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 Institutional investor profile, Simon Thornton, Landmark Partners Europe
19/12/2001. Landmark Partners is a US-based firm with $3.5bn under management, of which 75 per cent is dedicated to private equity. The remainder is invested in real estate. Established in 1984, the firm specialises in secondaries investments, but also commits capital to first-time funds. Landmark Partners Europe, which is headed by Simon Thornton, advises Landmark on European and Middle Eastern activities.
 Institutional investor profile: Michael Granoff, Pomona Capital
12/12/2001. Set up in 1994, Pomona Capital is mainly known for its secondaries investing, but the firm also manages a series of fund of funds. It is currently raising its fifth secondaries fund, with a target of $400m. Pomona has $1bn under management and has offices in New York and London.
 Institutional investor profile: Arianne Leuftink, managing director, Wilshire Associates
05/12/2001. Wilshire Associates is a fund of funds manager with $2bn under management. In the private equity industry since 1984, the firm has 24 investment professionals in its private markets group. Wilshire is currently raising its fifth fund with a target of between $400m and $500m. The fund invests in the US and Europe and has offices in the US, Europe and Australia. Arianne Leuftink has 17 years of investment experience.
 Institutional investor profile: Philippe Poggioli, Access Capital Partners
27/11/2001. Access Capital Partners is a European fund of funds. It launched its first fund in 1999 and raised E250m. It is currently raising its second fund, with a target of around E400m, allowing for market conditions.
 Institutional investor profile: Jacques Lilli, advisor to the chief executive, European Investment Fund
21/11/2001. The European Investment Fund is part owned by the European Investment Bank, part by the European Commission and part by a group of 30 European financial institutions. With E2bn under management, the EIF's mission is to support the creation, growth and development of small, entrepreneurial companies in Europe, but by acting independently and commercially.
 Institutional investor profile: Ivan Vercoutere, managing partner, LGT Capital Partners
14/11/2001. LGT Capital Partners has E2.6bn under management, E1.8bn of it committed to private equity. The firm manages fund of fund vehicles on behalf of the Leichtenstein Princely Family, runs special mandates for pension funds and has a separate vehicle, Castle private equity, which was launched in 1997. The firm is currently raising a fund of funds with a target of E150 to E200m and is expecting a final close by the end of the year. Ivan Vercoutere has worked in private equity investing for 12 years.
Institutional investor profile: Michael Taylor, director of finance, Surrey County Council
06/11/2001. Surrey County Council pension fund has been investing in private equity since 1986, allocating around one per cent to the asset class. It has recently decided to increase its allocation to between three and five per cent. We talked to Michael Taylor about why the fund wanted to put more in private equity and how it went about the process.
 Institutional investor profile, Claus Stenbaek, executive director and partner, Danske Private Equity
31/10/2001. Danske Private Equity is part of the Danske Bank Group and runs two direct funds, Danske Venture Partners and Danske Life Sciences. It also runs two fund of funds vehicles, the E500m Danske Private Equity Partners I and Danske Private Equity Partners II, which is currently raising E600m, with a first closing expected before the end of this year. Claus Stenbaek has been with Danske since 2000 and was previously founder of London-based Richmond Capital.
 Institutional investor profile: Graham Sturrock, head of investments and mezzanine
25/10/2001. Bank of Scotland is a relative newcomer to private equity fund investing, although it has made direct investments for a number of years. It set up a fund of funds to invest from its own balance sheet three years ago.
 Institutional investor profile: Hermes Investment Management
02/07/2001. Where does one of the UK's best known private equity fund investors place its money? And what does the stock market downturn mean for venture capital firms? We asked Hermes' Guy Eastman.
   
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