The passing of the Labor Day weekend signals the unofficial end of summer and if you are like me, the realization that the race to year-end is about to begin.

In case you had not heard – I will give you the benefit of the doubt based on all the auto-replys filling my inbox that you were on vacation – we are holding our first conference next month.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System will examine how to expand its emerging manager program into other private markets outside of private equity, Associate Investment Manager Miguel Silva told the $564.2 billion plan’s board of administration during its July offsite meeting.

Mary Ellen Martin Zellerbach, a managing director at Martin Invest­ment Management, died in June, the firm announced.

Tenure is something you do not appreciate until you are older. How you define older is a whole other discussion we will not get into but as I leave my early 40s and my eldest daughter moves into middle school, I am certain I am not in the “young” camp anymore.

The disruption of the public equity markets in 2025 has led to increased opportunities for active managers to show their value to allocators — but it has also come at a breakneck speed that often leaves managers debating how to best communicate with clients.