The Spark Podcast

The Spark Podcast

Spark, presented by Fuel, features weekly conversations with innovative alternative asset managers, allocators, and industry experts. Host Yon Perullo explores the strategies, philosophies, and personal journeys behind today’s most compelling investment opportunities. Unlike traditional financial podcasts, Spark reveals the human elements driving investment decisions across private equity, hedge funds, venture capital, and specialized vehicles. Designed for allocators and investment professionals seeking deeper insights into alternative asset management.

Episodes

May 7, 2025 32 mins

SPACs aren’t dead — they’re just misunderstood. In this episode of Spark, Yon Perullo speaks with Louis Camhi, founder of RLH Capital, about the evolving landscape of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies.

Louis challenges the conventional view that SPACs are just speculative equity plays, arguing instead that they offer a treasury-backed, fixed-income-like profile with asymmetric upside. From navigating today’s market volatility t...

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In this episode of Spark, Yon Perullo sits down with Kamal Suppal, founder of Emerging Markets Alternatives, to explore how smaller investment managers can thrive in a competitive and often biased landscape.

With over two decades of experience across global asset management, Kamal explains the importance of rigorous due diligence, the opportunities market turbulence can create for nimble managers, and why defining a clear niche is ...

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April 23, 2025 36 mins

In this episode of Spark, Heather Beatty of ScopeFour Capital discusses her firm's thematic approach to energy transition and resource efficiency investments in global public equity markets. Heather explains that emissions reduction represents a "multi-decade secular trend" affecting 140 countries and over 5,000 public companies. Learn why buildings contribute 40% to emissions, how two-thirds of necessary climate solutions already ...

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In this episode, Yon Perullo sits down with Isaac Stone Fish, CEO of Strategy Risks, for a candid conversation on China’s evolving global role and what it means for investors. From the latest tariff escalation to the CCP’s internal power dynamics, Taiwan tensions, tech decoupling, and hidden risks in U.S. portfolios — this episode is essential listening for allocators, hedge funds, and anyone managing geopolitical risk in real time...

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April 16, 2025 32 mins

In this episode of Spark, Gary Selz shares insights into Zero Delta Funds, a specialized fund of funds focused on relative value volatility strategies. Gary discusses his unique "Moneyball" approach to selecting volatility traders, risk management philosophy centered on capital preservation, and how his background in electrical engineering shaped his trading career. Explore Zero Delta's methodology for manager selection, their evol...

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