Views and investment strategies of the world’s leading institutional investors
| 123Venture | Richard Allanic, Investment Manager |
| 747 Capital | Marc der Kinderen, Managing Partner |
| Access Capital Partners | Philippe Poggioli, Partner |
| ACG Private Equity | Lorenzo Lorenzotti, Managing Director |
| Adams Street Partners | Sergey Sheshuryak, Partner |
| Advantus Capital Management | Ronald Sandquist, Managing Director - Private Equity |
| Adveq | André P Jaeggi, Managing Director |
| AGF Private Equity | Luc Maruenda, Managing Director |
| Alcyon | Gunther Pamberg, president |
| Aldus Equity | Saul Meyer, Partner |
| Alignment Capital Group | Austin M Long III, Managing Partner |
| Allstate Investments, LLC | Peter Keehn, Head of Alternative Investments |
| ALPHA Associates | Dr Petra Salesny, Partner |
| ALPHA Associates | Peter Derendinger, Partner and CEO |
| Alternative Investment Capital | Kazushige Kobayashi, Executive Vice President |
| Altius Associates | John Hess, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| AMB Generali Private Equity | Britta Lindhorst, Managing Director |
| AMR Investments | Bill Quinn, President |
| AP7 | Daniel Barr, Chief Analyst |
| Argentum | Arne Trondsen, Investment Director |
| Asia Alternatives | Melissa Ma, Co-Founder and Managing Director |
| Asian Development Bank | Veronica L John, Senior Investment Officer |
| ATP Private Equity Managers | Jens Bisgaard-Frantzen, managing director |
| Auda Group | David Andryc and Steve Wesson, managing directors |
| AXA Private Equity | James Pitt, Managing Director, Primary Fund of Funds |
| Bank of Scotland | Graham McDonald, Head of Fund Investments |
| Bank//Pension | Leif Hasager, Senior Vice President |
| bmp AG | Ralph Günther, Managing Partner |
| BOC Group | David White, Treasury Manager |
| Brederode (UK) | Luigi Santambrogio, Managing Director |
| Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec | Pierre Fortier, Vice President, Funds, Private Equity |
| CAM Private Equity | Dr Rolf Wickenkamp, Co-Founder and Managing Partner |
| Capital Dynamics | Thomas Kubr, CEO |
| Capital for Enterprise Board | David Quysner, Chairman |
| Capital Z Investment Partners | Scott Delman, President |
| Capvent | Varun Sood, Founder and Managing General Partner |
| CDC Group | Richard Laing, Chief Executive |
| Citigroup Private Equity | John Barber, Managing Partner |
| Clerical Medical | Rhonda Ryan, senior director, alternative investments |
| Coller Capital | Tim Jones, investment director |
| Colorado PERA | Kevin Kester, Director of Alternative Investments |
| Compagnia di San Paolo | Giorgio Buggio, Portfolio Manager |
| Conversus Asset Management | Bob Long, CEO |
| Cooperative Insurance Society | Richard Hotchkis |
| CPP Investment Board | Mark Weisdorf, Vice President, Private Market Investments |
| CPR Private Equity | Xavier Caron, Managing Partner |
| Danish Investment Fund | Martin V Hansen, Investment Director |
| Danske Private Equity | Claus Stenbaek, executive director and partner |
| Danske Private Equity | Dan Kjerulf, Partner |
| Equity Partners | Carsten Schmeding (managing director), Mark Lippert and Mathias Radeck (both investment directors) |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Alessandra Pasian, Senior Banker |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Henry Potter, Senior Banker |
| European Head of Citi Private Equity | Robert Womsley |
| European Investment Fund | Jacques Lilli, advisor to the chief executive |
| European Investment Fund | John Holloway, Director of Operations |
| Extorel Private Equity Advisers | Thomas Kohlmeyer, Partner |
| Fairview Venture Management | Hanse Halligan, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer |
| Feri Alternative Assets | Bernd Kreuter, director private equity |
| Finama | Lionel Bergeron, Investment Manager |
| Finvest | Topi Piela, Director |
| Fondinvest Capital | Charles Soulignac, Chairman and CEO |
| Fonditel | Beatriz González, Director |
| Fort Washington Capital Partners | Gus Long, Managing Partner |
| Frontier Investment Consulting | Kristian Fok, Deputy Managing Director |
| General Motors Investment Management Corporation | Charles Froland, Managing Director |
| Gerken Capital Associates | Lou Gerken, Founder and Chairman |
| Gerling Insurance | Peter Hielscher, Head of Private Equity |
| Glenmede Trust | Barry Kohout, Managing Director |
