MULLER & MONROE ASSET MANAGEMENT,LLC other names

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Adviser Profile

As of Date:

07/12/2024

Adviser Type:

- Large advisory firm


Number of Employees:

18 12.50%

of those in investment advisory functions:

7 16.67%


Registration:

SEC, Approved, 7/3/2008

AUM:

1,438,301,464 9.07%

of that, discretionary:

1,438,301,464 9.07%

Private Fund GAV:

1,438,301,464 7.40%

Avg Account Size:

143,830,146 -1.83%


SMA’s:

NO

Private Funds:

10

Contact Info

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Websites :
Client Types:

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Advisory Activities:

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Compensation Arrangments:

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Reported AUM

Discretionary
Non-discretionary
1B 1B 942M 754M 565M 377M 188M
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Recent News

'Get on it Joe!' How a coalition for strengthening gun violence prevention pushed Biden to act
04/09/2021

Gun control activist Po Murray addressed the crowd at an anti-violence rally in Hartford Monday. WASHINGTON — In the first two months of President Joe Biden’s administration, many of the nation’s most powerful gun violence prevention groups were dismayed with the leadership of the man they thought was going to be their strongest champion.

timesunion.com

House panel opens ethics probe into Rep. Matt Gaetz amid federal investigation
04/09/2021

He also represented the CEO of a social media company during special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation ... calling the state’s pension fund “the single largest threat to Florida’s balance sheet.” WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.

wfla.com

Tennessee Found To Have Owed HBCU At Least $150M From Funds Dating Back More Than 100 Years
04/09/2021

The information was revealed in House Budget Analysis Director Peter Muller’s report ... each dollar sent by the federal government to fund each of the schools, News Channel 5 in Nashville ...

blavity.com

Researchers ask anglers’ help with study of brook, brown trout colors, patterns
04/08/2021

Penn State researchers, who are evaluating the colors, pattern variations and genetics of wild brook and brown trout across Pennsylvania, are asking anglers to help with their study.

tiogapublishing.com

Global Fund Thanks Germany for EUR 140 million Contribution
04/08/2021

English News and Press Release on World about Contributions, Health and Epidemic; published on 08 Apr 2021 by Global Fund

reliefweb.int

Report: State cost TSU tens of millions in land grant funding
04/07/2021

Under a previous 3-to-1 formula, the outcome was even worse, with the state shorting TSU by $544 million, according to the report Muller gave to the ... could have broken federal law by failing to fund TSU correctly as a land grant university.

