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
Corey Buuhoan
San Diego City Employees' Retirement System
Mr. Buuhoan is an Investment Officer and the Head of Private Equity at the San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System. He has 17 years of finance and investment experience. Prior to joining SDCERS, Mr. Buuhoan ran his own financial consulting firm, advising clients such as UCSD Connect, CCAT San Diego, as well as technology start-up companies.
James R. Hedges IV
LJH Global Investments
Mr. Hedges, one of the early leaders in the alternative investments industry, is the Founder, President, and Chief Investment Officer of LJH Global Investments, LLC, an alternative investment advisory firm based in Naples, Florida that serves family offices and other wealthy clients. Mr. Hedges is also President of The Hedges Family Charitable Foundation.
Monte Brem
StepStone Group
Mr. Brem is CEO of La Jolla, Calif.-based StepStone Group, an advisor to institutional investors. Mr. Brem oversees the management of the firm as well as its client relationships with such new LPs as AMP Capital Investors of Australia, Arizona Public Safety Retirement System and San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System. Prior to founding StepStone, Mr. Brem was the president of Pacific Corporate Group, an investment firm which oversaw over $15 billion of private equity commitments.
Kelly DePonte
Probitas Partners
Mr. DePonte, with twenty-eight years of private equity experience, is responsible for research and due diligence at San Francisco-based placement agency Probitas Partners. He previously was COO and Managing Director at Pacific Corporate Group, a leading provider of alternative investment advisory, management and consulting services.
