GAM LSA Private Shares AU Fund

GAM LSA Private Shares AU Fund is a late-stage venture capital (VC) strategy, managed by established US private markets group, Liberty Street Advisors. The fund provides access to a diversified portfolio of leading privately-owned companies that are in the final non-public funding rounds. With a focus on late stage high-growth innovation companies, the fund aims to back already-successful companies with established market share, strong management boards and proven products. Investors aim to participate in the potential appreciation of these dynamic private companies whilst they are under private ownership.

Performance

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“Over the last decade there has been a significant increase in the valuation of many of these private venture-backed companies. Investors have an opportunity to gain access to these companies while they are still private and benefit from potential future growth.”

Investment Team

The fund is managed by Liberty Street Advisors, an established US manager with experience of running a similar strategy since 2014.

Kevin Moss, Managing Director, Christian Munafo, Chief Investment Officer and Jonas Grankvist, Director are responsible for investment management, risk oversight and operational control of the fund. All portfolio investment decisions require their unanimous approval.

The investment management team works closely with a group of analysts. Transparency is encouraged at all levels, and the team is bound together by a highly collaborative, tight-knit culture, with interaction and knowledge sharing across team members.

“Pre-IPO companies are a really important and dynamic part of the market to which we believe as wide a range of investors as possible should have exposure.”

Kevin Moss

Präsident und Portfoliomanager, Liberty Street Advisors, Inc.

Christian Munafo

Chief Investment Officer, Liberty Street Advisors, Inc.

Jonas Grankvist

Managing Director, Liberty Street Advisors, Inc.

Philosophy and Process

Anlagephilosophie

Die Anlagephilosophie des Teams beruht auf der Überzeugung, dass es Kunden-Alpha durch Investitionen in disruptives, technologiegetriebenes und sektorübergreifendes Wachstum erzielen kann. Emotionale Distanz ist dabei entscheidend, wobei die Strategie auf einer detaillierten, objektiven Fundamentalanalyse beruht, welche jegliche Hypes vermeidet und eine maximale Alpha-Erzielung angestrebt.

Anlageprozess

Der Anlageprozess des Teams legt das Augenmerk auf die aktive Titelauswahl, um Wachstumsmöglichkeiten und disruptive Themen zu identifizieren. Es strebt danach, Themen im Zusammenhang mit dem Wandel und Innovationen zu identifizieren, die die besten Chancen im sich schnell verändernden «disruptiven Wachstumsbereich» bieten. Gleichzeitig untersucht es die Struktur und Entwicklung wahrer «Wachstumsunternehmen». Das Team nimmt die aussichtsreichsten Titel in allen Sektoren unter die Lupe und kombiniert eingehende Fundamentalanalysen («Was soll gekauft werden?») mit technischen Analysen («Wann soll gekauft werden?»), um ein globales Portfolio mit 40 bis 60 Aktien aufzubauen, das über drei bis fünf Hauptthemen diversifiziert ist. Es konzentriert sich stark auf das Risikomanagement und untersucht alle Risikofaktoren auf Einzelwert- und Portfolioebene intensiv durch eine Echtzeitbeobachtung der täglichen Gewinn- und Verlustkennzahlen. Unterstützt wird dies durch eine unabhängige Risikoüberwachung.

Current Holdings

As of 29 September 2023

Contacts

Alex Zaika

Managing Director - Australia

+61 (2) 9135 3923

alex.zaika@gam.com

Daniel Sharp

Director - Wealth Advisory

+61 (2) 9135 3925

daniel.sharp@gam.com

Erika Kedvessy

Client Manager

+65 6019 5585

erika.kedvessy@gam.com

Disclaimer

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