Our approach
At Copley Point, our investment strategies are created to genuinely optimise risk-adjusted return, rather than pursuing specific rates of absolute return. Our philosophy is to build-in compelling downside protection by investing in and owning underlying real assets. We create asymmetric returns on the upside by capitalising and growing the platforms that develop and manage those assets. Where these platforms are best-in-class they command superior enterprise values.
We have a narrow geographic focus which means we have deep knowledge of our market, and are located close to our assets so we can react quickly. We have an extensive network of long-established relationships that often gives us access to information and opportunities ahead of others.
Our partners
Our management has a 20+year track record investing alongside and managing discretionary and non-discretionary capital on scale. As an Independent Sponsor we commonly structure our deals as joint-ventures, with one institutional investor alongside us per platform. In each case our partner will be the third party best suited to that strategy. Copley Point takes a significant ownership position in everything it does. Structuring investments in this manner allows us to react faster to changing market conditions, pivot to areas of improved beta, or benefit during periods of distress. It also allows the firm to maximise the internal resource it allocates to originating, underwriting and adding value to its investments.
Our financial partners range from large-scale institutions like Brookfield and Sixth Street, to dedicated infrastructure funds and family offices. Today Copley Point owns or manages over £1bn of assets in the UK.
Investment focus
- Privately held platforms and developers of assets that are predominately focussed on UK
- Post technology-risk
- Genuinely capable of large-scale capital deployment in reasonable time period (up to 3 years) with right support and access to capital
- Sector bias to real estate (especially supply chain), energy transition and more general infrastructure
- Often entrepreneur founded/ led businesses with exceptional core team already in place
- Includes buy and build/ aggregation strategies where there is value in scale
- Focus on OpCo-AssetCo or GP/LP structures where capital needs to be ‘tranched’ and optimised to achieve scale over time
- Under-managed or mis-priced assets already at scale
