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InvestorOps presents: Operational Due Diligence on Alternative Investments for Endowments and Foundations - Over 25 Organizations Already Participating

InvestorOps is a new series of programs for institutional investors on operational due diligence on alternative investments.

2012-05-18
NEW YORK, NY, May 18, 2012 (Press-News.org) The Institute for International Research (IIR), the makers of GAIM Ops Cayman, is hosting a new series of events for institutional investors on operational due diligence. The first InvestorOps program takes place Thursday, June 28th, 2012 at the Harmonie Club in New York. The Investor Ops series has been created especially to address operational due diligence issues unique to endowments and foundations. Prior to the conference, there is a half day interactive workshop discussing current best practices on Private Equity Due Diligence on June 27th.

The program features a speaker faculty of peer institutional investors as well as leading consultants in operational due diligence. Based on requests from investment offices of endowments and foundations, IIR has produced this investor only event to educate investors and provide an opportunity to network with industry peers.
Over twenty-five distinguished organizations are already participating:

Alfred I Dupont Testamentary Trust George Washington University University of North Carolina
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of Florida
Brandeis University Johns Hopkins University University of Michigan
Brown University Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center University of Oregon Foundation
California Institute of Technology NYU Investment Office University of Pennsylvania
Dartmouth College Stanford Management Company University of Richmond
Emory Investment Management Tufts University Investment Office Wesleyan University

Event Details
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
PRIVATE EQUITY WORKSHOP 1:00 - 5:00pm

Thursday, June 28, 2012
MAIN ODD PROGRAM 9:00 - 5:30pm

Location: The Harmonie Club, 4 East 60th Street, New York, NY

Cost:
WORKSHOP ONLY: $595
CONFERENCE ONLY: $1195
CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP: $1595

About InvestorOps
InvestorOps is a new series of programs brought to you from the makers of GAIM Ops Cayman, industry specialists in alternative investments. Targeted for institutional investors, these events will provide an opportunity to learn best practices in due diligence and peer to peer networking. For more information, please see http://www.investoropsforeandf.com.

Source: IIRUSA


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[Press-News.org] InvestorOps presents: Operational Due Diligence on Alternative Investments for Endowments and Foundations - Over 25 Organizations Already Participating
InvestorOps is a new series of programs for institutional investors on operational due diligence on alternative investments.