Secondaries in Focus: Rapid Growth, Evolving Opportunity – Voya Investment Management – 4.24.2624

Summary:

NOW ON DEMAND
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Join us for a discussion with Michael Granoff, CEO and Founder of Pomona Capital, and Kyle Thompson, SVP, Business Development at Voya Investment Management.

Topics to be discussed:

• Investing like an institution: We’ll discuss how alternative investments, such as secondaries, have become more accessible—and essential—for individuals’ portfolios
• The case for secondaries: Hear why secondaries are an easy first step into private equity and the attributes that make them well-suited as a long-term holding
• Looking forward: Gain insights into current market hype, projected trends and why this asset class has gone mainstream

Accepted for 1 CFP / IWI / CFA CE Credit

Speakers:

Mr. Granoff founded Pomona in 1994. He has 39 years of private equity experience. Prior to founding Pomona, he served as the President of partnerships organized to purchase secondary interests in venture capital and leveraged buyout funds and as a Director of several private companies at Golodetz Ventures and TEI Industries. Prior to his business career, Mr. Granoff served as the Chairman’s representative on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. He was a member of the 1992 Presidential Transition Team for the Department of the Treasury. Mr. Granoff was appointed by President Clinton to the Board of the Albanian-American Enterprise Fund, a U.S. government private sector development initiative where he serves as Chairman. He is also Chairman of the Albanian American Development Foundation, the largest non-profit organization in the Balkans. Mr. Granoff is a recipient of the Knighthood of Skanderbeg, the Order of Mother Teresa, and the Medal of Public Gratitude from the Government of Albania. Mr. Granoff is a Director of the Grameen Bank U.S. and Chairman of the International Board of Trustees of The Institute for National Security Studies (Israel.) He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as a Trustee of the Yad Hanadiv Rothschild Foundation. Mr. Granoff received a JD from Georgetown University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Kyle Thompson is a senior vice president, business development manager at Voya Investment Management, responsible for the distribution of Voya’s investment solutions including mutual funds, SMAs, closed-end funds and alternatives. He seeks to attain the placement and continuous promotion of Voya’s investment solutions within financial intermediaries. Prior to joining Voya, Kyle was a broker with Scottrade Financial Services, where he provided capital markets guidance to individual investors, small businesses, and trusts. Kyle earned an MBA in finance from Quinnipiac University and a BA in economics from the University of Connecticut. He also holds FINRA Series 7, 63 and 65 registrations.