Competitive Advantages

Quality of Hedge Funds
Agecroft Partners is highly selective of the hedge funds we represent. We utilize an institutional due diligence process to narrow the broad universe of hedge fund managers down to the select few we ultimately represent. It is Agecroft’s objective to partner with the highest quality hedge funds possible that have a clearly defined investment processes and risk controls, solid pedigrees of investment team, and strong historical performance. Ultimately, the reputation of a third party marketing firm is based on the quality of the hedge fund managers it represents.

Industry Reputation
Agecroft is a global award winning hedge fund consulting and marketing firm which has won 8 awards for being the Third-Party Marketing firm of the year. Agecroft strives to be a thought leader in the hedge fund industry and has frequently written white papers. Agecroft has been selected to co-chair a number of the leading alternative investment conferences in the industry and has present at 34 conferences over the past 2 years on topics including, the state of the hedge fund industry, institutional investors' use of hedge funds and the due diligence process for evaluating hedge funds. In addition, Agecroft is frequently quoted in the print media having appeared in over 200 articles in 2011 and has been a frequent guest on business television including Bloomberg Television, Fox Business News and Reuters Insider Television.

Founder's Experience
Don Steinbrugge's achievements over his 27 year career in institutional investment management sales include serving as the head of sales for one of the world's largest hedge funds and institutional investment management firms; Don was a founding principal of Andor Capital Management, which was formed when he and a number of his associates spun out of Pequot Capital Management. At Andor he was Head of Sales, Marketing, and Client Service and was a member of the firm's Operating Committee. When he left Andor, the firm was ranked by assets under management as the 2nd largest hedge fund firm in a survey by Absolute Return Magazine. Prior to his stint at Pequot, Don was a Managing Director and Head of Institutional Sales for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, which at the time was one of the largest investment managers in the world ranked by assets under management. Don was also Global Head of Institutional Sales for NationsBank (now Bank of America Capital Management).

Don is a member of the Investment Committee for The City of Richmond Retirement System and The Science Museum of Virginia Endowment Fund, which gives him direct knowledge of institutional investors’ decision making process. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, The Richmond Ballet (The State Ballet of Virginia), the Richmond Sports Backers and the University of Richmond's Robins School of Business.

Quality of Sales Team
Our partners’ goal is to have in depth product knowledge of the funds we represent and to be able to articulate their investment processes as well as our managers. The professionals at the firm average over 15 years of industry experience. A majority of our partners have worked for a multi-billion dollar alternative investment firms before joining Agecroft.

Strong Knowledge of the Institutional Marketplace
Our Partners have met with a majority of the largest US pension funds, endowments, foundations and institutional consulting firms during their careers. A significant number of these investors have been clients of theirs in the past. In addition, our sales team has significant relationships at a senior level throughout the fund of funds, insurance company and family office market places. Our combined efforts have resulted in the creation of a proprietary database of more than 20,000 industry contacts.