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Investing Beyond The Public Markets
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Portfolio Management

Investing Beyond The Public Markets

Stephanie Hackett, a portfolio manager, discusses the value of illiquid alternatives, including private equity, and the importance of rigorous manager selection. She explains how the due diligence process evaluates investment strategy, team strength, historical performance, and fund structure.

Key Highlights
  • Private equity option as top-quartile funds performing better over 10-20 year periods.
  • Manager selection is critical due to the long-term, illiquid nature of investments.
  • Fund strategy, market opportunity, management team, and operational structure.
  • Allocation recommendations consider illiquid alternatives, including private equity, real estate, and credit.
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About the speaker
Stephanie Hackett
Partner, Portfolio Manager
New York

Stephanie is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Evercore Wealth Management, managing investment assets for families, foundations and endowments.

Stephanie is the Chair of the firm’s External Manager Selection Committee, which is responsible for the selection, due diligence and ongoing monitoring of all third-party investment managers.

Stephanie joined Evercore in 2014 from Brandywine Group Advisors, a multifamily office, where she worked for eight years as an investment director, responsible for all aspects of the investment process. She previously worked at J.P. Morgan for seven years, focused on alternative asset management and private banking. She has significant experience in managing portfolios for high net worth individuals and families that invest in both alternative and traditional asset classes, including public equity, fixed income, hedge funds and private equity strategies.

Stephanie received her B.A. from the University of Colorado and her M.B.A. from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business. Stephanie holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

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Belinda Micu
Managing Director, Head of Technology Strategy & Investment Reporting
New York

Belinda is a Managing Director and Head of Technology Strategy & Investment Reporting at Evercore Wealth Management and Evercore Trust Company. She leads platform migration, data strategy, performance reporting and the identification of evaluating technology tools.

Belinda joined Evercore Wealth Management in June, 2025 from Ridgeline, where she worked as the director of consulting. She previously worked at Accusource, as the chief business officer and, earlier, at Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk, where she built and led the analytics team and as a project manager at SS&C Advent.

Belinda earned her Master’s of Liberal Arts from Harvard (general management and a concentration in finance), and her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania.

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