Grispeth Holdings has launched an integrated group of three boutique investment advisory companies focusing on project and venture finance in Russia, Eastern Europe, Central and South America, and Asia. 

The new businesses are intended to give high net worth clients access to alternative investment opportunities in hyper-growth markets, along with providing advisory and financing services to private firms.

The first among the new units, Grispeth Advisors, focuses on the placement of private equity investments in developing economies by targeting investors looking to diversify their portfolios with opportunities outside listed markets.

Second is Grispeth Capital Management, which supplies funding and cash management services to Grispeth Advisors’ clients.  Here, the firm offers the opportunity for private investors to capture additional, short-term capital appreciation during project rolls, escrow periods and other liquidity events.

Finally, Grispeth Ventures sources deals in infrastructure, energy, finance and technology, providing advisory and capital introduction services.

"Most of the high-profile private equity investment opportunities right now are with US-based projects and firms, which are currently in a slow and even negative growth cycle.  Grispeth connects investors directly to international opportunities in markets that promise greater capital appreciation," said Grispeth founder and chief executive Jeffrey Brown.

Grispeth Ventures has already begun work on a satellite project in Eastern Europe, as well as insurance privatisations in Central America, while Grispeth Advisors is reviewing its first private equity fund for investor consideration.

Meanwhile, Grispeth Capital Management has been running its trading programmes since 2008 and will soon deploy central funding and cash management programmes.

Grispeth is headquartered in New York and has affiliates in San Francisco, Toronto, London, Zurich, Moscow, and Tokyo.