Full transparency
I fully support the global transparency initiatives regarding economic ties of academics.
I hereby list the organizations who have paid me in any ways (e.g., in kind, in cash, indirectly via, e.g. book purchases) cumulatively, more than $10,000, other than my main employer:
JP Morgan Asset Management: Sponsored research on replication of private equity fund returns using listed equity, and paid talks (2020-2021).
Blackrock Investment Institute: Consulting on methods to generate capital market assumptions for private market investments (2018-2019).
Norway Ministry of Finance: Reports on PE.
Dutch Ministry of Finance: Reports on PE & Dutch Pension Funds.
Ad-hoc teaching contracts with: GEC Academy, ASCResearch, Amsterdam Institute of Finance, Erasmus university, University of Amsterdam (2011-2016)
Speaking engagements with: Mason Investment Advisory Services, Institutional Investor LLC, Gabler, Super Return.
Strategic Advisor and speaking engagements: Fernweh Group LLC
Custom teaching contracts (i.e. teaching paid for by a specific company): Natixis Investment Managers, KPMG, NHP Investments (Morgan Stanley)
KPMG (mostly Luxembourg office): Paid talks
Glion and Lausanne hotel schools: sponsored teaching material, and speaking engagements.
I am a shareholder of:
i) Active Asset Allocation — A fintech company
iii) Dating app (went bankrupt, oops).