Private Equity: A Differentiated Approach in Uncertain Times – Voya – 11.5.20

Overview:
Title: Private Equity: A Differentiated Approach in Uncertain Times
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
Duration: 1 hour

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Summary:

Now On Demand.

Please join us as Michael Granoff, CEO and Founder of Pomona Capital, discusses a risk-focused approach to private equity to navigate periods of stability as well as uncertainty. Mr. Granoff will explain how to access private equity with the potential for enhanced liquidity and a lower risk profile by acquiring funds on the secondary market. Specifically, Mr. Granoff will discuss:

  • The current state of the private equity secondary market
  • How to think about private equity in the context of asset allocation
  • Private equity from a valuation and risk perspective
  • Navigating periods of uncertainty and market dislocation
  • The potential impact on private equity if the regulatory and tax law landscape changes

Speaker:
Michael Granoff Michael Granoff CEO and Founder Pomona Capital

Michael founded Pomona Capital in 1994 and is responsible for strategic planning, capital and executive management. He has 31 years of private equity experience. Prior to founding Pomona, Mr. Granoff served as President of partnerships organized to purchase secondary interests in private equity funds and as a Director of a number of private companies engaged in health care, manufacturing, and financial services while President of Golodetz Ventures and Vice President of TEI Industries. Prior to his business career, Mr. Granoff served 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-sponsored 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 Albania. Mr. Granoff is a recipient of The Order of Skanderbeg Medal and The Order of Mother Teresa Medal from the President of Albania. Mr. Granoff is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a Director of the Grameen Bank U.S. He has been a Guest Lecturer at the Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of Business. Mr. Granoff received a JD from Georgetown University and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.