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Zack McGuire treats private equity and public equity as a single asset class seeking returns and compounding capital. Capital allocations bypass static buckets to target market inefficiencies, including Japanese public activist investments that deliver buyout-level returns.
Zack McGuire builds quality in private equity, buys quality in public equity, and backs innovation in venture capital.
“…buy quality in public equity, build quality in private equity, and back innovation in venture capital.”
Investment themes undergo annual review while research in Brazil evaluates potential pockets of market inefficiency.
“Themes don't stay static. We re-underwrite the themes annually. We generally contemplate new potential themes. Spent some time in Brazil earlier this year just exploring Latin America. It hasn't risen to being a theme, but thinking about, is there pockets of inefficiency there?”
From Zack McGuire Finds Buyout Returns in Japanese Public Activism
A biotech downturn led internal team members Mike and Ben to re-underwrite the sector and confirm long-term manager conviction.
“Biotech performed very well, and crashed out. We re-underwrote the theme. Mike and Ben on our team led the work there, and developed conviction in our managers, conviction in a long-term opportunity set.”
From Zack McGuire Finds Buyout Returns in Japanese Public Activism
Zack McGuire puts 70% of portfolio assets into one equity asset class. Capital compounding and equity premiums guide investments toward market inefficiencies and exceptional managers.
“The other 70% of assets, the goal there is performance. That's public and private equity. We have one asset class as equity. We think a lot about how do we earn an equity premium, how do we compound capital to preserve intergenerational purchasing power, indifferent between public or private equity.”
“It's not how do I fill a bucket, how do I fill an allocation, it's where is the most attractive risk-adjusted return, often time that's based on the level of inefficiency in a market or perhaps the level of innovation, finding compelling bottom-up opportunities to partner with what we think are exceptional managers.”
Dynamic asset allocation guides portfolio construction. Top-down diversification balances bottom-up concentration when Zack McGuire establishes investment positions.
“The approach is one of dynamic asset allocation rather than strategic asset allocation. The approach is emphasized by top-down diversification. We pair that with bottom-up concentration within our portfolio construction.”
Corporate governance reforms in Japan enabled a public activist manager to earn returns matching or exceeding buyouts. Zack McGuire saw the position expand into the third largest holding in the public equity portfolio.
“We partnered with a manager there. They've compounded tremendously. They're third largest position in our public equity portfolio today, tremendous alpha from the market. I would describe earning buyout-like returns or better, given the unique idiosyncrasies around corporate governance in Japan.”
From Zack McGuire Finds Buyout Returns in Japanese Public Activism
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