Tanya Kemp, Managing Director, Private Markets at SFERs/ Anita Ng, Managing Director, Private Investments at Cambridge Associates "Private Equity Perspectives from Two Female Powerhouse Allocators"
Release Date: 11/03/2021
Chung Ma, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Virgina Retirement System and Vivian Lau, CEO and CIO of Senado Management “Family, Finance & Fiduciaries”
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Our guests today are Chung Ma, Deputy Chief Investment Officer of the Virginia Retirement System, and Vivian Lau, CEO and CIO of Senado Management. Beyond their remarkable careers, Chung and Vivian share a unique personal connection—they are cousins who grew up together in the same household in Flushing, New York. Chung helps oversee the investment portfolio of the Virginia Retirement System, one of the largest public pension funds in the United States, managing more than $100 billion on behalf of public employees and retirees. His expertise spans asset allocation, portfolio construction,...
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Jamie Tadelis, Chief Product & Investor Officer, SC Lowy Title: Take the Winding Path: Lessons in Taking Risks, Staying Curious and Leading with Character
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Joining us today is Jamie Tadelis, Chief Product & Investor Officer at SC Lowy. Jamie is one of the co-founders of SC Lowy and is currently based in their New York office, where he serves as the firm’s Chief Product and Investor Officer focusing on existing and new investment vehicles, investor relationships, and ESG initiatives. Throughout his tenure at SC Lowy, Jamie has held various key roles, including Head of Sales, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer, all while based in Hong Kong. Before joining SC Lowy, Jamie served as General Counsel, Chief Compliance...
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Johnny Wu, Founder and CEO, xETFs, The Omnipresent: Building a Legacy of Access and the Hope for the AAAIM Community
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This conversation between myself, Elizabeth Yan, and Johnny Wu was recorded in February 2026. At the time of recording, I had not yet joined AAAIM. As of May this year, I have officially and have the privilege of serving AAAIM as their Chief Operating Officer. While this release is delayed, Johnny as many know, is ever-present and his words, timeless. We hope you enjoy the conversation.
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Gaurav Aggarwal, Managing Partner, Vivo Capital “Breaking Into—and Leading—Life Sciences Investing”
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Our guest for today’s podcast is Dr. Gaurav Aggarwal. Dr. Aggarwal is a Managing Partner at Vivo Capital, a global healthcare specialist with a multi-strategy investment platform covering venture capital, private equity, and public equity strategies. The firm seeks to support the expansion of healthcare access via investments in the industry, and to catalyze innovation and growth via its “Ecosystem Strategy.” Dr. Aggarwal and has invested in the life sciences sector for over 25 years including almost 10 years at Vivo Capital at the time of this recording. Prior to Vivo, Dr....
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Rodney June, CIO, LACERS, "The Long and Winding Road to Success"
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Hi, this is Angie Chatterjee, Principal at Innocap, and joining us today is Rodney June, CIO of LA City Employees’ Retirement System. Rod has been with the $27 billion LACERS public pension plan since 1998 and has served as its CIO since 2012. Prior to being named CIO at LACERS, he served as CIO for the State of Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System from 2008 to 2012. Prior to joining LACERS, Rod worked in banking, management consulting, and affordable housing. He has worked with several Southern California non-profit educational organizations that provide...
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Nitish Agarwal, CEO and CIO, Orion Capital Asia, “Harnessing Double Digit Returns from Lower Risk Private Credit in Asia”
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Our guest for today’s podcast is Nitish Agarwal, who is the CEO & CIO at Orion Capital Asia, a Singapore based private credit investment manager. Nitish has over 30 years of experience in private debt markets across Asia. Nitish started Orion in 2013 to focus on performing credit to middle market companies in Asia Pacific – the platform has completed more than US$2.3 billion of private loans. Prior to Orion, he was Managing Director at Barclays Capital in Singapore. He started his career with Bank of America in Mumbai and later relocated to Hong Kong. Joining...
