Monday Manager Brief
Three managers each week from the 1,300+ in the Ashton Global platform network, with AlphaSeek's notes on team, strategy, terms and alignment. About six minutes to read.
A private network for institutional allocators
Investment staff at pensions, endowments, foundations, RIAs, family offices and OCIOs use the network to compare notes on emerging managers and to review managers AlphaSeek has already screened. Membership is free and granted by approval. Managers are not admitted.
Who the network is for
Emerging manager work is uneven across institutions. A large endowment may see hundreds of first-time funds a year, while a family office or RIA research team sees a handful and has no one outside the firm to compare notes with. The network gives both a place to do that without a manager in the room.
Members are grouped by institution type, because a public pension officer and a family office CIO answer to different boards and work under different policy limits. Topic rooms on program design, private credit and venture are open to every member.
- Members
- Investment staff at pension plans, endowments, foundations, RIAs, wealth management firms, family offices, OCIOs and consultants
- Committees
- Trustees and investment committee members may join alongside a staff member from the same institution
- Not admitted
- Fund managers, placement agents, service providers and press
- Fee
- None. Membership is granted by approval
- Affiliation
- Operated by Ashton Global LLC
What members receive
Programming runs on a published calendar so members can plan around it. AlphaSeek prepares all of it for allocators, not for managers raising capital.
Peer rooms
Closed rooms by institution type. Posts show the author's role and type of institution. Names appear only if the member chooses to show them.
Manager Spotlights
A 30-minute call with a manager that members have asked to hear from. The manager presents for 20 minutes and then leaves, and members debrief among themselves.
Roundtables
One per institution room, with 12 seats and 45 minutes. Held under the Chatham House Rule and never recorded. Each room sets its agenda two weeks ahead.
Research library
The Emerging Manager Market Review, guides to Fund I terms, and diligence checklists for spinout teams and first-time funds.
Manager screens
Ask AlphaSeek to check a strategy or a named manager against your mandate. Network members can request one screen per quarter.
House rules
Allocators speak more openly when nobody in the room is raising money and nothing said is attributed. These rules keep it that way.
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Allocators only
Membership is limited to investment staff and investment committee members of institutional allocators. Fund managers, placement agents and service providers are not admitted.
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Chatham House Rule
Members may use what they hear but may not attribute it to a person or an institution. Roundtables are not recorded.
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No performance in open rooms
Track records and performance figures stay in manager data rooms, alongside the manager's own disclosures. AlphaSeek clients review them under NDA.
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Introductions by request
A manager contacts a member only after that member asks for an introduction. AlphaSeek does not share member names or mandates with managers without consent.
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Private profiles
The member directory is opt-in. Mandate details are used only to match research to the member's program.
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Verified members
AlphaSeek confirms each applicant's institution, role and investor status before granting access.
Network membership and the AlphaSeek program
Network membership covers peer access and research. Institutions that want the work done for them can engage AlphaSeek to run an emerging manager or direct investment program, starting with a 90-day pilot on one mandate. Your office retains every capital decision.
Network membership
No feeGranted by approval
- Peer room for your institution type
- Topic rooms open to all members
- Monday Manager Brief
- Manager Spotlights and monthly roundtables
- Research library
- One manager screen per quarter
Open to investment staff and investment committee members of institutional allocators. Managers are not admitted.
AlphaSeek program
$89,000 per yearAfter a 90-day pilot on one mandate, priced at $15,000 to $25,000
- Everything included in network membership
- Program charter, portfolio mandate and governance map
- Pipeline screened against your mandate
- Manager data rooms under NDA
- Committee packages prepared by AlphaSeek
- Client-only sessions
Final fees and any nonstandard scope are confirmed in a written proposal. No engagement begins until responsibilities, limitations and terms are agreed in writing.
How to join
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Apply
The application takes about four minutes and needs an institutional email address.
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Verification
AlphaSeek confirms your institution, your role and your investor status.
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Decision
You hear back within two business days at the address you applied with.
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Mandate profile
An optional 15-minute call to set your room, asset classes and screening criteria.
Request membership
Tell us about your institution and your role. AlphaSeek staff review every application, and membership is free for approved allocators.
What follows
Application received
AlphaSeek staff will review it and reply within two business days at the address you provided.