Webinar: Allocator Insights: Private Equity and Private Credit by Chief Investment Officer

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About This Webinar

Private equity and private credit are often some of the best allocations available to institutional investors in order to make return targets. This webinar will take the temperature of each asset class and discuss what CIOs are finding to be some of the better plays available.

Presenters

Christine Giordano

Managing Editor, Chief Investment Officer

Christine Giordano has been managing editor of ai-CIO.com (Chief Investment Officer’s digital news site) since 2016. The ai-CIO brand was honored with the prestigious Best Media Brand award in 2016, 2018, and 2019 in the Jesse H. Neal Awards.
A career journalist, prior to joining the company, Giordano wrote in-depth news for daily newspapers and as a staff writer for The New York Times Company, winning the team NYT Chairman’s Award, the Florida Bar’s Grand Prize award, and various first place awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. She is a fellow of both the National Press Foundation and the American Institute for Economic Research.

Michael Donovan

Chief Investment Officer, University of Notre Dame

Mike Donovan is the Chief Investment Officer of the University of Notre Dame. Mike has been a member of the Notre Dame investment team for over 23 years. The Notre Dame investment pool totals over $18 billion and includes the nation’s 10th largest university endowment fund. Previously, Mike co-founded a successful educational products company and practiced corporate law. Mike serves on the advisory boards of numerous private capital firms. He also is a director or advisor to a variety of charitable organizations. Mike holds a B.B.A. in finance from Notre Dame, a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Molly Murphy

Chief Investment Officer, Orange County Employees Retirement System

Ms. Murphy currently oversees the investments of the $20 billion Orange County Employees Retirement System. Ms. Murphy joined OCERS in 2017 after many years as CIO of a non-profit US health system. Previous to that role, with a background in trading and portfolio management, Ms. Murphy was the co-founder and CIO of a boutique investment firm serving the bespoke needs of institutional fixed income investors. She is a graduate of Miami University and Xavier University and is a CFA charter holder.