Michael Brand

Mercer believes that a sustainable investment approach is more likely to create and preserve long-term investment capital. The firm’s multi-manager approach is typically implemented with proprietary multi-manager investment vehicles, such as registered investment companies, common, collective, and group trust funds, and private investment funds, such as private equity and hedge fund of funds. To seek desired diversification and risk characteristics, Mercer’s investment strategies employ unaffiliated third-party investment managers, typically multiple subadvisors in a single strategy.

Functions as a College/University

Franklin Park invests in venture capital and private equity funds or makes direct co-investments across the globe. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of life sciences and technology. The firm provides financing for growth, buyout, turnaround, senior debt, mezzanine, structured capital, royalties, specialty finance, opportunistic credit, seed, early and late stage capital requirements.

Functions as a College/University

Cambridge Associates typically works with their clients to identify and refine their investment objectives, risk parameters and spending needs to determine an appropriate asset allocation and manager structure designed to achieve financial goals. The firm builds custom portfolios that aim to outperform over the long-term.

Aksia provides advice that is tailored to a client’s respective investment policy statement, advisory agreement, investment management agreement, or customized private placement memorandum. Their method of analysis focuses on extensive due diligence from an investment and operational standpoint on such Portfolio Managers presented in consistent, opinionated reports.

Man Investment Partners (US) strives to generate superior risk-adjusted returns for clients by specializing in middle-market, special situations, and broadly syndicated credit. Investment decisions are made on a bottom-up basis and is supplemented by a top-down overlay.