The Private-Markets Playbook That Made Brookfield a Powerhouse — and What Retail Investors Can Learn

In the Money with Amber Kanwar · Jan 6, 2026 · 49m

In the final instalment of our special series on alternative investing, host Paige Ellis sits down with Sachin Shah, CEO of Brookfield Wealth Solutions for a deep dive into the private-markets playbook that helped build one of the world’s most powerful alternative asset managers and what retail investors can learn from it.

With more than two decades inside Brookfield, Sachin shares how private equity, infrastructure, real estate, private credit, and insurance are reshaping long-term portfolio construction. He explains why alternatives have “seasoned” into a mainstream asset class, how pension…