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CAIA Association is a global network of forward-thinking investment professionals, redefining the future of capital allocation in a world where traditional and alternative converge. United by a commitment to improving investment outcomes, we lead with authority, educate to inspire, and connect people who turn insight into action. To learn more about the CAIA Association and how to become part of the most energized professional network shaping the future of investing, please visit us at https://caia.org/.

CFA Society North Carolina (CFANC) was established in 1971 to provide education and support to the area’s investment professionals. The CFA NC is one of the world’s largest societies of investment professionals. As of August 2008: CFA NC was ranked #11 in the United States among CFA Institute societies, making our society one of the largest in the nation. CFA NC ranked #20 globally among all CFA Institute societies, again making our society one of the largest internationally. As of September 2009, CFA NC had 938 members.

Manulife John Hancock Investments is a global investment firm known for its distinctive multimanager approach. By combining in-house asset management expertise with a curated network of specialized, unaffiliated managers, the firm delivers a diverse range of investment solutions tailored to meet the evolving needs of investors. With over $400 billion in assets under management, Manulife John Hancock Investments leverages global scale and local insight to help clients achieve their financial goals.

Federated Hermes provide specialised capabilities across equity, fixed income and private markets, in addition to multi-asset strategies and liquidity-management. Through pioneering stewardship services, we engage companies on strategic and sustainability concerns to promote investors’ long-term performance and fiduciary interests. Our goals are to help people invest and retire better, to help clients achieve better risk-adjusted returns and, where possible, to contribute to positive outcomes that benefit the wider world.

Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, offers a comprehensive range of outcome-focused investment solutions designed to secure the long-term financial goals of
institutional and individual investors. Nuveen has $1.1 trillion in assets under management as of 30 Sept 2023 and operations in 27 countries. Its investment specialists offer deep expertise across a comprehensive range of traditional and alternative investments through a wide array of vehicles and customized strategies.

Founded in 2004, Absolute Investment Advisers LLC provides investment strategies with unique sources of risk and return. Strategies include a long/short fund comprised of exchange traded closed-end funds, a one-of-a-kind secondaries fund that provides liquidity to retail oriented alternative investments and a convertible arbitrage mutual fund.  Visit www.absoluteadvisers.com for additional information.

Adams Street Partners is a global private markets investment manager with investments in more than 30 countries across five continents. The firm is 100% employee-owned and has $62 billion in assets under management across primary, secondary, growth equity, credit, and co-investment strategies. Adams Street strives to generate actionable investment insights across market cycles by drawing on over 50 years of private markets experience, proprietary intelligence, and trusted relationships.  Adams Street has offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto. adamsstreetpartners.com

CF Private Equity is a global private capital solutions provider. CF Private Equity invests with value-creating partners into primarily small and midsized companies. Since CF Private Equity’s founding in 1988, its mission has remained the same: seek to provide quality investment solutions in private equity, venture capital, real assets and sustainability. Through commingled investment partnerships and customized separate accounts, CF Private Equity offers investors intentionally-designed private capital portfolios constructed with primary investments, secondaries and co-investments and builds investment programs by partnering with underlying managers.

Cranfill Sumner LLP is a multi-disciplinary law firm with 80+ attorneys serving clients with offices located in Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmington, and Washington, D.C. Founded in North Carolina in 1992, we advise and represent clients in all stages of litigation before federal and state courts, as well as select administrative agencies.

Inspira Financial provides health, wealth, retirement, and benefits solutions that strengthen and simplify the health and wealth journey. As a custodian, our decades of experience in alternative assets positions investment sponsors, advisers, and investors to capitalize on emerging market trends and unique opportunities. From alternative assets such as private equity and real estate to traditional assets, we collaborate with you to find the right solution for your custody needs.

Northleaf Capital Partners is a global private markets investment firm with US$25 billion in private equity, private credit and infrastructure commitments raised to date from public, corporate and multi-employer pension plans, endowments, foundations, financial institutions and family offices. Northleaf’s 250-person team is located in Toronto, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Menlo Park, Montreal, New York and Tokyo. Northleaf sources, evaluates and manages private markets investments globally, with a focus on mid-market companies and assets.

Thorofare Capital is a national, vertically integrated commercial real estate debt manager. The Los Angeles-based firm, with additional offices in New York City, Miami, and Dallas, focuses on $15 million to $100 million financing transactions, targeting value-add and opportunistic acquisitions, recapitalizations, and distressed debt secured by transitional properties. Its affiliate, Thorofare, LLC, is a registered investment adviser specializing in alternative fixed-income opportunities through US commercial real estate debt investments. With a national presence, Thorofare has originated more than $4.3 billion since the firm’s inception in 2010, across more than 13 property types throughout 33 states. Thorofare is an affiliate of Callodine Group, an asset management platform with approximately $20 billion in AUM.