Full transparency
I fully support the global transparency initiatives regarding economic ties of academics.
I hereby list the organizations who have paid me directly or indirectly (e.g., book purchases) cumulatively, more than $10,000:
JP Morgan Asset Management: Sponsored research on replication of private equity fund returns using listed equity. And paid talks.
Blackrock Investment Institute: Consulting on methods to generate capital market assumptions for private market investments.
Norway Ministry of Finance: Reports on PE.
Dutch Ministry of Finance: Reports on PE & Dutch Pension Funds.
Teaching contracts with: GEC Academy, Amsterdam Institute of Finance, Erasmus university, university of Amsterdam, Kinglead, EDHEC, 2U Get Smarter, ICON training and coaching
Speaking engagements with: Mason Investment Advisory Services, Institutional Investor LLC, Gabler, Super Return, Loyens & Loeff
Custom teaching contracts (i.e. teaching paid for by a specific company): Natixis Investment Managers, KPMG
KPMG (mostly Luxembourg office): Paid talks
Glion and Lausanne hotel schools: sponsored teaching material, consulting and talks.
I am on the investment committee of a college Endowment (Queen's college, Oxford University) and a shareholder of a fintech company called Active Asset Allocation.