timesfreepress.com


Private Funds Structure

Fund Type Count GAV
Private Equity Fund 10 $1,438,301,464

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Brochure Summary

Overview

A. Description of Advisory Firm Muller & Monroe Asset Management, LLC (M2) has been in business since July 9, 1999. André Rice is our President and serves on the Investment Committee along with Irwin C. Loud, III, Marcia Markowitz, Alfred Sharp and Gregg Walker. The Co-investment Committee consists of André Rice, Gregg Walker, and Alfred Sharp. André Rice launched the firm to form private equity funds-of-funds whose investors would be institutional (government and corporate) pension funds. As of March 27, 2024, we are located in Chicago, Illinois and have eighteen employees. We are currently managing three core funds and six targeted investment mandate funds with total LP commitments of $1.54B (includes $125M of commitments contractually expected to be released in October 2024 as part of a $250M commitment awarded to us on October 23, 2023) on behalf of five public pension plans. Furthermore, M2 manages two primary fund investments through a $15M Legacy Fund separate account and a $50M commitment for co-investments where we invest in portfolio companies alongside certain primary fund managers. Our core funds focus on investing with smaller lower middle market PE firms nationwide, diversified by industry, region, stage, and vintage year. Our targeted investment mandates are directed by our public pension fund LPs with specific allocations usually based on a combination of gender, ethnicity, or geography. The core and targeted investment mandate funds-of-funds make up our five advisory clients. All limited partner investors in the ten funds-of-funds we currently manage are public pension funds. Back in 2021, we sold principally all the underlying primary fund investments of one of our targeted mandate funds on the secondary market. At this point, one primary fund asset remains and is not expected to fully liquidate until sometime in 2025. As such, this targeted mandate fund is not counted in the $1.54B of total LP commitments mentioned above. On October 13, 2023, we closed on an additional $250.0M of LP commitments in a separate account fund-of-funds commitment. Included in this commitment is a $200.0M commitment for primary funds and a $50.0M commitment for co-investments. As of 12/31/23, we have $3.5M invested in a portfolio company through our new co-investment commitment. The total LP commitment of $250.0 will be released in 2 series, 50% on October 13, 2023, and the other 50% on October 13, 2024. Other than one fund that is structured as a limited liability company, all of our other funds are structured as limited partnerships. With respect to the fund structured as a limited liability company, we operate as the manager of that fund, which is akin to our acting as a general partner to our limited partnerships. References made throughout this document to limited partnerships are intended to include our fund structured as a limited liability company as well. Likewise, references to our general partners are meant to include our entity acting as the manager for the fund structured as a limited liability company. Ownership of M2 The chart below summarizes the ownership of M2: Owner Name Ownership Percentage Rice Group Ltd. (100% owned by André Rice) 29.70% Irwin C. Loud, III 14.24% Non-employee Investors 56.06% Investment Structure The investment structure of each of our fund-of-funds clients shares certain common elements: 1) We invest in each fund-of-funds client alongside the limited partners by means of a general partner. 2) We usually commit 1% of the capital to a fund-of-funds investment while the limited partners commit 99% of the capital. 3) Each fund-of-funds entity is a limited partnership or limited liability company. We do not manage these underlying primary funds or portfolio companies. Below is an illustration of the structure of a typical fund-of-funds client we would manage: Co-Investments In certain instances, we will invest in portfolio companies alongside our private equity fund managers as part of our $50M commitment for co-investments. Investors in our Advisory Clients Initial investors in our advisory clients have all been public pension funds. We may accept corporate pension funds and accredited investors as investors in our advisory clients in the future. Muller & Monroe Asset Management, LLC Private Equity Fund Investments Private Equity Fund Investments ADVISORY CLIENTS Commingled Fund-of-Funds (limited partnership) or Separate Account Fund-of-Funds (limited partnership) Portfolio Company Portfolio Company Portfolio Company Portfolio Company Institutional Limited Partners (publicpension funds) General Partner Pension funds typically invest in a private equity fund-of-funds because: 1) they have insufficient staff to do the necessary due diligence on private equity or growth equity funds and/or 2) their staff does not have the background and necessary relationships for sourcing and due diligence to invest independently in this asset class, and 3) they want the greater diversification provided by a fund-of-funds investment. When we are advising each of our private equity fund-of-funds, we develop a portfolio of investments that seeks to maximize returns to the fund’s investors while minimizing risk through a rigorous investment process and portfolio diversification. B. Advisory Services Offered Our investment advisory services consist of 1) finding investment opportunities, 2) selecting investments on behalf of our clients---the limited partnership funds-of-funds, co- investments, and 3) monitoring those investments throughout the terms of the underlying primary funds that sometimes extend beyond a decade. With respect to one of our fund-of-funds clients, we replaced an existing general partner and agreed to manage that fund’s investments that had been made at the time we replaced the general partner. We are not selecting additional investments for this fund. This fund holds limited partnership interests. Investment opportunities come to us in several
