Questions Trustees Can Ask Fund Staff and Consultants About Potential Private Equity Investments

November 2014, Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt

This is a set of questions trustees can ask pension fund staff and consultants regarding potential private equity investments. These questions were developed for the Trustee Leadership Forum for Retirement Security by Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt, based on their book Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main Street.

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Eileen Appelbaum | Co-Director

Eileen Appelbaum is Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC, Fellow at Rutgers University Center for Women and Work, and Visiting Professor at the University of Leicester, UK. Prior to joining CEPR, she held positions as Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University and as Professor of Economics at Temple University. She holds a PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Rosemary Batt |

Rosemary Batt is the Alice Hanson Cook Professor of Women and Work at the ILR School, Cornell University.

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Questions Trustees Can Ask Fund Staff and Consultants About Potential Private Equity Investments

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