On Thursday, March 27, 2008, approximately 350 U.S. based pension plans, endowments, foundations, private equity fund managers, and other industry participants will convene in Los Angeles, California for the Second Annual "Credit Suisse Small and Emerging Private Equity Manager Conference."
The Conference, which is open to all private equity professionals (no invitation required), will take place at the UCLA Anderson School of Management on the campus of UCLA in Korn Convocation Hall from 8:00am to 4:30pm.
The Conference's Opening Remarks will be presented by Mr. John Chiang, California State Controller. The Keynote Lunch speech will be given by Stewart A. Kohl, Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Riverside Company. Speakers and panelists participating in the Conference include investment officers from California's Public Employees' Retirement System, California State Controller Office, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, New Jersey Division of Investment, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Office of the Comptroller of the City of New York, and Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
The Conference will be preceded by an evening Welcome Reception hosted by Credit Suisse Customized Fund Investment Group to be held on March 26 at the W Hotel Los Angeles.
INFO SOURCES
Credit Suisse
Tamsin Chance, 212-325-1863
tamsin.chance@credit-suisse.com
FIRMS
Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide. Credit Suisse offers advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 48,000 people. Credit Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group, is a leading global financial services company headquartered in Zurich. Credit Suisse Group's registered shares (CSGN) are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York.
The Customized Fund Investment Group (CFIG) at Credit Suisse is one of the largest and deepest investment teams dedicated to private equity fund investing. The Group is co-headed by Michael Arpey and Kelly Williams, who founded CFIG in 1999. CFIG manages over $20 billion in commitments to private equity funds of funds and co-investments, both in the U.S. and internationally. CFIG's 101 professionals are based at the Group's offices in New York, London, Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Portland.
CFIG specializes in developing customized private equity investment programs that address the specific needs of investors and which benefit from leveraging the Credit Suisse platform. CFIG develops fund investment programs for active institutional investors who have a specific portfolio need and for emerging institutional investors who have a need for assistance with asset allocation, portfolio development and administration, due diligence, and other advisory services, or any combination thereof. Once established, CFIG takes a service-oriented, long-term partnership approach to its customized accounts.
CFIG's clients include sophisticated institutions and high-net worth investors. Credit Suisse's extensive transaction experience, which includes coverage of many top-tier private equity sponsor groups, allows CFIG to access and analyze many leading private equity and venture capital funds. CFIG currently manages over $3 billion of commitments to funds sponsored by small and emerging managers for sophisticated institutional investors including Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Virginia Retirement System, and New Jersey Division of Investment. CFIG actively invests in funds managed by small and emerging managers and, consequently, is exceptionally familiar with the small and emerging market and its impact on the future growth of the economy.
PEOPLE
Kelly Williams, Co-Head and Managing Director of the Credit Suisse Customized Fund Investment Group
Michael Arpey, Co-Head and Managing Director of the Credit Suisse Customized Fund Investment Group
NOTE
Credit Suisse's Customized Fund Investment Group has organized the Conference to provide a broad universe of participants personalized access to a diverse set of small and emerging private equity managers ("SEMs") and key institutional investors active in the space. Through open networking sessions and panel discussions led by market-leading investors and high quality emerging managers, the Conference sponsors intend to provide critical investor and fund manager insights and a venue for developing strategic SEM programs.
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