News from Vanterra
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Comments(0) Vanterra Capital is new on the financial scene, yet it is already making its debut with a $152 million closing on its first fund. This is just the opening shot in its financial activities, and it projects a second closing totaling $300 million early in 2009.
The full news release appears here, and it speaks of Vanterra “Lower Middle Market Private Equity Platform Focused on Emerging Markets and U.S” as having proven their investment strategy in the face of very trying economic markets.
The news story states, “The cornerstone of the Vanterra business model is to establish longstanding relationships with our partners — both our underlying fund managers and our investors — and leverage their value both as a source of high quality deal flow and as a unique due diligence network,” said Alan Quasha, Principal at Vanterra and CEO of Quadrant Management.”
Alan Quasha Partners with Vanterra Capital
Filed under: Alan Quasha Business, Vanterra Capital | Tags: alan-quasha, Vanterra Capital
Comments(0) Mr. Alan Quasha is an investment manager who has also held a number of leadership positions as the chairman, director and member of the board of a number of companies. Mr. Quasha has made investments in over 65 companies both in the US and also globally - often in emerging markets. Quasha has made these investments through a number of investment companies that he has been involved in, like Vanterra Capital, where he is a managing partner.
Vanterra Capital is an international company that handles the investments of leading individuals and institutions of high worth. Mr Quasha leads Vanterra’s strategy of identifying the most attractive sectors of the private equity markets across the globe, and then utilizing these to generate yields for the investors.
Both Quasha and Vanterra Capital look to specific emerging markets as well as certain segments of the United States’ markets as the fields that will offer the highest investor returns.
Quadrant, Carret and Vanterra
Filed under: Alan Quasha Business, Carret Asset Management, Quadrant Management, Vanterra Capital | Tags: alan-quasha, Carret Asset Management, Quadrant Management, Vanterra Capital
Comments(0) Quadrant Management, Inc. is a privately owned investment firm, founded and headed by Mr. Alan Quasha. Quasha is a qualified lawyer who founded the New York City law firm of Quasha Wessley & Schneider. Quadrant Management Inc., based in New York, invests in the US public equity markets, and it was founded in 1988.
Quadrant Management Inc. has been involved in many far-reaching business activities outside of the mere investment and financial funds management spheres. Alan Quasha, and his Quadrant Management acquired Carret Asset Management, where he has successfully filled the position originally held by Phillip Carret, moving Carret to even greater financial achievements. Recently, Quadrant Management, Inc partnered with Mr. Shad Azimi to form Vanterra Capital, a global private equity firm that serves high net worth partners and clients.
Recent Market Activity - Understanding Today’s Financial Markets.
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Comments(0) With market fundametals not as solid as they once were, at least as far as the investment community can see, it’s an excellent opportunity to look back at investment basics.
Some basics inspired by the work of Alan Quasha from Quadrant Management.
- Focus on companies with a solid past and high P/E ratio
- Look at the mid to long term and focus less on the short term.
- Cut out the middleman - work with the stocks themselves rather than fund managers
- Hang in there!
Alan Quasha on China’s new law
When looking for new spheres of investment, there are many who look to the developing markets for their source of yield. There is no doubt that this approach and strategy has much merit to it, as developing markets have tremendous untapped potential, and those entering these markets have the opportunity to become the innovators with their respective fields. Furthermore, the earlier one enters these markets the greater the chance that he will become a market leader, and in turn even be able to set the tone and parameters for his field of activities.
The greatest developing economy on earth is that of China. Its colossal population that has been detached from much of the developments and advances of the western world lures many investors and entrepreneurs the world over. However, as with all young markets, there are many unknowns which may detract from the favorable aspects of that market.
In an article on The Deal.com, investment manager and successful business director, Alan Quasha mentions a concern that may be indicative of the economic climate in China. Quasha analyses the fiscal boom in China, and Quasha cautions against hasty decision making without properly considering all the factors involved.
The new corporate bankruptcy laws passed are something that must considered in investor’s risk evaluation and management. Alan Quasha, a leading and brilliant financial figure, currently Chairman of Carret Asset Management, LLC, and Quasha also serves as the chairman of the investment firm, Quadrant Management Inc.
Alan Quasha & Acerno
aCerno – which is led by Alan Quasha – is a leading company that strategizes consumer marketing and planning based on up to date information about all the trends and demands of the consumers in various fields and markets. Quasha is involved in this innovative company that has seen major contracts and great achievements.
The powerful analytics of aCerno predict many things about who the consumers are and what their preferences regarding products and services they are interested in acquiring. Alan Quasha is a director of this company, which was founded in 2004. Quasha also serves as a director of NAR Management, and previously he was a partner in his law firm of Quasha Wessley & Schneider.
Alan Quasha: Chairman of WCIA Committee
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Comments(0) The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCIA)
Alan Quasha serves as the chairman of the Visiting Committee at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. This is just one of the many pursuits which Quasha is involved in, pursuits that lie outside of his own personal business activities. These pursuits are often leading sources of social advancement and change, and the members of these committees are often leaders in many spheres of society as well as the business and academic spheres. Serving a chairman of a prestigious concern illustrates the esteem Quasha has acquired, and the many previous chairmen and committee members have all been leading figures in various arenas of society.
Founded in 1958, The Center for International Affairs, was renamed The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs in 1998 after receiving a substantial endowment created by Albert and Celia Weatherhead and their Weatherhead Foundation. (The Weatherhead Foundation was founded by A. J. Weatherhead, Jr. in 1953, and since 1987 his son A. J. Weatherhead, III stands at the helm. The Weatherhead Foundation is a family foundation that focuses on endowments and grants in the sphere of higher education. It supports Harvard, Columbia University, Tulane University, Case Western Reserve University and the University of Texas.)
The purpose of the center and the reason for its creation is to serve as a medium for confronting the world’s condition. (This “condition” was described and defined in The Program of the Center for International Affairs (1958) by Robert Bowie and Henry Kissinger.) This condition states that countries no longer exist in isolation, nor are their realities governed solely by their own decision making, but as members of the Global Village, countries’ fates may be sealed by the actions of many other countries.
Alan Quasha has extensive international experience stemming from his investment and financial activities in a number of emerging markets. Quasha also understand the international arena from his first hand involvement with and participation in many international companies. Quasha is the chairman of the WCIA committee, the largest international research center within Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. There is no doubt that a reciprocal relationship exists between the Center and Quasha – the Center benefits from Quasha’s experience and genius, and Quasha gains from exposure to the leading academics and leaders who partake in the personal and intellectual interaction encouraged and implemented by the Weatherhead Center.
About Alan Quasha
Alan Grant Quasha has served as President of Quadrant Management, Inc. since 1988. Mr. Quasha has served as Chairman of the Board of Harken since March 31, 2003 and previously he had served as Chairman of the Board of Harken from June 1983 to February 1991. Mr. Quasha served as a director of Compagnie FinanciTre Richemont SA, a Swiss luxury goods company, since its formation in 1988, and American Express Funds, the mutual fund arm of American Express Company, from between May 2002 and April 2004. Mr. Quasha served as a governor of the American Stock Exchange for three years from April 1994 to April 1997.
“Investments usually change for the most part during the lifetime of an individual and company. Diversifying investments by spreading investments reduces financial portfolio risk. Returns can be maximized by reducing risks by employing diversifiction strategies.”
