I was recently invited to speak at Wharton’s annual Investment Management Conference to discuss some of the most pres

Market volatility over the past few months increased significantly. With all eyes fixed on these shifting fortunes, the impact of this volatility on an individual firm’s human capital is difficult to gauge with any certainty.
 

Transitioning from industry to private equity or venture capital is tough, but not impossible.  The good news:  Institutional investor appetite for alternatives has fueled tremendous growth in the private equity market.  As a result, private equity and venture capital firms are staffing up on investment talent at all levels.

Pity the poor hedge fund and fund of hedge fund sales executive these days.  After years sailing along on a secular shift of institutional assets into alternatives—a rising tide that lifted most, if not all, boats—distribution pros increasingly are confronted with the challenges of any maturing market, along with a few industry

Thomas Kuczmarski, who teaches courses on innovation at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, was recently discussing a new book he wrote about leadership with his wife, Susan Kuczmarski, a cultural anthropologist.