Modernizing private investment infrastructure, with Templum CEO Christopher Pallotta

Lex chats with Christopher Pallotta - founder and CEO of Templum, a company focused on alternative investments and private markets. Pallotta discusses his background in technology and investing, as well as the journey of Templum and its transformation into becoming the operating system for private markets and alternative assets. He explains how Templum's technology, broker-dealer and alternative trading system (ATS) capabilities enable the trading of regulated private securities in a compliant manner. Pallotta also discusses the growing demand for alternative assets and the role of liquidity in driving adoption. He highlights the potential for alternative assets to outperform traditional markets and the need for liquidity mechanisms in the alternative asset space. Finally, Pallotta shares his vision for the future, where alternative assets become more accessible and investing in them becomes as ubiquitous as investing in public equities. MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION Templum's Website: https://bit.ly/3GfLr63 Christopher's LinkedIn profile: https://bit.ly/47O2sjy Topics: fintech, hedge fund, REIT, ETF, finance, real world assets, RWA, tokenization, alternative assets Companies: Templum, Raptor Group, Eniac, 8VC, New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ ABOUT THE FINTECH BLUEPRINT 🔥Subscribe to the Fintech Blueprint newsletter to stay at the forefront of Fintech and DeFi: https://bit.ly/3hyhlC2 🤝 Partner with Fintech Blueprint through sponsorships: https://bit.ly/3UZllsV 👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/LexSokolin TIMESTAMPS 1’22: From business school to blockchain: A journey into tech and investment 6’12: The liquidity journey: Navigating markets from illiquid to fractionalized assets 8’47: Templum today: Powering alternative asset markets and beyond 12’13: Demystifying infrastructure: Public equities vs. alternative asset markets 14’57: Revolutionizing private asset markets: Templum's Shopify-inspired solution 17’12: Unifying the world of alternative assets: Templum's central operating system 20’03: Unlocking demand: The shift towards alternative assets in investment portfolios 22’18: Democratizing investment: The rise of alternative assets in retail portfolios 26’18: The expanding alt-finTech ecosystem: Templum's position in liquidity and access 28’39: Unlocking liquidity: The market implications of tradable alternative assets 31’16: The evolution of portfolio composition: A future with 60% alternatives and 40% ETFs? 33’10: The future of real-world asset tokenization: Trends, insights, opportunities, and challenges 37’50”: The channels used to connect with Chris & learn more about Templum