| Global Vision Private Equity Partners | Reinhard Hartl, Director |
| Golding Capital Partners | Jeremy Golding, Founder and Managing Director |
| Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group | Geoffrey G Clark and J Christopher Kojima, Managing Directors and Michael J Brandmeyer and Harold P Hope III, Vice Presidents |
| Grove Street Advisors | Barry Gonder, General Partner |
| Grove Street Advisors | Clint Harris, Managing Partner |
| Hamburgische Landesbank | John Porter |
| Hamilton Lane | Wayne Harber, Managing Director |
| HarbourVest Partners | D Brooks Zug, Senior Managing Director, and George R Anson, Managing Director |
| Henderson Private Capital | Jan Faber, Head of Fund Investments |
| Hermes Pensions Management | Rod Selkirk, Head of Private Equity |
| Horizon21 Private Equity | Beat Bühlmann, Managing Director and Head of Investment Management |
| Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company | Katja Salovaara, Portfolio Manager |
| International Finance Corporation | Haydee Celaya, Director of the Private Equity and Investment Funds Department |
| Investure | Chad Morgan, Director |
| K2 Capital | Donald Kendall, Managing Director and CEO |
| KfW Group | Marc Brugger, Senior Project Manager, Venture Capital and Private Equity |
| Knightsbridge Advisers | Joel Romines, founder and managing principal |
| Korea Venture Investment Corporation | Seong C Gweon, CEO |
| Landmark Partners Europe | Lance Whitehead, Managing Director |
| Landmark Partners Europe | Simon Thornton |
| Landsbanki | Fabio Quaradeghini, Senior Fund Manager, and Jon-Ingvi Arnason, Head of Alternatives |
| LFPE | Marc Brugger, Director |
| LGT Capital Partners | Ivan Vercoutère, Roberto Paganoni, Maximilian Brönner, Tycho Sneyers; Partners |
| Little Hawk Capital Management | Roland Reynolds, Managing Partner |
| Local Government Pensions Institute | Markus Pauli, CIO of Alternative Investments |
| LODH Private Equity ltd | Christopher S Bödtker, CEO |
| Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie | Christopher S Bödtker, Principal and Head of Private Equity |
| LUMA Capital | Daniel Keller, Director |
| Lyrique | Hans van Swaay, Partner |
| Macquarie Bank | John Brakey, Head of Alternative Investments |
| Martin Currie | Hamish Mair, Director, Private Equity |
| Mediolanum State Street | Giuseppe Campanella, Chief Investment Officer |
| Mercury Partners | Rainer Busch, managing partner |
| Mesirow Financial | Paul Rice, Senior Managing Director, Private Equity |
| Metropolitan Asset Managers | Godfrey Albertyn, Portfolio Manager, Futurebuilder |
| MFonds AG | Alexander Jira, founder and CEO |
| MLC Investment Management | Charl Pienaar and Steve Whatmore, Investment Managers |
| MN Services | Jos van Gisbergen, director of alternative investments |
| Montagu Newhall | Ashton Newhall, Principal and Co-founder; Rupert Montagu, Co-Founder and General Partner |
| Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners | Thomas Dorr, Managing Director |
| Morley Fund Management | Roger Wilkins, Private Equity Manager |
| Mowbray Capital | Guy Fraser-Sampson, Founder and Managing Partner |
| Muller & Monroe Asset Management | Irwin C Loud III, Chief Investment Officer |
| National Pensions Reserve Fund | Ronan Cunningham, Head of Private Equity |
| NESTA Investments | David Hunter, Managing Director |
| New Mexico State Investment Council | Greg Kulka, Director of Alternative Investments |
| Next Chapter Holdings | Mark R. Pattis, Chief Executive Officer |
| NIB Capital | Wim Borgdorff, managing partner |
| Nordea Private Equity | Lauge Sletting, Managing Director, Partner |
| Nordic Alternative Investment Advisors | Martin Anthonsen, Chief Investment Officer |
| North Sea Capital | Lauge Sletting, Managing Partner |
| Northgate Capital | Dr Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny, Managing Director and Head of Global Private Equity Investments |
| Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) | Greg Uebele, Assistant Investment Officer: Private Equity |
| OMERS | Paul G Renaud, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| Oppenheim Private Equity Manager | Peter Schwanitz, Managing Director/Geschäftsführer |
| Pantheon Ventures | Colin Wimsett, Managing Partner |
| Paragon Advisors | Terry Sullivan, managing director |
| Paris Orléans | Emmanuel Roth, Managing Director |
