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This week, BHA analysts spoke with a U.S. fund of real estate funds that is searching for managers running distressed, value-add, and secondaries strategies within the real estate sector. The fund of funds’ main focus for 2009 is distressed funds; … Continue reading →

A wealth advisor based in Germany runs several large funds of private equity funds, with a combined AUM of €5 billion.  At this time, it is looking to allocate to venture capital funds by August 2009.  The management team should … Continue reading →

A West coast endowment with a broad private equity portfolio is looking for a variety of strategies including buyout and mezzanine. Its allocation process is ongoing; it has a large AUM and capital is always available for a quality fund. … Continue reading →

A fund of hedge funds located in the U.K. was interviewed by a BHA analyst this past week. It recently began to identify managers who are “specialists” within strategy-, sector-, or region-exposed funds. In 2008, the firm believed diversified funds … Continue reading →

This week BHA spoke with a European pension fund that has an interest in opportunistic real estate funds focused on the industrial sector in the US. The firm is looking for industrial-focused funds because it wants stable cash-on-cash returns of … Continue reading →

A wealth advisor in New York City is currently looking to invest in domestic small-cap growth and buyout funds (including distressed). The advisor targets funds that have $50-$300 million in assets and focuses on businesses with positive cash flow; turnarounds … Continue reading →