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Athens Capital Management, LLC (ACM)
- Firm originally established in 2002 as an investment vehicle for the managing member’s family. A majority of the managing member’s family’s net worth is invested in Athens funds.
- The firm has approximately $110 million in assets under management allocated between 2 funds.
- The firm’s main portfolio, Athens Steady Return Fund, LP (Class A) (ASRF), also launched in 2002, has approximately $82 million in assets under management.
- Diversified portfolio across funds managed by skilled specialists in specific sectors, markets or styles
- Larger allocation to funds with higher conviction
- Low volatility core positions
- Avoid material drawdowns
- Preserve capital in tougher markets
- Ongoing evaluation of managers and their strategies focused on:
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- Risk assessment and quality control
- Market categories that are inefficient or undervalued
- Manager due diligence to identify the best institutional funds in various market categories – highly selective:
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- Proprietary evaluation of factors impacting manager performance
- Underlying manager interests are aligned with Athens, (i.e. they have a large investment in the fund alongside ours)
- Asset allocation policy based on fund objectives and risk tolerance
- Allocation driven by due diligence process
- Strong emphasis on fundamental value funds
- Continuous monitoring of managers
- Extensive transparency to ensure adherence to stated strategy
- We know and understand what our managers are invested in
- Prospective managers prioritized for potential inclusion
- Our ideal manager:
- Excellent investing pedigree with depth in area of focus
- Identifiable, measurable factors influencing track record
- Disciplined AUM growth
- Exposure management
- Exposure management
- High transparency of underlying funds
- Favor low leverage managers
- Core portfolio: low volatility managers
- Ongoing sensitivity analysis to monitor macro factor exposure