| Partners Group | Urs Wietlisbach, Co-Chairman |
| Paul Capital Partners | Philip S Paul, Chairman |
| PCGI | Steve Cowan, Managing Director |
| Performance Equity Management | Frank Brenninkmeyer, Principal |
| Pictet & Cie | Hans van Swaay, Head of Private Equity |
| Piper Jaffray - Private Capital Group | John Otterlei, Senior Managing Director; Michael Pohlen, Principal |
| Pohjola Group Insurance Corporation | Ari Jauho, vice president, private equity and venture capital |
| Pomona Capital | Michael Granoff, President and CEO |
| Port Shelter Investment Management | Richard Harris, Chief Executive |
| PPM Managers | Roberto Pilotto, Funds Director |
| Private Advisors | Rafael Astruc, Partner, and Rob Voeks, Managing Director |
| Private Equity Europe, Russell | Helen Steers, Managing Director |
| Proventure | Catherine Lewis, Founding Partner |
| Quay Partners | Sam Armstrong, Managing Partner |
| Railways Pension Trustee Company | Stephen Lowe, Investment Consultant |
| RCP Advisors | Tom Danis, Managing Principal |
| Rho Fund Investors | Gordon Hargraves, Vice President |
| Robeco Private Equity | Ad van den Ouweland, managing partner |
| Rumson Capital Advisors | Alex Bangash, managing director |
| SCM Strategic Capital Management AG | Ralph Aerni, Head of Private Equity |
| SEB Asset Management | Stefan Mårelid, Head of Private Equity |
| Second Swedish National Pension Fund - AP2 | Anders Stromblad, Head of Alternative Investments |
| SG Asset Management | Fabrice Lepeltier, Partner |
| SPF Beheer | Maurice Simons, Portfolio Manager, Private equity |
| Spur Capital | Brad Kelly, Paul Fetsch, Paul Gompers and Joan Heidorn, general partners |
| Squadron Capital | David G Pierce, CEO |
| Standard Life Investments | David Currie, CEO, Private Equity Investments |
| State Street Global Investments | Giuseppe Campanella, Chief Executive Officer |
| Sterling Private Investments, Inc. | Brian D. Isroff, Senior Managing Director |
| Surrey County Council | Michael Taylor, Director |
| Swift Capital Partners | Wolf-Dietrich von Wrede, Managing Director |
| Swiss Life Private Equity Partners | Dominik Meyer, partner |
| Swiss Re | Harold Weiss, Head of Private Equity Fund of Funds Unit |
| TANEO | George Kintis, CEO |
| TD Capital | John Greenwood and Stuart Waugh, Managing Directors |
| Teachers' Private Capital | Jim Leech, Senior Vice President |
| The Crossroads Group | Brad Heppner, Chairman and CEO |
| The Multilateral Investment Fund | Susana García-Robles, Senior Investment Officer |
| TIAA-CREF | Sheryl Schwartz, Managing Director of the Alternative Investment Group |
| Unigestion | David Chamberlain, Managing Director, Private Equity |
| Unigestion | Dr Hanspeter Bader, Managing Director in Charge of Private Equity |
| University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation | Brian Stewart, Managing Director, Private Markets |
| UTIMCO | Sara McMahon and Trey Thompson, co-managing directors |
| VCM | Stefan Herzog, Managing Director |
| VCM Capital Management | Dr Hellmut Kirchner, Co-Founder and Managing Director |
| VenCap International | Tim Cruttenden, Senior Investment Manager |
| Venture Investment Associates | Jason Andris, Principal |
| Vintage Venture Partners | Alan Feld, Partner |
| von Braun & Schreiber | Emmeram von Braun, general partner |
| Watson Wyatt Worldwide | Mark Calnan CFA, Investment Consultant - Manager Research |
| WEGAsupport GmbH | Sven Berthold, Investment Manager |
| Wellcome Trust | Sandra Robertson, head of alternative assets |
| Wesleyan University | Colin Ambrose, Senior Investment Officer |
| West Midlands Pension Fund | Alex Scott, senior investment manager |
| West Yorkshire Pension Fund | Stuart Imeson, Head of Pensions and Investments |
| WestAM | Tom Thompson, Director, Private Equity Group |
| Wilshire Associates | Arianne Leuftink, managing director |
| Wilshire Private Markets Group | Daniel Allen, Managing Director |
| Wind River Holdings | David G Proctor, Senior Vice President |
| Winterthur Group | Chris Manser, Head of Alternative Investments |
