September 11, 2020
Via EDGAR Transmission
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F. Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3561
Attn: Mr. John Dana Brown
| Re: | StepStone Group Inc. |
| Registration Statement on Form |
| S-1 File No. 333-248313 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters, hereby join in the request of StepStone Group Inc. that the effective date of the above-captioned Registration Statement be accelerated so that the same will become effective as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on September 15, 2020, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
The following is supplemental information supplied under Rule 418(a)(7) and Rule 460 under the Securities Act:
| i. | Date of preliminary prospectus: September 9, 2020; |
| ii. | Dates of distribution: September 9, 2020 through the date hereof; and |
| iii. | Number of preliminary prospectuses distributed to prospective underwriters, institutional investors, dealers and others: approximately 1,959. |
We, the undersigned, as representatives of the several underwriters, have complied and will comply, and we have been informed by the participating underwriters that they have complied and will comply, with the requirements of Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
[Signature page follows]
| Very truly yours, | ||
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | ||
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC As representatives of the several underwriters | ||
| J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | ||
| By: |
/s/ Drummond S. Rice | |
| Name: Drummond S. Rice | ||
| Title: Executive Director | ||
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC | ||
| By: |
/s/ C. E. Bluhm | |
| Name: C. E. Bluhm | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC . | ||
| By: |
/s/ Michael Occi | |
| Name: Michael Occi | ||
| Title: Managing Director | ||
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