AGF Capital Partners is AGF Management Limited’s diversified alternatives business with extensive capabilities across both private assets and alternative strategies. Clients benefit from specialized investment expertise combined with the organizational support and breadth of resources of AGF Management Limited. AGF Capital Partners is continually looking to diversify and expand the business’ capabilities and alternatives offerings to meet clients’ evolving needs.
*Formerly known as AGF Private Capital
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81 Bay Street
39th Floor
Toronto, ON M5J 0G1, CA
Welcome to the team, Taras Klymenko!
Join me in welcoming Taras Klymenko to AGF Capital Partners. With more than 20 years of institutional experience, Taras will play a leadership role in the development and execution of our Canadian institutional distribution strategy. We’re excited for all that’s in store as we continue to build out AGF Capital Partners, and we’re pleased to have Taras be a part of our growth.
Insightful commentary from Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners, in Canadian Family Offices.
Had a great conversation with Peter Kenter at Canadian Family Offices magazine and was happy to lend a perspective to the below article on the alternatives landscape…see more below! 🔶 With expectations of muted public equities returns in the future, and continued volatility, alternative investments may have a role to play providing alpha, diversification, potential downside protection and lower correlation to public securities. 🔶 We are focused on helping to educate investors on topics such as how to think about appropriate portfolio construction and allocations, as well as providing insights on how investors should go about selecting and performing due diligence on managers and their strategies. 🔶 With the growth of alts, investors should be aware of potential crowded trades in the market. For example, sponsor-backed, large-cap private debt, where a tremendous amount of capital has been raised and competition is intense. AGF Capital Partners is a fan of mid-market or lower mid-market strategies, and strategies closer to home in Canada as competition is much less 🍁 🍁 🍁 🔶 In a volatile and moderating environment, AGF Capital Partners is also a fan of absolute return vehicles and strategies that aim to minimize drawdowns and provide diversification such as multi-strategy hedge funds.
AGF Capital Partners continues to bring together our partners from across the alternative investments space to discuss the increasingly important role alts will play given a volatile and potentially more muted outlook for public markets. At an event in Toronto last week, panelists Michael Scott (SAF Group), Kirk Hamilton (Kensington Capital Partners Limited) and Scott Radke (New Holland Capital, LLC) did a deep dive into key asset classes, including private credit, private equity and hedge funds, and discussed potential opportunities in these areas amid the changing economic and investment landscape. Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners, moderated the insightful discussion. Thank you to our panelists for sharing your insights and perspectives.
A big congratulations to Kensington Capital Partners Limited on this award win. Proud to be your partner 🏆
🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Kensington has won First Place for 5-Year Return in the Private Equity Fund category at the 2024 Canadian Hedge Fund Awards! 🏆 Presented last night at the Gala Awards Dinner at Toronto’s One King West Hotel, this recognition celebrates our dedication to delivering strong, consistent returns for our investors. With 273 Canadian hedge funds in this year’s program, we’re proud to be recognized for our performance. Learn more about our Kensington Private Equity Fund: https://lnkd.in/edxnWGAf
🏆 Delighted to share that AGF SAF Private Credit LP won the award for Best 1-Year Return in the Private Debt category at the 2024 Canadian Hedge Fund Awards. Learn more about the award-winning AGF SAF Private Credit LP: https://lnkd.in/gNfXEhGJ View the full list of award winners: https://lnkd.in/g3YR_Et6 SAF Group Alternative IQ
Proud to share that AGF SAF Private Credit LP was named a finalist for Best 1-Year Return in the Private Debt category at the 2024 Canadian Hedge Fund Awards taking place November 5th in Toronto. Congratulations to our partner, SAF Group, and to all our fellow finalists. View the full list of award finalists: https://lnkd.in/gpDHJ4VE Alternative IQ
Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners, joined leading investment strategists on stage at IFIC’s 2024 Annual Conference last week to provide his perspective on the outlook for private markets and the important role alternative investments play in diversified portfolios. Thank you to The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) for inviting us to participate in this insightful session on navigating the current market environment.
An interesting and thought-provoking white paper from Barbara Stewart, CFA, commissioned by our partners at Kensington Capital Partners Limited. Read the paper for insights on: 🔸 The Top 10 alts: What women want 🔸 Investment sectors of particular interest to women 🔸 Geographic trends and nuances 🔸 Marketing to women: What’s not working 🔸 How to attract more women to the alts asset class 👉 https://lnkd.in/gnGWzhDG
Kensington is proud to have commissioned the 2024 Rich Thinking® research paper, Women & Alts: A Global Perspective - Invest in the World’s Fastest Growing Asset Class by Barbara Stewart, CFA. 🧐 This research reveals a surprising #alts gap: men allocate nearly twice as much to alternative investments (alts) compared to women. However, alts—from private equity to wine and infrastructure—hold the promise of enhanced diversification and long-term returns. 🌍 Barbara conducted interviews with 50 finance leaders across 31 cities and 25 countries to uncover the reasons behind women's lag in alts and identify which sectors resonate most with them. Discover the full insights in the research paper: https://lnkd.in/gnGWzhDG
Congratulations to our partner Kensington Capital Partners Limited on the rollout of a refreshed visual identity. The brand refresh embodies Kensington's commitment to excellence and desire to continuously evolve in pursuit of success for investors. We’re very excited for all that’s in store in the future with Kensington!
🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 We are thrilled to unveil our refreshed visual identity and logo, marking an important evolution in our journey since our founding in 1996. Over the past 28 years, we have transformed from a small private investment firm into a true market leader in Canada, and it's time to modernize our brand to reflect that growth. Our brand refresh embodies our commitment to excellence and our desire to continuously evolve in pursuit of success for our investors. Our new look remains rooted in our core values while incorporating elements that highlight our partnership with AGF Capital Partners. We believe this visual identity not only represents who we are today but also the strength and potential of our future together.
AGF Capital Partners was proud to host an event previewing the U.S. presidential election last night in Toronto. Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners, welcomed Kevin McCreadie, CEO and Chief Investment Officer at AGF Management Limited, and Greg Valliere, Chief U.S. Policy Strategist at AGF Investments, who shared their insights on the election's potential economic, market and geopolitical implications. Attendees had the opportunity to ask our panelists questions and left the event well informed ahead of election day. As the race for the White House enters the home stretch, stay on top of Greg's daily commentary from Washington by subscribing to his Capitol Insights newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gZpaUA4c