| Wölbern Private Equity | Philip Frerichs, Managing Director |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Beatriz González, Director, Fonditel 07 Jan 2009. Source: AltAssets. Beatriz González on the increasing attractiveness of secondaries and distressed debt, on the importance of established managers and on the outlook for private equity. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Hans van Swaay, Partner, Lyrique 18 Nov 2008. Source: AltAssets. Hans van Swaay on why mega-funds continue to grow again, on the arrogance of LPs, on first-time funds, on his concerns about investing in emerging markets and on the huge amount of uninvested money in private equity. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Mark Calnan CFA, Investment Consultant - Manager Research, Watson Wyatt Worldwide 21 Oct 2008. Source: AltAssets. Mark Calnan on Watson Wyatt's hybrid model, on composing tailor-made portfolios for clients and on the challenges facing the private equity industry. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Lorenzo Lorenzotti, Managing Director, ACG Private Equity 27 Aug 2008. Source: AltAssets. Lorenzo Lorenzotti on Central and Eastern Europe, on cleantech, on the attraction of sector-focused funds, on listed private equity firms and on the evolution of the financial industry. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Philip Frerichs, Managing Director, Wölbern Private Equity 06 Aug 2008. Source: AltAssets. Philip Frerichs on Wölbern Private Equity's combined fund and direct investment strategy, on its preferences in the venture capital and buy-out segments, on emerging markets and on what makes a good fund manager. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Rainer Busch, Managing Partner, Mercury Partners 30 Jul 2008. Source: AltAssets. Rainer Busch on the future of venture capital, on the risk of overheating in the secondaries market, on challenges in investing in emerging markets, on mega buy-out funds and on the impact that sovereign wealth funds may have on private equity. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Christopher S Bödtker, CEO, LODH Private Equity ltd 21 May 2008. Source: AltAssets. Christopher S Bödtker on European fund of funds and direct investments, on building diversified portfolios across the mid market and on the Euro Choice series' focus on Western and Eastern Europe. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Knightsbridge Advisers 23 Apr 2008. Source: AltAssets. Managing principals Joel Romines, Barbara Piette and George Arnold on early stage investing, on deal quality, on adding value to portfolio companies, on pattern recognition and on the finite nature of the industry. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Colin Wimsett, Managing Partner, Pantheon Ventures 09 Apr 2008. Source: AltAssets. Colin Wimsett on mega funds and venture capital, on Pantheon's due diligence process, on avoiding the tick-box approach, on emerging markets and on investment opportunities following the credit crunch. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Peter Derendinger, Partner and CEO, ALPHA Associates 02 Apr 2008. Source: AltAssets. Peter Derendinger on Central and Eastern Europe, on managers with a regional focus, on market correction, on the appeal of co-investments and on the dangers of financial engineering. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Sergey Sheshuryak, Partner, Adams Street Partners 27 Feb 2008. Source: AltAssets. Sergey Sheshuryak on the focus of Adams Street Partners' annual funds of funds, on people matters, on expanding into new territories, on secondaries investing and on the effects of the credit crunch. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: David Quysner, Chairman, Capital for Enterprise Board 30 Jan 2008. Source: AltAssets. David Quysner on early stage investing, on the shortage of early stage venture capital in the UK and on how the government's Capital for Enterprise Board is acting as a fund of funds to help close the venture capital industry's equity gap. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: John Holloway, Director, Investments, European Investment Fund 02 Jan 2008. Source: AltAssets. John Holloway on European venture capital, on the benefits of operating in a niche segment, on investment opportunities in future EU member states and on the importance of good capital reflow. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Jos van Gisbergen, Senior Fund Manager, Private Equity, Commodities and Infrastructure, MN Services 12 Dec 2007. Source: AltAssets. Jos van Gisbergen on the importance of value creation, on financial engineering, on opportunities in Europe, on portfolio construction and on why greed is not always good. