Reporting to Alceon’s Head of Funds Management, Grant Atchison, these appointments reflect Alceon’s sustained growth and its continued investment in strengthening relationships with investors and partners. 

With a strong track-record in supporting and leading capital-raising initiatives, Mr McCluskey will lead Alceon’s domestic distribution team across the firm’s network of financial advisers, family offices, asset consultants, researchers, platforms and high-net-worth investors across Australia. Mr McCluskey previously held senior roles at Pantheon and MA Financial, bringing over a decade’s experience in capital raising and distribution. 

Mr Khan has been with Alceon’s distribution team for over five years and brings a comprehensive understanding of the firm’s investment offering. In his new role, he will lead Alceon’s institutional and international investor relationships, creating a key point of contact for all institutional clients, investors and partners across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. 

Commenting on the appointments, Alceon’s Chief Executive, David Gribble said: “We are thrilled to welcome Aidan to the expanded team and pleased with the opportunity it provides to elevate Omar’s leadership of our institutional and offshore relationships. Both Omar and Aidan bring impressive commercial acumen and an innate ability to establish and build trusted relationships. 

“Demand for high-quality private market opportunities continues to grow both domestically and overseas. With dedicated senior leaders, Alceon will be well-positioned to offer our partners and investors more tailored solutions and a streamlined pathway to investment opportunities or capital,” said Mr Gribble.

The appointments follow the additions earlier this year of Michael Dowsett as Associate Director in its Wholesale Capital division, alongside Guy Silbert in Melbourne, as the firm continues to build its investor-facing team.

Established in 2010, Alceon is a respected, trusted capital partner with a 15-year track record of strategic investment success and more than $5 billion under management across various asset classes. It is led by a high-calibre team of more than 120 investment professionals with a wealth of experience across real estate, private equity, credit and special situations.

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SQM says the commercial banks have reduced their exposure to real estate development and commercial real estate in recent years, providing opportunities for more nimble players at attractive risk-adjusted returns.

The Alceon Debt Income Fund holds a portfolio of loans primarily secured by registered first ranking mortgages held over Australian property, mostly on the east coast of Australia. The loans finance a mix of real estate development, construction and ownership. The fund only invests in secured senior and second ranking loans with a maximum loan-to-valuation ratio (LVR) of 65 per cent.

Alceon Group Director and Head of Wholesale Capital, Omar Khan, says: “We believe wealth groups are seeking to diversify their credit exposure with a move away from syndicates to open ended funds that provide diversification, regular income and reduce the administration burden of managing clients across numerous syndicates across multiples managers or asset classes.

In awarding its rating, SQM notes that “Alceon Group has close to a 10-year track-record” in real estate debt and “has a well-resourced and highly experienced investment team.”

SQM further notes, the firm’s “investment/lending process is thorough and robust. Significant due diligence on investments is undertaken, with independent property and construction experts engaged along the investment pipeline.”

Features of the fund include monthly distributions, a conservative weighted average LVR and short weighted average duration.

SQM says another strength is that Alceon co-invests in all of its funds, aligning the firm’s interests with those of its clients.

The fund’s objective is to provide investors with a total return of between 5% and 7% a year, after fees. Over the 12 months to June 2021, the fund returned 8.37% and has produced an annualised return of 8.5 per cent since inception in October 2019.

Alceon is a financier and multi-strategy alternative investment manager established in 2010, with funds under management of almost $3 billion across asset classes including real estate, private equity and listed equities. It has more than 47 investment and operations professionals.

Since 2011, no Alceon real estate debt investment has lost interest or capital.

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