Classes Taught

The IMDDA provides in-person and online classes and webinars on investment management due diligence and operational due diligence on a wide range of investment products. (Individual Courses - IMDDA Membership Site). As part of this, it provides a complete suite of programs that allows those who successfully complete it to receive the Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA) certificate.

Kelly has worked with the IMDDA to record a number of classes in private equity and real assets that are part of this program and has also developed and taught longer bespoke workshops for institutional investors. Previously, he taught classes on private equity for PEI Media and PrivCap Academy.

Book Editing and Book Chapters Written

Kelly served as subject editor for several books on private equity published by PEI Media, London:

  • The Definitive Guide to Private Equity Fund Due Diligence (1st edition, 2005; 2nd edition; 2010; 3rd edition, 2016).

  • The Definitive Guide to Distressed Debt and Turnaround Investing (1st edition, 2007; 2nd edition, 2010).

  • The PEI Fundamentals Series: Private Equity edited by Garry Sharp, Kelly DePonte, and David Huckfield (London, PEI Media, 2007). 

  • The Guide to Private Equity Fund of Funds Managers (2nd edition, 2008; 3rd edition, 2011).

 

Kelly also wrote chapters on relevant topics for the books he edited as well as for other PEI Media books on the private markets. The chapters detailed below list only those in the latest edition of a book series:

  • “An overview of the private equity distressed debt and restructuring markets,” in The Definitive Guide to Distressed Debt and Turnaround Investing Kelly DePonte, Ed. (London, PEI Media, 2010).  

  • “Due diligence in agricultural investing: Key issues and challenges,” in An Introduction to Agri Investing Helen Lewer, Ed. (London, PEI Media, 2016).

  • “Emerging managers: How to analyse a first-time fund,” in The Definitive Guide to Private Equity Fund Due Diligence (Third Edition) Kelly DePonte, Ed. (London, PEI Media, 2016).

  • “How do placement agents select funds to represent?” in The Guide to Fund Placement Specialists (Fifth Edition) Helen Lewer, Ed. (London, PEI Media, 2015.)

  • “Introduction: A brief history of private equity,” in The Definitive Guide to Private Equity Fund Due Diligence (Third Edition), Kelly DePonte, Ed. (London, PEI Media, 2016).

  • “Investing in separate accounts: Advantages and risks,” in The Guide to Fund of Funds Managers (Third Edition), Kelly DePonte, Ed. (London, PEI Media, 2011).

  • “Secondaries and their alternatives,” in The PEI Fundamentals Series: Private Equity, Garry Sharp, Kelly DePonte and David Huckfield, Eds. (London, PEI Media, 2007).   

  • “Team building, succession planning and private equity fund management,” in Succession Planning in Private Equity, Aaron Sanandres, Ed. (London, PEI Media, 2014).

  • “What are infrastructure funds?” in Investing in Infrastructure, Campbell Luytens, Ed. (London, PEI Media, 2009).

  • “What to expect from a placement agent,” in The Guide to Fund Placement Specialists (Fourth Edition), Helen Lewer, Ed. (London, PEI Media, 2012).