Independent investment manager Twelve Capital is targeting investors in Australia and New Zealand by teaming up with Sydney-based capital advisory and fund placement consultancy firm Allen Partners.
Twelve Capital believes its specialised insurance industry related offerings will be of interest to investors searching for alternative investment opportunities outside the Asia-Pacific region.
“Our partnership with Allen Partners will enable us to bring our specialised capabilities to investors based in Australia and New Zealand,” explained Philipp Graf, Managing Director, Global Distribution of Twelve Capital.
Twelve Capital – which has clients in asset classes such as catastrophe bonds, insurance-linked securities and insurance debt – will looks to leverage Allen Partners’ local knowledge and offer its differentiated investment capabilities to a range of institutional investors in the region.
“We know that our investor base is always seeking specialist funds to diversify their risk and expand their opportunity set, particularly as Australia’s pool of retirement funds has greatly exceeded local opportunities,” said Craig Gribble, Managing Partner of Allen Partners, Sydney.
“We believe that Twelve Capital’s investment strategies can provide this due to their low correlation to traditional asset class allocations and Twelve’s large team of research and product specialists focused on these under-researched, complex and sometimes misunderstood products.”
“The ever-increasing participation of capital markets and institutional investors into the global insurance/reinsurance industry is an important and exciting thematic,” Gribble added. “We look forward to working with Twelve Capital across Australia and New Zealand.”
