Mario Giannini

Executive Co-Chairman, Hamilton Lane

Search every verified Mario Giannini interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Mario Giannini, executive co-chairman of Hamilton Lane, has been active in discussions about private markets, infrastructure, and capital deployment. In a November 2025 podcast, he described private credit as "not scarce, but execution is," and noted that Mexico's private credit is roughly 10% less than the Latin American average, calling it a "distribution challenge" and an opportunity. He also stated that "private markets are now a primary source of capital for companies" and that "the most significant change in private equity investing is that private markets now offer access to a broader universe of companies." In a separate appearance, he said that "the two biggest challenges in the private wealth market for our asset class are education and awareness." Giannini has also commented on infrastructure investing, saying that "traditionally, people used to think about airports and toll roads, but I'd say that's a very small part of the infrastructure landscape" and that "today, a lot of those mega trends are being driven by technology, digitization." He stated that Hamilton Lane's specialization is "the middle market globally" and that "as the large end of the market has attracted capital, there's been a shortage in the middle market." In a June 2025 report, he noted that "infrastructure funds held their value better than any other PE strategy, trading at around an 8% discount compared to the 13% average for private markets." He also said that "power demand is on the rise for the first time in a decade" and that "PJM's recent capacity auction saw prices shoot up nine times from last year."