Cambridge Associates leverages deep research and experience to identify the best ideas and opportunities in alternative assets.
For many institutional investors and private clients, the growing complexity of alternative assets and the importance of access to top-performing managers call for a highly experienced and specialized advisor. Cambridge Associates is a leader in alternative assets with over 35 years experience and a depth of resources that we believe to be unmatched in the independent investment consulting industry.
Nowhere is this experience and knowledge more crucial than in terms of manager selection. The large return differential between median and top-quartile managers in these asset classes makes an intensive due diligence process imperative. Our manager evaluation process is rigorous, with our staff conducting nearly 3,000 meetings or calls on hedge funds and private illiquid partnerships annually from our offices in the United States, Beijing, London, Singapore, and Sydney. Having strategically positioned offices in the leading financial hubs allows us to conduct on-the-ground research and helps our clients gain exposure to the best managers in the world.
We serve our clients in a highly engaged fashion, developing a fully customized alternative asset program to meet the client’s goals and objectives. With a team of more than 200 professionals dedicated to alternative assets, we offer our clients specialized coverage of every conceivable asset class and strategy. Our approach allows clients to achieve a highly customized direct alternative assets program, often at a lower cost and with more control and ownership of the underlying managers than alternative approaches.
Large European Family Seeking to Increase Presence in U.S. Alternative Assets
For a large European family with assets in excess of €3 billion, Cambridge Associates
has helped increase and strengthen the portfolio’s allocation to U.S. alternative assets. Before hiring Cambridge Associates, the family was short of their policy target of 10% in U.S. private equity and venture capital. To bolster their U.S. presence, the family chose to work with Cambridge Associates rather than build out their own family office in the U.S. Since the inception of the relationship, Cambridge Associates has helped the family build new relationships with top performing venture capital and private equity managers. The family is currently at its allocation target and has a diversified alternative asset program that is substantially outperforming benchmarks.