The Operational Resilience of PE Firms
The Operational Resilience of PE Firms Private assets offer a safe harbor to today´s volatility in traditional 60/40 assets. The resilience of private equity in such environments is not a mirage due to mark-to-model valuations or a growth sector bias. We find empirical evidence that supports the view that the observed volatility of private equity1 […]
Private Equity Performance Across the Cycle
Private Equity Performance Across the Cycle In our June 2022 newsletter, we took a look at the multiyear deployment pace of private equity funds. As just 40% of the capital is deployed over the first three years, we encouraged investors to devise a sound and realistic long-term investment strategy. We now focus on the performance […]
AltamarCAM Partners has received strong scores from the UNPRI assessment significantly above industry medians
These results still represent those of the individual firms and do not yet reflect the results of the integration in AltamarCAM Partners. Madrid, 18th October 2022.- AltamarCAM Partners, a global asset management firm focused on investing in private markets, has received the latest results from the UN PRI assessment corresponding to the year 2021 for […]
Staying invested
Staying invested There is a little secret in private asset investing that amateurs do not seem to fully appreciate. The challenge in private assets is not about getting your money back. Actually, the challenge is about staying invested as you will indeed get your money back unlike any traditional asset class, where you can stay […]
Hedging Inflation Through Real Assets
Hedging Inflation Through Real Assets The post COVID-19 global economic rebound and the Ukraine war have triggered a sharp increase in prices, wages, and energy costs that are pushing inflation rates back up to levels not seen for decades. We have been ushered into a new macroeconomic paradigm characterized by permanently higher inflation and interest […]
Staying invested
Staying invested There is a little secret in private asset investing that amateurs do not seem to fully appreciate. The challenge in private assets is not about getting your money back. Actually, the challenge is about staying invested as you will indeed get your money back unlike any traditional asset class, where you can stay […]
Miguel Zurita and Álvaro Bachiller visit the ExE Foundation’s Summer School
The program consists on forming young – very talented – people who decide to become teachers and bring high-quality education to children from vulnerable environments. For the past ten years, ExE Foundation has organized the Summer School where more than 300 students who come from less privileged contexts receive academic reinforcement and personal support to […]
José Luis Molina’s interview on the current situation in private markets
José Luis Molina’s interview on the current situation in private markets AltamarCAM’s CEO José Luis Molina discussed the current situation in private markets at the SuperReturn International last June, including how the current macro situation could affect private markets. José Luis argued that these are times for investors to be cautious and patient because of […]
Venture Capital as an Access Class
Venture Capital as an Access Class Returns for 60/40 long-only strategies are driven primarily by the asset class itself not by the performance of top managers. Unlike 60/40 strategies, returns for investors in private assets are critically determined by access to the best managers. The average dispersion from median to top manager has been 3.3% […]
Portfolios of Funds –Homemade or Outsourced?
Portfolios of Funds – Homemade or Outsourced? Investors in private assets need to be mindful about costs, extensive diversification, and manager proliferation. Hiring myriad managers does not ensure they will be winners collectively. To the contrary, the law of averages works against investors. For the vintages 2007 – 2016, funds of funds delivered a Sharpe […]
