring Jonathan Belz (BFA Global Investors)

The Exchange by EW&L Private Wealth

The Exchange by EW&L Private Wealth
Private Markets, Vintage Funds & the Decade-Long AI Trade. Featuring Jonathan Belz (BFA Global Investors)
Jun 23, 2026 Episode 114
Craig Emanuel, Tim Whybourne, Ryan Loehr.

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In this episode of The Exchange, Tim Whybourne sits down with Jonathan Belz, Global CEO and Co-Founder of BFA Global Investors, an investment manager built to give Asia-Pacific family offices and sophisticated investors direct access to top-tier US venture managers and transformative private companies. Jonathan brings more than twenty years of experience across Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and the Victor Smorgon Group, and has been behind some of the most notable private market allocations in Australia, including early positions in Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX.  

Together, they explore why the most significant value creation of our lifetime is happening in private markets, how AI is compounding on top of technology cycles that are still far from mature, and why the opportunity beneath the hyper-scalers is larger than most investors appreciate. They also unpack the structure and investment thesis behind BFA's Vintage Fund, covering fund selection, co-investment access, return targets, and how to think about liquidity over a five-to-ten-year horizon.


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