This week, I visited Chicago to catch up with consultants and subadvisor selection teams about potential fund launches, the building out of customized select lists for retirement plans and the impact of China A-shares on the emerging markets index.

Even the most dedicated investment analyst needs a break every now and then. We caught up with five gatekeepers to find out what they get up to out of the office.

We catch up with a professional buyer to get the lowdown on their investments, career, hopes and fears.

This week, I caught up with manager research teams at multi-family offices and global and regional private banks to discuss the challenges in the current market environment.

We catch up with a professional buyer to get the lowdown on their investments, career, hopes and fears.

This week, I traveled to North Carolina to meet with wirehouses and multi-family offices to hear about fund searches in international developed markets, funds that offer uncorrelated yield and due diligence thresholds in the alternatives universe.

This week, I headed to Atlanta to meet with RIAs and bank trusts to discuss the rise of esoteric strategies for ultra-high-net-worth clients and building out multi-factor strategy select lists for brokerage platforms.

Five pro buyers share their favorite manager meetings, from a PM's frank openness to a team's top culture.

We look back at five pro buyers' worst manager meetings, from pompous PMs' to tactless table manners.

We catch up with a professional buyer to get the lowdown on their investments, career, hopes and fears.