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Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Jeffrey Solomon - Grief and Goodness in Squirrel Hill (SPECIAL EPISODE)

Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry

Ted Seides – Allocator and Asset Management Expert

Investing, Capitalallocation, Business

4.8806 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Last week, the senseless and tragic events at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh left me and many others asking questions about our world today.

This one hit a little closer to home for me than the many other equally terrible events that have occurred because my mother grew up in Squirrel Hill. Our family is a generation removed and not closely connected to the town anymore, but my friends Andy Fisher and Jeff Solomon very much are.

Andy is the President of CIM Investment Management in Pittsburgh, where he has worked for a quarter-century and oversees $1.4 billion. He was born and raised in Squirrel Hill and lives a few blocks from the Tree of Life Synagogue.  Andy sent me an email last Monday with a clip from an interview that our mutual friend Jeff conducted on MSNBC.

Jeff is the CEO of Cowen Group and is a proud Pittsburgh and Squirrel Hill native.  He was also the guest on the 9th Episode of Capital Allocators, and you can find a replay right after this special episode.

I sat down with Jeff last Wednesday to talk about his experience in the initial days of these tragic events.  That conversation follows.

I want to offer a special thanks to Andy for the thread that led to this episode, and offer prayers and healing to Andy, Jeff, their family and friends directly impacted in Squirrel Hill, and to everyone I don’t know wherever acts of hated have impacted their lives.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Capital Allocators is brought to you by Ten East, an investment platform for sophisticated investors to access private markets.

0:10.5

Ten East brings benefits of having your own family office without the cost and headaches of doing so.

0:16.8

It's founded and led by Michael LaFelle, former deputy executive managing member of Davidson Kempner.

0:24.2

Michael and his investment team offer members the opportunity to co-invest by offering at their

0:29.1

discretion. Michael and his team source, diligence, and commit material personal capital to each

0:35.3

investment. The opportunities shared on the Ten East platform

0:38.9

offer exposure to private credit, real estate, niche venture and private equity, and other

0:44.5

idiosyncratic investments that typically aren't available through traditional channels.

0:49.2

The principles have over a decade track record of investing in these types of exposures

0:53.5

across more than 350

0:55.7

transactions. Post-investment, the Tennis team conducts ongoing monitoring and reporting,

1:01.8

just as you'd expect from an institutional investment organization. I've known Michael for about a

1:07.0

decade, and after becoming impressed by the quality of 10 East offerings, its research

1:11.6

process, and high-quality investment team, I became an advisor to the organization, an investor

1:17.1

in multiple offerings. You can learn more and join me as a member at 10east.com. That's the number 10,

1:25.0

east.co.

1:38.5

Last week, the senseless and tragic events at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh left me and many others asking questions about our world today.

1:43.4

This one hit a little closer to home for me

1:45.9

than the many other equally terrible events that have occurred because my mother grew up in

1:51.1

Squirrel Hill. Our family is a generation removed and not closely connected to the town anymore,

1:57.4

but my friends Andy Fisher and Jeff Solomon very much are. Andy's the president of

2:03.5

CIM Investment Management in Pittsburgh, where he has worked for a quarter century and oversees

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