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Wolf-Dietrich von Wrede, Managing Director, Swift Capital Partners 21 Nov 2007. Source: AltAssets. Wolf-Dietrich von Wrede on his team's focus on the European buy-out segment, on networks and experience, on the importance of continuously staying in touch with GPs and on recent trends and developments in the buy-out business. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Bernd Kreuter, Head of Alternatives, Feri Institutional Advisors 07 Nov 2007. Source: AltAssets. Bernd Kreuter on the benefits of a broad market knowledge, on sourcing good investments, on emerging managers and on the potential for falling returns at the larger end of the buy-out business. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Lauge Sletting, Managing Partner, North Sea Capital 31 Oct 2007. Source: AltAssets. Lauge Sletting on his fund's interest in distressed debt, the benefits of a contrarian approach to investing, and on the risk that too much capital in the market could drive returns down. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Robert Womsley, European Head of Citi Private Equity 24 Oct 2007. Source: AltAssets. Robert Womsley on Citi Private Equity's fund and direct investments, on the consequences of the US credit crunch and on the future outlook for the private equity business. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Fabio Quaradeghini, Senior Fund Manager, and Jon-Ingvi Arnason, Head of Alternatives, Landsbanki 17 Oct 2007. Source: AltAssets. Fabio Quaradeghini and Jon-Ingvi Arnason on Landsbanki’s focus on buy-out funds, on the market for distressed funds, on future investment opportunities and returns in the mid-market, and on why even as a generally cautious investor Landsbanki is looking at opportunities in new markets and segments. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Arne Trondsen, Investment Director, Argentum 12 Sep 2007. Source: AltAssets. Arne Trondsen on the rise of private equity in Norway, on the need for new fund managers in the country, on the benefits of local knowledge, on due diligence and on supporting other LPs. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Marc Brugger, Director, LFPE 05 Sep 2007. Source: AltAssets. Marc Brugger on why LFPE was established as a Western-Europe-focused fund of funds manager, on the future of the firm, on the buy-out segment, on venture capital, and on LFPE's portfolio construction strategy. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: Ronan Cunningham, Head of Private Equity, National Pensions Reserve Fund 08 Aug 2007. Source: AltAssets. Ronan Cunningham on setting up NPRF's private equity programme, on the prospects of venture capital, on the attractiveness of large buy-out funds, and on why access strategies are important when you are a new institutional investor. |
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Institutional Investor Profile: David Hunter, Managing Director, NESTA Investments 01 Aug 2007. Source: AltAssets. David Hunter on investing in early stage venture capital partnerships in the UK, on NESTA's regional focus and on how his team plans to help the early stage venture capital segment grow. |
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SVG Advisers was established in 2001 with the key objective of providing solutions and innovative structures for investing in private equity or public equity using private equity techniques.
Alessandra Pasian on the drop in activity at the end of 2008, on EBRD being the largest private equity investor in the CEE and Russia and on the organisation's support of first-time funds.
Katharina Lichtner on Capital Dynamics’ bullish stance on secondaries, on the evolution of due diligence processes, on LPs defaulting on capital calls and on the devaluation of private equity portfolio companies.
Markus Pauli on the impracticality of direct investing, on the reasons for making smaller investments, on the LGPI's support of first-time funds and on new investors playing safe and being conservative.
Leif Hasager on the attractiveness of distressed debt funds, on investing in funds of funds when starting out in private equity, on poorly judged leveraged investments and on the need for investors to make operational improvements in companies for investments going forward.