SMs managing at least 2bn with small teams, limited turnover and strong returns?

I’m looking for lesser-known SMs managing at least 1-2bn with small teams, limited turnover and strong returns? Windacre, Hawk Ridge, Stockbridge, Altarock, SRS type places. Any color on the above would also be great.

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Based on the most helpful WSO content, here are some insights on lesser-known Single Managers (SMs) managing at least $1-2 billion with small teams, limited turnover, and strong returns:

  1. Windacre
  2. Hawk Ridge
  3. Stockbridge
  4. Altarock
  5. SRS

Additional Insights:

  • Top Non-Tiger Single Managers: Funds like Darsana, Eminence, Whale Rock, and Soroban are also notable. These funds typically have around $10 billion AUM with 15 or fewer investment professionals. They are known for their culture, career trajectory, and compensation structures.

Characteristics of Successful SMs:

  • Consistent Returns: The greatest SM funds often achieve consistent returns of 15-20% and have been in business for over 10 years.
  • Low Turnover: Successful SMs often have low turnover and higher concentration strategies, allowing them to ignore short-term noise and focus on long-term gains.
  • Small Teams: These funds usually operate with lean teams, which can lead to better career growth opportunities and learning experiences.

Career Opportunities:

  • Smaller Real Estate Firms/Family Offices: These firms are less institutionalized and offer better career growth opportunities and learning experiences due to their leaner teams.

For more detailed information on specific funds or additional color on the mentioned SMs, you might want to explore further discussions and threads on WSO.

Sources: Performance of the best PM’s at MM’s?, Investor Prestige Rankings, MultiManager PM (Millenium, Balyasny, Schonfeld) minimum requirements, Top Non-Tiger Single Managers, What is the secret sauce? Feel like I don't know anything

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A lot of these including Stockbridge are long only funds with a performance fee above a returns threshold so fee structure is slightly different than  traditional long only (management fee only).

 

Foxhaven Slate Path yes - great shops. Valiant maybe (find them to be too highbrow and not $ makers). Not the others. Irenic is a laughing-stock of a hedge fund I can't believe I just read a list of single managers that included Irenic. Wow.

And no offense, but judging by your post history, you're like 18. You kids have no idea which funds are good/bad and why.

 

What makes those funds better than any other mid-sized SMs? What sets them apart as great seats? They have similar available resources and people from similar backgrounds? I just can’t imagine any real differentiation between most SMs while the pod shop advantage or scale and continuity benefit of a fund like Tiger or Lone Pine is clear.

 

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