Who We Are
Over the last 17+ years, since founded in 2003, the firm has grown from being a leader in the alternative management business to late stage technology investing and an international investment firm that has global scale, local expertise and an entrepreneurial approach.
Our Executive Team
Our executive team is comprised of experts who know how to take advantage of the forever changing investment landscape. The team has a successful track record of working with investment teams, management teams, founders and venture capital fund managers.
Our Story
We manage multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, real estate and blockchain, and through our strategic partners, hedge funds.
Leveraging the strength of the team’s global presence and network we are able to provide differentiated investment themes across asset classes, industries, and geographies.
Having allocated $2Bln+, we pride ourselves on diligence and integrity, for our partners and capital partners, that is imbedded in our blood.
Investment Approach
We apply a proprietary scientific approach to the multi-asset class investment model with disciplined risk management and independent asset manager selection based on asset class expertise and deep fundamental due diligence
Asset Managers
We seek to create and nurture long term value-added partnerships with the rare exceptional asset managers who demonstrate a clear and compelling competitive edge supported by intellectual honesty, analytical rigor and high integrity
Asset Allocation
True multi-asset class diversification with high illiquid allocation
Manager Selection
Focus on independent owner-run managers selected through deep fundamental research
Insights
Our investment insights stem from our ability to identify the most skilled 3rd party experts from our global institutional investment network comprised of asset managers, institutional investors, clients and research houses and then synthesise these into investment actions
Overall Risk Management
High static risk level afforded by a true long term outlook with no market timing
Forging long-term value-added partnerships with great investors
Our value added is spawned out of our deep expertise in their asset class. Our dedicated asset class team visit 100’s of managers a year in the process of undergoing deep fundamental analysis. Our approach is to be completely transparent with these managers about their strengths and weaknesses in the process of due diligence all the way through to our long-term working partnership with them. We have helped new and well-established investment firms to achieve excellence in various aspects of their business, based on our experience observing other managers in action. In addition, we have helped to identify and seed new investment strategies with long established managers.
What are we looking for?
We start with the premise that the vast majority of active investment managers fail to generate outperformance to justify their fees. The rare exceptions have developed a sustainable competitive advantage in an attractive and clearly defined subset of the investment universe. They tend to be entrepreneurial, owner-operated investment businesses with their incentives perfectly aligned with those of their investors. They are highly principled and ethical investors who manifest the highest standards of integrity in everything they do. They will be transparent with their investment partners and open to constant learning and adaptation to a changing world.