177: The Courtship of Investment Allocators & Managers: Inside iConnections - With Ron Biscardi

Money Maze Podcast

Business, Investing, Management, News, Business News

4.8 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

If you are an asset allocator, what is the most effective way to widen your lens on identifying potential investment managers? And if you are an investment manager, how can you be more effective in meeting some of those key allocators who might transform your business?

In April 2020, Ron Biscardi launched iConnections, whose platform allows managers to share fund information with allocators.

Ron started iConnections as a small virtual events platform during COVID-19, with 'no money, no employees, no software and no clients'. In just five years, it's grown into the world's largest cap intro platform (facilitating 35,000+ meetings, so far!).

Ron explains how his background in engineering and then capital introduction led him to found the business.

He explains why they built the technology, rather than buying it, and discusses the enduring attraction of conferences. Plus he also covers why data is the great enabler to help attendees maximise their productivity.

Finally, he discusses why conferences such as iConnections Global Alts (Miami) is so successful, and how gathering intelligence, meeting your peers and building your brand can follow.

The Money Maze Podcast is kindly sponsored by Schroders, IFM Investors, World Gold Council and LSEG.

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0:36.4	Thank you for listening.
0:40.3	If you are an asset allocator, what's the most effective way to widen your lens on
0:45.9	identifying potential investment managers? And if you're investment manager, how can you be
0:51.0	more effective in meeting some of those key allocators who might transform your
0:55.2	business? Enter Ron Biscardi, the CEO and founder of IConnections, who in April 2020
1:01.3	launched the Capital Introduction Technology platform, allowing managers to share fund information
1:06.5	with allocators who can more easily evaluate, engage with relevant managers.
1:16.3	Ron, just off a plane, here in Marilla Bowen from New York, welcome to the MoneyMays podcast.
1:18.8	Great to be here. Thank you guys for having me.
1:25.0	Also, with us as a co-interview, is the MoneyMess co-founder Will Campion, our own equivalent of the grand chess master, visionary, diagonal thinker who sees
1:29.8	moves others might miss. And our little money maze podcast business founded also in 2020,
1:36.2	expands and involves with him at the bridge. Welcome, Will. Thank you, Simon. I think it's an absolute
1:43.0	treat to see Ron in person here.
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