Alan Quasha Report

News at Richemont, of which Alan Quasha is director, is its “acquisition of shares in NET-A PORTER Limited.”  What this means is that the company will “hold an effective economic interest of more than 93 per cent in the issued ordinary capital of NET-A PORTER.”  This is somewhat impressive since NET-A-PORTER Limited (which owns NET-A-PORTER.COM, the “premier online luxury fashion retailer”) boasts fashion collections from more than 300 leading world designers.  Its customer service is top notch and it exports its fashions to more than 170 countries around the world.  The company’s latest milestone was its one millionth order.  As a result, the company is doing incredibly well financially, with an “unaudited turnover for the financial year which ended 31 January 2010 [being] approximately £120 million.”  This data spells great news for Alan Quasha and the staff at Richemont.

If you have a bit of extra cash lying around and you are looking to invest it wisely, you should first do your homework.  In his article entitled Sunday Morning Coffee, Roger Nusbaum (a.k.a. Random Roger as he likes to be known), provides some tips on investing in markets

Vanterra Capital, where Alan Quasha is a Partner, has two main components. They have fund investments where they focus on “best of class” lower-middle-market private equity funds. They look to invest in funds that show a specific competitive advantage over other funds.

In addition, they do direct investing where they invest directly in lower-middle-market companies. These investments include co-investments with their Fund Investments and investments that originated from the proprietary network of Vanterra and its affiliates.