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The Alternatives Mason | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Navigating AI & Authenticity: A Dive Into Branding with Emily Binder
Understanding and leveraging social media algorithms can boost your marketing efforts. Embracing mindfulness, meditation, and managing stress improves energy and productivity. Future trends include AI, cryptocurrency, and innovative content strategies.
Brittany Mason
Dec 16, 2025
Why Patience Wins: Banríon’s Perspective on Helping RIAs Navigate Alternative Investment Adoption
The surge of advisor interest in alternatives has led many asset managers to accelerate their RIA distribution efforts. Yet, selling private credit, private equity, hedge-fund strategies, and interval funds to RIAs is rarely a fast-moving transaction. Deals close when the relationship is built on trust, alignment of goals, and communication, while remaining patient through the diligence, operations, compliance processes.
Shana Sissel
Dec 8, 2025
What's the Alternative? | Season 3 | Episode 5 | Unmasking Hedge Funds: Low-Cost Alternatives & Global Macro Secrets with Bob Elliott
The liquid alternatives category has grown rapidly but faces significant structural and classification challenges.
Shana Sissel
Dec 1, 2025
The Alternatives Mason | Season 3 | Episode 3 | The Astoria Story: Investment Strategies and Entrepreneurship with John Davi
In this episode of The Alternative Mason, Brittany Mason chats with John Davi — founder of Astoria Portfolio Advisors and one of the sharpest minds in the ETF world. John shares how growing up in Queens shaped his hustle, how early stints at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley fueled his love for markets, and what drove him to launch Astoria back in 2017. They dive into how Astoria blends macro insights with quantitative research, what it’s really like to build an independent fi
Brittany Mason
Nov 18, 2025
What's the Alternative? | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Stacking the Deck: Redefining Alternative ETF Models with Jeremy Schwartz
We’re thrilled to officially share that Banríon Capital and WisdomTree have teamed up to create an open-architecture alternative ETF model — part of WisdomTree’s innovative Return Stacking initiative.
Shana Sissel
Nov 5, 2025
The Alternative Mason | Season 3 | Episode 2 | Commanding Wealth: Military Precision in Money Management with Dennis Morton
True connection begins with understanding someone's "why." In this episode of The Alternative Mason, host Brittany Mason and Dennis Morton of Morton Brown Family Wealth, dive into trust-building with clients and authenticity in relationships. Discover their unique approach.
Brittany Mason
Oct 20, 2025
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