Episode summary
Inside LPL’s Alternatives Platform: Manager Research, Due Diligence & What’s Next
Dakota Live!
· · Hosts: Robert Morier · Guests: Andrew Deck, Matt Doyle
Summary
LPL Financial is building an alternatives platform that tries to bring institutional-quality private markets into a wealth-management channel without diluting the investment process. The guest said the firm’s approach is built around product, education, distribution, and operations, because alternatives on the platform are non-discretionary and advisers need to understand both the strategy and how to explain it to clients.
A major theme was the shift from retail-versus-institutional thinking toward a more blended market. The guest argued that private markets are increasingly central to portfolios, but that implementation still depends on investor sophistication, liquidity needs, and wrapper choice. He pointed to interval funds, evergreen structures, and public-private solutions as ways the industry is simplifying access, while warning that the strategy has to match the wrapper.
Matt Doyle described the underwriting process as a long, committee-driven funnel that starts with sourcing and narrows to a small set of managers through questionnaires, meetings, and due diligence. He said the team looks for differentiation, discipline, clear storytelling, and a fit for the platform, then evaluates investment merits and business risks before approval. Both guests emphasized education, transparency, and client-centricity as key to winning on the platform.
Key takeaways
- The guest said LPL wants “institutional quality products, institutional quality strategies, and institutional quality execution” inside a retail wrapper.
- The guest said private markets are here to stay because, depending on definition, “85 to 97% of the investable universe is private.”
- The guest said advisers need education on liquidity because private credit and other alts are not used the same way as public-market holdings.
- Matt Doyle said the firm’s diligence process usually takes one to two months and can run much longer for more complex products.
- The guest said manager differentiation matters because there is “no shortage of private credit” or private equity funds competing for platform access.
Notable quotes
“We want that institutional quality. We want that um that mindset from our from our managers”
“the quality of the products that the wealth channel has access to is really different now”
“So education plays a major role in this. It's not just educating them on the world's different now”
“we have a team of nine today and we are incredibly well integrated with just about every major sponsor out there”
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Well, welcome back to the Dakota Live podcast. Today we are joined by a very special guest, Andrew Deck. He is the vice president and head of alternative investments at LPL Financial.
Andrew sits at a very interesting intersection in the industry.
From the episode’s captions: roughly the first two minutes, lightly cleaned. Keep watching on YouTube →
Topics
- alternatives platform
- manager research
- due diligence
- interval funds
- manager sourcing and underwriting
Companies and tickers mentioned
- LPLA
- LPL Financial
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