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Leena Bhutta, CIO, Doris Duke Foundation, "Grit, Gratitude & A Little Bit of Luck: Forging my Own Purposeful Path in Finance"
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Joining us today is Leena Bhutta, the Chief Investment Officer of the Doris Duke Foundation. Leena leads an internal investment team responsible for managing the foundation’s endowment which fully supports the foundation’s operating budget – enabling a more creative, equitable and sustainable future. Leena began her career in technology investment banking at Goldman Sachs before transitioning to global equity research at Joho Capital, a multi-billion-dollar, global hedge fund. Following several years as a direct investor, she shifted her focus to mission-driven capital,...
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Cristina Chen-Oster, Founder & CEO, M2M Capital "Using AI to bring Transparency to Private Markets"
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Our guest for today’s podcast is Cristina Chen-Oster who is the Founder & CEO of M2M Capital, which provides real-time market-informed valuations and liquidity solutions for private companies. Previously, Cristina served as the Head of Americas Distribution for S64, a global Alternatives Solutions business committed to optimizing private market access. Cristina spent the bulk of her career on Wall Street including tenures at Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Natixis in institutional solutions and equity structured products. Cristina is a CFA charter holder and has a Bachelor of Science...
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Brenda Chia, Chief of Capital Development, Paladin Capital Group and Johnny Wu, CEO, WallStreetX ETFs “Jamming about all things AAAIM”
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To celebrate our 100th podcast, I invited Brenda Chia, Chief of Capital Development of Paladin Capital Group and one of the original six founding Board Members of AAAIM to talk about all things AAAIM – past, present, future – and what we hope for the community going forward.
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Wendy Li, Chief Investment Officer, Ivy Invest “Bringing Endowment Style Investing to Everyone”
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Our guest for today’s podcast is Wendy Li, Chief Investment Officer of Ivy Invest. Before founding Ivy Invest, Wendy spent her career as an institutional investor managing billions of dollars for some of New York’s largest endowments and foundations. Most recently, Wendy was Managing Director of Investments at the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation (MCHF). At MCHF, she was responsible for developing the foundation’s investment strategy, sourcing and executing investments across asset classes, and exercising day-to-day management over MCHF’s $4B portfolio. Prior to MCHF, Wendy held...
info_outlineWe have two special guests for our podcast today: Anita Ng, MD for Private Investments @ Cambridge Associates and Tanya Kemp, MD and Head of Private Markets at San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System. Anita has more than 25 years of investment experience, 15 of those managing client portfolios at Cambridge Associates (a global advisory investment firm responsible for advising on over $500B in aum). She is a trusted advisor to a broad group of institutional clients, including endowments and foundations, public pension plans, and private clients. In 2020, Anita was named in Chief Investment Officer’s annual list of Knowledge Brokers, a list of the most influential investment consultants and advisers. Prior to joining Cambridge Associates in 2006, Anita was a technology investment banker at CIBC World Markets, Credit Suisse First Boston and Banc of America Securities and earlier in her career, worked in Hong Kong at Merrill Lynch.
Our co-guest is Tanya Kemp, Head of Private Markets.SFERS is a public plan with over $34B assets. Tanya rose up through the ranks from inv analyst in VC then PE and head of Pvt mkts overseeing a $14 billion portfolio comprising private investments across leveraged buyouts, venture capital, growth equity, real estate and natural resources strategies. Prior to joining SFERS, Ms. Kemp was Risk and Performance Analyst with Missouri State Employees Retirement System. She holds an MA, MBA, CFA and CAIA designations. She has received numerous awards including Private Equity Buyouts “Trailblazers: Ten women pioneering new paths in private equity” in 2016; Trusted Insights Top Public Pension Investment Directors 2021, Rising Star 2021 Venture Capital Journal.
Anita and Tanya are two highly talented, engaging women in our industry passionate about investing and their roles. What a pleasure it was for me to speak with them together during this podcast.
Without further delay, here is my conversation with Anita and Tanya.