Hello, I'm Ted Sides, and this is Capital Allocators.

This show is an open exploration of the people and process behind capital allocation.

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My guest on today's sponsored insight is James Clark, the global head of institutional capital

at Blue Owl, a leading public alternative asset manager with $270 billion in assets under management.

James joined Doug Osterover and Mark Lipschultz shortly after the firm's launch and has been

instrumental in its explosive growth over the last eight years.

Doug was a past guest on the show, and that conversation is replayed in the feed.

Our conversation covers James' path to asset management, lessons he learned over a decade at PIMCO,

equally powerful lessons from his subsequent, if less successful,

stops, and the application of those lessons at Blue Owl. We discussed product knowledge,

relationship development, balancing capital-raising needs with long-term partnerships,

the evolution of the institutional and wealth channels, the importance of transparency,

and the benefits and challenges of scale.

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