Buyouts conferences | Emerging Managers: Raising a Fund in 2009 a special 90 minute webinar!
Thursday, December 4 2008: 12 Noon - 1:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, 11:00 AM -12:30 PM Central Time, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Mountain Time, 9:00 AM -10:30 AM Pacific Standard Time 
Times may be tough, but emerging managers in the hunt for fresh money need not despair. Institutional investors have allocated billions of dollars in the last few years exclusively to back new and emerging managers. Among the big guns to recently do so: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement System, New York State Common Retirement Fund and Teachers Retirement Systems of Illinois.
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It's not hard to see why. Many brand-name firms – those famous for repeatedly generating top-quartile performance – have effectively closed their doors to new relationships. Institutional investors left out in the cold need to search elsewhere for the top-performing funds of tomorrow. Will they back an established shop with a mediocre track record but a promise to do better? Or will they place their chips on an emerging manager that appears to have the talent and investment formula to become the next Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. or Sequoia Capital?
With more and more investors choosing the latter, you need to make sure that you get your fair share of emerging-manager dollars. Thomson Reuters, publisher of the popular bi-weekly Buyouts Magazine and monthly Venture Capital Journal, has put together a 90-minute Webinar featuring an all-star cast of speakers to show you how. Among the questions addressed:
- Which institutional investors and advisory firms have allocations to new and emerging fund managers?
- What is the best way to get a hearing with these investors? What are the pros and cons of hiring a placement agent?
- What kind of track record do I need to raise a fund with institutional backing?
- How important is it to find an anchor investor? What special terms should I offer to land one?
- Should I consider a joint venture, sponsored fund, or other non-traditional fund structure?
- What are the top qualities that investors look for in new and emerging managers? What red flags scare them away?
- What special partnership terms and conditions, if any, should I offer to entice investors to back our fund?
REGISTER before Nov. 30 and we'll rush you a PDF complimentary copy of the Private Equity Fundraising Guide 2009, including a directory of U.S. and international placement agents. »
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Four Expert Speakers
THOMAS BEAUDOIN
Wilmer Hale
Mr. Beaudoin is a partner and chair of the fund formation practice group at WilmerHale, a leading law firm with more than 1,000 attorneys in offices around the world. Mr. Beaudoin has advised emerging fund managers on capital formations, internal governance, fund administration and related issues.
PETER H. HAABESTAD
Guardian Capital Partners
Mr. Haabestad is a co-founder and managing partner of Guardian Capital Partners, a Wayne., Pa.-based shop that has successfully held a first closing on a debut buyout fund seeking $80 million. Mr. Haabestad’s career combines experiences as an entrepreneur, operating manager, board member, and M&A financial advisor.
KEVIN KESTER
Siguler Guff & Co.
A managing director at Boston advisory shop Siguler Guff & Co., Mr. Kester oversees the firm’s Small Buyout Opportunities Fund LP, a debut fund-of-funds earmarked for buyout funds of modest size, including emerging-manager funds. Prior to joining Siguler Guff Mr. Kester was director of alternative investments at the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association.
MICHAEL SOTIRHOS
Atlantic-Pacific Capital
As a partner at Greenwich, Conn.-based placement agency Atlantic-Pacific Capital, Mr. Sotirhos raises capital from institutional investors on behalf of buyout firms and other private equity clients. He's particularly adept at helping teams raise debut funds.
