Does anyone target GP stakes in RIAs, small PE/VC funds or similar?

February 11, 2025
by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School in Boston, MA, USA
I'm researching companies that acquire stakes in the GPs of financial partnerships like investment advisors, small hedge funds, PE funds, credit funds, etc. Has anyone here explored these opportunities?
from University of Virginia in Los Angeles, CA, USA
There are other ways of creative financing that might give you a stake in those businesses. I'm even less familiar with those but I can share the concepts. For my money though, I don't think it works to invest in these unless you are doing a roll-up. The information asymmetry and sophistication of your counterparties create a big risk for a searcher without deep industry experience or an intention to build mutually beneficial shared services.
from The University of Texas at Austin in Dallas, TX, USA