Investing in partnerships.
Creating abundance.

ABOUT WAFRA

Wafra is an investment firm established to build long-term prosperity for asset owners around the world. Wafra means “abundance” and for over three decades we have worked patiently and sought to creatively deliver on this promise. We currently manage over $23 billion in assets and commitments in a variety of asset strategies from Alternative Finance to Venture Capital. Behind our investment strategies are talented professionals, principally in New York and other financial centers, who bring expertise and experience to deliver strategic, reward-focused solutions. Wafra seeks to provide long-term investment return solutions that span not just years, but generations.

What we do

Strategic Partnerships Liquid Markets Alternative Finance Private Equity & Venture Capital Real Assets Consulting Services Real Estate

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Illustrative Investments

Capital Constellation

Capital Constellation is an innovative joint venture spanning Europe, North America, and the Middle East.

The Avenue

This “Class A” apartment building asset — offering 335 luxury rental units in Foggy Bottom, one of Washington, DC’s oldest and most prominent neighborhoods — was completed in Spring 2011 and acquired by Wafra in March 2015.

TowerBrook

Wafra invested in TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. in 2015, leveraging a long-standing relationship with the firm. TowerBrook is an investment management firm with excess of $12 billion of assets under management and a track record of creating value for investors. The firm is headquartered in New York and London and focuses on making investments in European and North American companies.

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Research

2018: Introducing Confidence Building Measures to PRI Signatories

Against a backdrop of increasing usage of ESG data from both investors and companies, there are debates over the quality and veracity of this information; this report explores the implementation of confidence building measures to negate these debates.

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Q1 2017: First Time’s A Charm

First-time private equity funds have seen a recent rise in popularity as the current low-return world is forcing investors to reassess their risk/reward assessments across asset classes and strategies within those asset classes.

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Q4 2016: An Inside Job

Sovereign and pension investors are increasingly building out their own investment teams and must choose between how and to what extent to develop in-house investment capabilities.

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