ways: 1) Unsolicited opportunities sent to us online or in hard copy 2) Referrals from limited partner investors and business contacts, including placement agents representing potential primary funds 3) Opportunities found through networking and various private equity data bases Our investment selection process involves the following steps: 1) Initial screening of private equity investment opportunities 2) Preliminary due diligence on opportunities passing initial screen 3) Formal due diligence on opportunities that advance beyond preliminary due diligence 4) Legal negotiation of investments with successful formal due diligence 5) Closing and oversight of investments Investment oversight for each investment consists of: 1) Participation on Limited Partnership Advisory Committee (LPAC), with rare exceptions 2) Monthly to quarterly calls to discuss investment updates 3) Review of financial statements 4) Analysis of investment performance 5) Attendance at investment annual meeting 6) Back office administration of investment 7) Annual review of compliance with partnership terms and side letters 8) Work-out assistance, if needed Other than with respect to the one separate account for which we only manage existing investments, we select investments on behalf of our clients, the limited partnership funds- of-funds. The result is that each limited partnership fund-of-funds we advise holds investments in other limited partnership private equity funds. It is these limited partnership private equity funds that make direct investments into portfolio companies. Limitation on Types of Investments We invest exclusively with emerging and specialized private equity managers. We generally define emerging managers as those managers that: 1) Have less than $1 billion in assets under management, 2) Manage private equity funds with a size ranging from approximately $100 million to $1 billion, 3) Are investing under a new platform, but are not new to investing, or 4) Are not well known in the institutional marketplace (i.e. not a “brand name” fund) Two individuals who leave a larger private equity firm to form their own firm would be an example of experienced investors with a new platform. Enterprise software, financial technology (“fin-tech”), and cybersecurity are examples of investment areas of focus for specialty private equity managers. C. Tailoring of Advisory Services to Advisory Clients The advisory services we provide are to the client funds-of-funds. Therefore, the services provided are tailored to the needs of the limited partner investors in each fund-of-funds. Most of the details of the advisory services to be provided by us for each fund-of-funds are clearly stated in the limited partnership agreement or a side letter. Certain advisory services, which are more in the nature of back office administration, are clarified as the relationship with each limited partner investor develops. A component of our advisory services is to respond to requests for information by the limited partners of the client, which includes requests by the limited partners’ consultants. We routinely respond to limited partner requests to provide information in a specific format or to complete a form or provide a report specific to a limited partner. Examples of this would be to provide cash flows in a specific format to a consultant or to complete a compliance form for a specific limited partner of a client. Our experience is that the nature of client limited partner service requests changes over the life span of the client fund-of-funds. The limited partners of the client may change consultants, and the new consultant may, subject to the terms of confidentiality agreements, request new information or old information in a new format. Changes in client investment staff may result in changes in the frequency and content of routine reporting to staff; however, the quarterly and annual reports mandated under limited partnership agreements generally remain unchanged. A change in the investment climate may trigger a request. Examples of such changes are the issue of gun control, changes in pay-to-play regulations, and international human rights issues. When limited partners of a client update their internal investment policies to respond to the external investment environment, they often make new requests of us as advisor to the client fund-of-funds. Client restrictions on types of investments Our clients may impose restrictions on investing in private equity funds that invest in certain securities or types of securities. The limited partnership agreement of the client along with investor side letters, if applicable, specify the criteria for investments we select for a given client. Examples of investment restrictions by a client may include: 1) Investment managers with less than $1 billion in capital commitments under management 2) Investment stage (no early stage venture capital) 3) Geographic location (40-60% Midwest investments) 4) Industry (no real estate or oil & gas) 5) Demographic (50% of investments must be Minority or Women Business Enterprises) D. We do not participate in a wrap fee program. E. All client assets are managed on a discretionary basis however separate accounts may require special approvals or veto rights by the underlying investor. As of December 31, 2023, we managed $1,430,903,922 of client assets as follows: Client Assets Under Management Core Fund-of-Funds 1 $ 81,206,473 Core Fund-of-Funds 2 $ 285,332,204 Core Fund-of-Funds 3 $ 125,296,611 Targeted Investment Mandate Fund-of-Funds 1 $ 12,854,000 Targeted Investment Mandate Fund-of-Funds 2 $ 164,747,261 Targeted Investment Mandate Fund-of-Funds 3 $ 128,676,182 Targeted Investment Mandate Fund-of-Funds 4 $ 258,655,454 Targeted Investment Mandate Fund-of-Funds 5 $ 63,863,985 Targeted Investment Mandate Fund-of-Funds 6 $ 306,147,693 Special Inherited Fund-of-Funds $ 4,124,059 Total $1,430,903,922