FEG Consulting

also referred to as: feg

12 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 2, 2022 by Greg Dowling · said 3 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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May 2, 2022 neutral
Insight
Dowling: Niche investments often carry hidden macro and GDP risks
“A lot of times I think that you have to be careful about is even though it's weird, It has a risk factor, and sometimes that risk factor is GDP, the economy. So you're like, oh, and this is really interesting. Aircraft securitizations, and like, well... Someti…”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 45:43 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
May 2, 2022 negative
Disclosure
Dowling: FEG usually passes on co-investments charging management fee and carry
“We pass most times when there's a management fee and a carry, because then it's just a fund of one idea, and that's not great.”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 48:36 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
May 2, 2022 positive
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Dowling: Hedge Fund Sourcing Centers on Prime Broker Relationships
“And with hedge funds, the ecosystem revolves really around prime brokers. If you're a hedge fund, you need a prime broker. So instead of having to go out and talk to 9000 hedge funds, we can start by talking to the prime brokers and ask them who's launching in…”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 21:07 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
May 2, 2022 neutral
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Dowling: Quantitative manager metrics explain the past, not future performance
“Some are very, very quantitative, and we're quantitative too, but we would tell you that That explains how they did in the past. It may or may not explain how they do in the future, right? It's all backwards looking. And teams change and people change.”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 22:23 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
May 2, 2022 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dowling: Very few mid-market institutional consulting firms remain
“Well, there's not a lot of us left.”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 8:32 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
May 2, 2022
Insight
Dowling: Due diligence should evaluate cultural alignment with strategy, not idealized culture
“The first thing I'd say is there's no one culture, and we're not looking for the exact same culture. We are just looking for a culture that is appropriate for the strategy and how they're set up.”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 28:08 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
May 2, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Dowling: US has 30x more private $10M+ revenue companies than public ones
“There are 30 plus more companies on the private side with revenues over ten million dollars than the U.S. Public market.”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 38:01 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
May 2, 2022 neutral
Insight
Dowling: Institutional clients claim long-term horizons until quarterly losses occur
“Everybody says they're long-term until there's losses, and then you're like, whoa, we're down 10% in a quarter.”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 15:58 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
May 2, 2022 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Dowling: Allocator due diligence will permanently shift to hybrid virtual-in-person models
“You ask, where is it going? I think it's going to be a little bit of both. I think our meetings will be more meaningful, and that instead of doing a marathon all day meeting on site where we're exhausted and they're exhausted, or flying to Hong Kong and our ey…”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 31:20 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
May 2, 2022 neutral
Insight
Dowling: Leave venture allocations unfilled if lacking access to premier managers
“It is a access class, not just an asset class, and so that means you may not be able to do as much venture. There's still great venture companies out there. It's the new breed, the people that leave the larger firms and start up and do great at a smaller size,…”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 39:58 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
May 2, 2022
Disclosure
Dowling: FEG passes on 95% of non-traditional investment ideas
“And I'd say 95% of the time we pass. We just pass. Because they might be interesting ideas, but no one's going to invest them. And it's not worth the missionary work.”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 44:55 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
May 2, 2022 positive
Insight
Dowling: Effective investment committees require a strong chair to align members
“They have very different personalities, and by changing one or two people, it can be night and day, and so a lesson is make sure you have good governance, make sure you have a really strong IC chair, make sure everybody's rolling in the same direction. If not,…”
Greg Dowling May 2, 2022 ▶ 34:03 Greg Dowling – Mid-Market Institutional Consulting at FEG (Capital Allocators, EP.248)
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