UCLA Anderson MBA Student Associations Host Private Equity Roundtable

UCLA Anderson's MBA Investment Finance Club and Entrepreneur Associate recently hosted its 2009 Private Equity Roundtable. The event was attended by 25 private equity firms and 75 students. The keynote speaker was Lisa Mazzocco, the chief investment officer for LACERA, which manages the defined benefit plans for LA county, which is approximatly $22 billion under management.

The Roundtable highlights that Los Angeles is home to many middle market private equity (PE) shops. It is also home to bigger bracket firms. So, if you're considering an MBA, you may want to consider a UCLA Anderson degree.

The list of firms represented include:

            Apollo Advisors                        Omninet Capital

            Bison Capital                           Parallel Investment Parnters                     

            Brentwood Associates              Ridgestone        

            Caltius Equity Partners             Sage Capital Partners

            The Carlyle Group                     Shamrock Capital Advisors

            Fifth Street Capital                    TCW Mezzaine 

            IMT Capital, LLC                       Tennenbaum Capital Partners                   

            Kayne Anderson Capital            US Renewables Group 

            Leonard Green & Partners         Vicente Capital 

            Lovell Minnick                           Wedbush Capital                                             

            Newstone Capital                      Zelnick Media

            Nogales Investors