Alan Tsang

CAI’s investment team generally employs fundamental research, specific industry knowledge, proprietary relationships, and partnerships with management teams to identify attractive investment opportunities, often targeting industries that are undergoing change or are otherwise out-of-favor for their Private Equity Investment Fund. For their real estate funds, the firm selects underlying funds based on their performance track record, organizational ability to execute the investment strategy, and financial capacity to meet obligations, among other factors.

Basso works with each client to determine their risk and portfolio objectives and wealth management needs. Based on these objectives and needs, the firm develops an asset allocation plan that selects from among the asset types including, among others, domestic and foreign equities and bonds, mutual funds and ETFs, and less liquid and/or private investment vehicles. The allocations among these varying asset types reflect the client’s risk profile and investment time horizon, among other factors.

NBBD-IM offers clients investment solutions across asset classes, styles, capitalizations and geographies in both public and private markets, as well as multi-asset class solutions that bring them all together. For equity investments, the firm tends to focus on stocks with solid balance sheets, relatively low price-to-earnings ratios, low price-to-cash flow ratios, strong cash flows, above-average yields, sustainable earnings growth, reasonable valuation multiples relative to growth prospects, sound franchise values and significant insider ownership. They use both top-down and bottom-up analysis to select investments. In addition, the firm uses options and futures and occasionally invests in ADRs and private equity opportunities.

Functions as a College/University

GWI AM is an active, long-term, value-oriented manager which invests in large-cap listed Brazilian companies in the power, metals and mining, infrastructure, banks and retail sectors. They also invest in companies in opportunistic sectors that stand out for dividend policy, corporate governance and significant upside potential. The firm conducts proprietary fundamental research and analysis, including regular company visits, employing a bottom-up approach to search for large cap companies with valuations significantly below their true worth. GWI AM seeks to invest in companies with high barriers to entry, sustainable competitive advantages and strong fundamentals which are trading at low multiples. They typically take relevant minority stakes and seek to be appointed to their investee companies' Audit commitee and Board of Directors. The firm utilizes quantitative tools including mathematical, statistical and engineering computing systems such as BARRA and SPC to perform risk management.