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 via owning or having security over real assets with long-term intrinsic value to society. We create asymmetric returns on the upside through transaction structuring and value-add asset management. We develop, acquire, finance and manage assets to ultimately build sustainable, high-value platforms.
We have a narrow geographic focus which means we have deep knowledge of our market, and we 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 in advising discretionary and non-discretionary capital on scale. Today we typically invest through joint-ventures with one preferred institutional investor 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 best-in-class investors like Brookfield and Davidson Kempner Capital Management, to dedicated infrastructure funds and family offices. Today Copley Point owns or manages over £500m of assets in the UK.
Investment focus
- UK private market companies and assets
- Underlying assets with long term intrinsic need and value to society, for example those related to the need to replace, repair and decarbonise UK infrastructure, assets integral to supply chains, and those that facilitate future consumption/ living trends
- Strong underlying downside protection/ liquidation collateral
- 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
