Siguler Guff helps investors capture the potential of private equity investing by creating specialized fund-of-fund portfolios that target specific investment opportunities or by providing advice and guidance in selecting funds that are best able to achieve a client's specific investment goals.
Since the firm’s founding in 1991, Siguler Guff has managed commitments by its funds and other clients of over $7.0 billion to over 300 private equity partnerships. As an advisor, Siguler Guff evaluates the global private equity market, assesses the best investment opportunities in the market at any given point in time and provides specific advice on any sectors of special interest to our clients. Siguler Guff provides extensive due diligence with a comprehensive evaluation of fund managers active in these sectors.
Siguler Guff manages all capital transactions (investor capital calls and distributions) and provides consolidated client reports and analysis. Siguler Guff also advocates on behalf of its clients with fund managers, often sitting on the advisory boards of the funds that receive the firm’s clients' capital.
Siguler Guff’s experience in creating and managing direct investment funds makes it a uniquely effective private equity advisor. Because Siguler Guff is a direct investor, and not a passive intermediary, Siguler Guff knows precisely what to look for when evaluating other managers. Siguler Guff’s reputation as an experienced investor makes it a value-added limited partner from the fund manager's perspective. Siguler Guff has access to funds managed by some of the most experienced and effective managers in private equity.