Evan Fire is listed as an executive officer on 46 SEC Form D filings by 7 issuers between Dec 2019 and Mar 2026. Largest by amount reported sold: PZENA GLOBAL VALUE FUND (DST), a series of Pzena Value Trust (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2020–2026; $437.9M reported sold to 69 investors), Pzena Emerging Markets Focused Value Fund (GT) a separate investment fund of Pzena Value Group Trust (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2020–2025; $265M reported sold to 2 investors), Pzena Global Value Fund 2 (DST), a series of Pzena Value Trust (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2019–2026; $225M reported sold to 2 investors), Pzena U.S. Best Ideas Fund, LP (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2020–2026; $176.7M reported sold to 15 investors), PZENA INTERNATIONAL (EX-U.S.) FOCUSED VALUE FUND (DST), a series of Pzena Value Trust (New York, NY — pooled investment fund — 2020–2026; $79.1M reported sold to 5 investors) and 2 more (all listed below).
What this means A repeat sponsor — 7 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, over about 7 years. Across those companies the filings report $1.24B sold in total.
Listed alongside Richard S. Pzena (46 shared filings), John P. Goetz (45 shared filings), William L. Lipsey (45 shared filings), Caroline Cai (35 shared filings), Jessica Doran (33 shared filings) and 12 others.
What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Evan. Each name links to their own page.
All 7 issuers belong to the sponsor group Pzena (13 issuers, $1.85B reported sold, 2009–2026).
What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Pzena has 13 companies on file and $1.85B reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.
Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — none found.
What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (3 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.
We compared 46 public filings for Evan Fire and found 2 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Amount sold went down between filings; and more below.
What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.