Welcome to Top Tier Managers

...who we are

We are a money manager research firm that specializes in identifying the most skillful money managers in the world. We evaluate thousands of separate account managers, hedge fund managers, alternative investment managers, and mutual funds. We then use the "best of the best" to create custom portfolios for our clients. We are 100% independent and not associated with any brokerage firm, asset management firm, or parent company. We also do not manage any money ourselves. We are a "manager of managers." This independence allows us to remain completely unbiased when evaluating and recommending money managers to our clients.

...our goal is

"In a nutshell, our goal is to identify the "Top Tier" money managers located throughout the world and then use them as building blocks to construct solid investment portfolios for our clients."
Keith Averill, founder of Top Tier Managers

...what we do

• We start by using the most sophisticated analytical computer programs in the investment industry.
• We use these analytical tools to analyze and screen through the thousands of money managers located throughout the world. Through our screening and research process, we then identify the few that we believe to be the most skillful or "Top Tier." Contact us if you'd like to see a few examples of our "Top Tier" Managers that we have identified.
• We perform thorough & exhaustive manager searches, research, and due-diligence for managers of traditional, as well as non-traditional, asset classes.
• We then blend these "top tier" managers together to create the most efficient & diversified portfolios possible for our clients.
• We are independent consultants and experts in evaluating manager skill. We also have no bias or loyalties to any individual money manager. This allows us to act as a truly neutral 3rd party for our clients. Finding the most skillful money managers and then creating exceptional investment portfolios for our clients is our mission and what we do best.
• We evaluate managers using a long term "big picture" perspective - favoring those who have a history of preserving capital in all market environments.
• Because of their diversification benefits, we also go to great lengths to research and identify specialized managers in "niche" or "inefficient" markets, asset classes, or strategies. We evaluate "niche" managers hoping to find those who do not correlate to the traditional equity or fixed income markets. Some, that we have found, do not correlate at all and are not affected by the rise and fall of stocks & bonds. We then use sophisticated "portfolio optimization and modeling" software to add these non correlating managers to our client's portfolio – maximizing our clients diversification.