Manager Due Diligence

Whether seeking to explore, implement, or expand existing manager relationships, AltsResearch enhances clients’ research capabilities by leveraging extensive alternative investment expertise and deep industry relationships. Unlike public market managers, private fund managers must be evaluated on illiquidity risks, capital deployment discipline, and operational value creation — factors that require deeper analysis beyond conventional narratives. Our tailored approach is free from “groupthink” and common behavioral biases, ensuring truly independent analysis.

AltsResearch partners with clients to provide comprehensive due diligence — whether through one-time diligence reports, ongoing manager monitoring, or portfolio-level strategic assessments. We do not manage assets, direct clients toward specific products, or accept any compensation from the managers we review, ensuring objectivity.

Our research evaluates risk, operational capabilities, and performance attributes in both absolute and relative terms, producing clear, digestible insights that allow decision-makers to act efficiently. Key areas of analysis include:

– Suitability of strategy and investment philosophy

– Manager approach to risk management

– Operational expertise and value-add

– Alignment of interests

– Associated fees relative to market and fund / firm size over time

– Identification of historical alpha drivers relative to benchmarking approaches

Manager selection is a key driver of outperformance in private markets, where the gap between top- and bottom-quartile managers is significant. Our diligence process ensures investors engage with high-quality managers aligned with their investment objectives.

Product Solutions

Institutional investors have historically allocated up to 50% of their portfolios to alternative investments, recognizing the diversification and return potential not available in traditional public markets. Yet, private wealth investors remain dramatically under-allocated, despite increasing accessibility to private market strategies. With trillions in untapped capital, large asset managers are aggressively entering the space, racing to develop products that cater to this growing demand. The private wealth market is just beginning to unlock alternatives, as firms work to bridge the gap between institutional access and individual investor participation. As the landscape rapidly evolves, investors and advisors must navigate an overwhelming wave of new offerings — many of which prioritize distribution over investment quality.

For individual investors, the opportunity is only just beginning. As private wealth increasingly gains access to institutional-caliber private market strategies, the ability to diversify beyond traditional stock and bond portfolios has never been greater. However, accessing private markets effectively requires more than just product availability — it demands a thoughtful approach to selecting the right structures, strategies, and managers. AltsResearch helps clients identify high-quality opportunities, assess risks, and build tailored private market solutions that align with long-term investment objectives.