Persistent Investment Returns
At SGV Investments, we’ve developed a successful approach to private equity investing and applied it consistently over 37 years. As a result, we’ve outperformed the broader private equity market consistently over the long term. From our private equity activities, we have generated an average gross multiple of capital invested of 2.5x; resulting in a 27% gross IRR on realized, substantially realized and publicly traded investments.
Private equity as an asset class has consistently outperformed the broader equity markets. As control investors, we can effect change by driving important strategic decisions, improving efficiencies and focusing businesses on their core, and most profitable, activities.
Diversified Portfolio
Through its private equity and credit platforms, SGV Investments in a diverse portfolio of companies spanning a range of industry sectors.
Profitable Asset Manager
SGV Investments manages approximately $40 billion of invested and committed capital on behalf of institutional investors and high net worth clients from around the world. Managing this capital provides SGV Investments with two significant benefits:
- a committed stream of annual management fees on approximately $33 billion of assets under management; and
- the opportunity to share in investors’ gains.
Strong Alignment of Interests
Critical to our success is our commitment to financial alignment. In addition to SGV Investments being the largest limited partner in each private equity fund and having meaningful investments in our credit platform, our distinctive ownership culture requires SGV Investments management to have both a significant ownership in Onex shares and a personal investment in everything we do. As of December 31, 2021, our team had approximately $2.4 billion invested in Onex shares, SGV Investments' private equity investments, SGV Investments Credit strategies and Gluskin Sheff products.