[REPLAY] Alex Abell - Lower Middle Market Buyout Investing at RCP (EP.383) | Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry | Podwise
In this episode of Capital Allocators, host Ted Seides interviews Alex Abell, a managing partner at RCP Advisors, about investing in lower middle market buyout funds. Alex shares his career journey, starting as an LP and eventually merging Atlas Diligence with RCP. The conversation explores how to assess managers using data, benchmarking, and blending quantitative and qualitative factors, with a focus on applying these insights to primary and secondary investing. Alex emphasizes the importance of sticking to a consistent investment strategy, the challenges of market efficiency, and the need to quantify risk in private equity. He also discusses portfolio construction, secondary market opportunities, and the impact of the exit environment on private equity.
