Alan Quasha Report

The new Senate Bill will have an impact on those involved in private funds, as well as companies such as Vanterra Capital (a global private equity firm), where Alan Quasha is a Partner.  It will have an effect on “the registration of private fund advisers and restrictions on the relationship and activities of banking organizations with private equity and hedge funds.”  As well, the Bill includes laws on “specific executive compensation and corporate governance practices at U.S. public companies generally and, accordingly, would affect a subset of the portfolio companies of private equity, venture capital and other private funds.”

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.

Vanterra Capital, with partners, Alan Quasha, Shad Azimi and Jason Young, have a specific set of investment objectives. They want to provide investors with long-term compound annual returns that go above normal market averages and other investment products.

While meeting their objective, they adhere to a number of important business principles. These include the following. They plan to always have their actions consistent with helping to build a private equity franchise. The partners know how important their reputations are and they constantly work to live up to expectations.

They strive to be transparent with all parties, as much as possible. They believe that relationships and people are essential to good business dealings. They invest with people that they trust, and with people whose judgment they respect.