Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, sits down with former Chief Investment Officer of the Employees Retirement System of Texas to discuss how the lower middle-market can be a good complement to a portfolio.Founded in 2010, Star Mountain is a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset management firm focused on two investment strategies: 1) providing debt/equity capital to established, growing companies; and 2) purchasing existing LP positions, generally at a discount, in lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain manages ~$4 billion of AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 3/31/24) through funds and SMAs for some of the most sophisticated investors globally including individuals, family offices/wealth managers, insurance companies, endowments / foundations and pension plans. Star Mountain is 100% employee-owned with 100% of U.S. full-time employees sharing in the investment profits across 80+ team members and 40+ senior advisors/operating partners in 20+ offices. Since inception Star Mountain has made over 200 investments.LEARN MORE ABOUT US:WEBSITE: www.starmountaincapital.comMEDIA CENTER: www.starmountaincapital.com/media-centerLINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/TWITTER: www.twitter.com/StarMountainCapYOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapitalSOUNDCLOUD: @starmountaincapitalFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/LEARN MORE ABOUT US:WEBSITE: www.starmountaincapital.comMEDIA CENTER: www.starmountaincapital.com/media-centerLINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLCFOUNDATION: starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/TWITTER: www.twitter.com/StarMountainCapYOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapitalSOUNDCLOUD: @starmountaincapitalFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/