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 Institutional Investor Profile: Jim Leech, Senior Vice President of Teachers' Private Capital
10/12/2004. Jim Leech on being primarily a direct investor, having the intellectual property to discern which are the better investments, and why they are not the passive 'phone us up after the deal' type of co-investor.
 Institutional Investor Profile: Guy Fraser-Sampson, Founder and Managing Partner, Mowbray Capital
29/11/2004. Fraser-Sampson on bringing a home-run mentality to European venture, on the futility of trying to market time private equity, on the value of revisiting both succesful and unsuccesful fund investment decisions and on the danger of putting your eggs in too few baskets.
 Institutional Investor Profile: Brian D. Isroff, Senior Managing Director, Sterling Private Investments, Inc.
02/11/2004. Isroff on the need for realistic returns expectations, on searching for managers with the X-factor, on the difficulties of pricing secondaries transactions in an increasingly competitive market and on only taking on a level risk that will allow you to sleep at night.
Institutional Investor Profile: Bill Quinn, President, AMR Investments
27/09/2004. Quinn on the overriding correlation between experience and performance, on the importance of ensuring that the general partner only makes money when you do, on private equity's descent into the retail market and on large-cap funds that have outgrown themselves.
 Institutional Investor Profile: Rupert Montagu, Co-Founder and General Partner, Montagu Newhall
20/09/2004. Montagu on the value of identifying quality emerging management teams in their early years, on the importance of gaining vintage year diversification, on a shift in the balance of power between entrepreneurs and VCs and on the crack that is just beginning to appear in the IPO window.
 Institutional Investor Profile: Mark R. Pattis, Chief Executive Officer, Next Chapter Holdings
01/09/2004. Pattis on the potential for returns in emerging markets, on the importance of a cohesive general partner team, on the issue of generational transfers and management motivation, and on why family offices can make very attractive LPs.
 Institutional investor profile: Colin Ambrose, Senior Investment Officer, Wesleyan University
25/08/2004. Ambrose on the advantages of secondaries funds for new investors, on the importance of identifying motivated management teams, on the inevitability of consolidation in the private equity industry and on the need for heightened due diligence for first time funds.
 Institutional investor profile: Michael Granoff, President and CEO, Pomona Capital
27/07/2004. Granoff on survival of the fittest in a Darwinian private equity industry, on the question of access and the challenges it presents investors, on what the future holds for the secondaries market and on paying the right price for quality assets.
 Institutional investor profile: Terry Sullivan, managing director, Paragon Advisors
08/07/2004. Sullivan on the importance of good chemistry in an LP/GP relationship, on the value of operational experience in a management team, on the rise of BDCs and the arrival of private equity in the retail market and on how egocentric GPs can deter potential investors.
Institutional Investor Profile: Rainer Busch, managing partner, Mercury Partners
28/06/2004. Busch on transparency and valuation techniques, on why European venture has failed to set the world on fire, on avoiding over crowded markets, and on why the best opportunities in the secondaries market are now in the past.
 Institutional Investor Profile: Alex Bangash, managing director, Rumson Capital Advisors
14/06/2004. Bangash on a changing of guards in the venture market, on identifying the franchise funds of the future, on the importance of self knowledge and on keeping an open mind.
Institutional Investor Profile: Charl Pienaar and Steve Whatmore, Investment Managers, MLC Investment Management
27/05/2004. Pienaar and Whatmore on private equity opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region, on the risk of rejecting a great manager, on the dangers of excessive capital inflow into the industry and on the importance of looking before you leap.
 Institutional Investor Profile: Greg Uebele, Assistant Investment Officer: Private Equity, Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS)
19/05/2004. Uebele on working with consultant groups, on the dangers of a misalignment of interest between GPs and LPs, on the importance of remembering the fundamentals of supply and demand and on managing returns expectations in the future.
 Institutional investor profile: David Andryc and Steve Wesson, managing directors of Auda Group
04/05/2004. Andryc and Wesson on the need for consolidation in the venture industry, on the dangers of over diversification, on steering clear of the flavour of the month, and on the question of appropriate returns in the private equity industry.
 Institutional investor profile: Sara McMahon and Trey Thompson, co-managing directors, UTIMCO
19/04/2004. McMahon and Thompson on the importance of investing with hungry private equity managers, on avoiding the herd mentality, on being tough on terms and on how to live with disclosure.
 Institutional investor profile: Brad Kelly, Paul Fetsch, Paul Gompers and Joan Heidorn, general partners, Spur Capital
06/04/2004. Kelly, Fetsch, Gompers and Heidorn on gaining access to the best venture funds, on the value of operating experience in a venture capital management team, on the need for patience and discipline when putting together a private equity portfolio and on Israel, the rising star of the global venture industry.
Institutional investor profile: Alex Scott, senior investment manager, West Midlands Pension Fund
22/03/2004. Scott on the opportunities emerging in PFI and infrastructure funds, on picking the wheat from the chaff and on the importance of diversification.
 Institutional investor profile: John Otterlei, Senior Managing Director, Piper Jaffray - Private Capital Group
02/03/2004. Otterlei on the improving shape of the US venture industry, on the need to address private equity fee structures, on the importance of proprietary deal flow and on looking for firms with a good batting average.
 Institutional investor profile: Tom Danis, Managing Principal, RCP Advisors
18/02/2004. Danis on the importance of integrity in a fund manager, on the increasing difficulties involved in gaining access to the best performing funds, on the potential dangers lurking in limited partnership terms and conditions and on the rigours of thorough due diligence.
 Institutional investor profile: John Holloway, Director of Operations, European Investment Fund
03/02/2004. Holloway on the improving exit market in Europe, on why venture capital is still an asset class worth considering, on the importance of equality among LPs and on where the EIF is planning to invest its new capital from the European Investment Bank.
 Institutional investor profile: George Kintis, CEO, TANEO
21/01/2004. Kintis on the promise of the Greek market, on reconciling government backing with commercial objectives, on the importance of integrity and on why it’s make or break time for the industry.
Institutional investor profile: Paul Rice, Senior Managing Director, Private Equity, Mesirow Financial
07/01/2004. Rice on the amount of dollars flowing into private equity and how that will affect returns, on judging teams with a problem fund, on the importance of people and on what proprietary deal flow really means.
   
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