Private Equity

Private Equity
We offer a complete private equity
solution for institutional and
high net worth investors

Our Private Equity Strategy is dedicated to building a diversified global portfolio of corporate private equity investments, generating attractive absolute returns over the long-term for our clients.

Our strategy is focused on selecting the most attractive opportunities across sectors, channels and partners at any given point in the cycle. We create value through active sourcing, investment selection, structuring, governance and portfolio optimization for our clients.

Featured Investments

Fiera Comox Global Private Equity is a globally diversified portfolio of corporate private equity investments, focusing on generating attractive absolute downside protected returns over the long-term.

Portfolio Footprint

Since inception, Fiera Comox’s Global Private Equity Fund has made 14 investments representing over 100 underlying companies. This provides current and prospective investors with a balanced and global exposure to the asset class and diversification benefits, with an exposure to different sectors, geographies, vintages and types of investments.

Fiera Comox is continually evaluating new investment opportunities to complement its current portfolio.

14
Total
Investments
100+
Total
Companies
As at September 2021
Icon for Golden Pear
New York, NY
Financial Services
2018
Icon for Genstar IX
San Francisco, CA
Financial Services, Software, Healthcare, Industrials
2019
Icon for Alpinvest CF-VII
New York, NY
Diversified
2019
Icon for Project Aspen
Boston, MA
Asset Manager
2019
Icon for Presidio II
Austin, TX
Financial Services, Media, Technology-Enabled Services
2020
Icon for Aditi Consulting
Bellevue, WA
Business Services
2021
Icon for Genstar X
San Francisco, CA
Financial Services, Software, Healthcare, Industrials
2021
Icon for Project Green
San Francisco, CA
Energy Transition
2021
Icon for Clearway
Dartford, UK
Business Services
2021
Icon for FFL Fund V
San Francisco, CA
Healthcare and Business Services
2021
Icon for Activate Fund II
San Francisco, CA
Financial Services
2021
Icon for CMS
Scottsdale, AZ
Healthcare
2021
Icon for Diverzify
Itasca, IL
Industrials
2021
Icon for Springer Nature
Berlin
Media
2022

Sector

  • Financials
  • Business Services
  • Media
  • Industrials
  • Energy Transition
  • Healthcare
  • Technology
  • Consumer
  • Diversified

Investment Parameters

Sectors

Icon for Financials Financials 26%
Icon for Business Services Business Services 21%
Icon for Media Media 15%
Icon for Industrials Industrials 10%
Icon for Energy Transition Energy Transition 9%
Icon for Healthcare Healthcare 6%
Icon for Technology Technology 6%
Icon for Consumer Consumer 4%
Icon for Diversified Diversified 3%

Geography

North America 75%
Europe 25%
Rest of the World 3%

Vintage

Pre-2017 7%
2017 7%
2018 8%
2019 18%
2020 5%
2021 19%

Type

Buyout 93%
Growth 7%

Management Style

Our private equity team has complementary experience across the full spectrum of private equity investing. Our senior team has managed two of the world’s leading institutional private equity portfolios. The team has deep relationships and deal flow network that is truly global. Our approach is centered upon creating unique partnerships with world-class investors and management teams to maximize value across cycles, sectors and geographies.

Key Principles

  • Direct underwriting model focused on fundamental evaluation of opportunities, irrespective of the channel (directs, co-investments, secondaries, partnerships)
  • Selective diversification across geographies, sectors and vintages
  • Invest in niche opportunities and uncorrelated assets typically in the middle Market
  • Seek opportunities with downside protection and asymmetric return profiles
  • Integration of ESG considerations at every stage of our investment and underwriting processes

Private Equity has historically offered the following benefits:

  • Historical outperformance versus public equity markets
  • Attractive risk-adjusted absolute returns
  • Portfolio diversification from public markets and other alternative asset classes
  • Broad investment universe not accessible through public markets
  • Multiple avenues for value creation

Private Equity Team