About Us

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Overview

Deltec Asset Management LLC is a New York-based investment firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Founded in Brazil in 1946, we manage both commingled funds and separate accounts totaling approximately $800 million in assets under management. We specialize in strategies including emerging markets, credit, event driven and multi-asset class investments. Deltec is an employee owned firm with an established scalable infrastructure of 20+ professionals including an investment team and a business/operations team.

Competitive Advantages

Deltec's 60+ year history provides a distinct edge.

  • Time tested experience: Our portfolio managers average more than 20 years of investment management experience across different market cycles.

  • Alignment of firm and client interests: Approximately $100 million invested by management, staff and family members in funds and separate accounts managed by Deltec.

  • Research advantage: Collaborative team work encourages information flow between portfolio managers; our broad network of established contacts world-wide supports robust idea generation.

  • Favorable size: Limits on growth in assets under management are carefully considered in order to seek to maximize portfolio managers' ability to pursue investment opportunities without style drift or market price impact.

  • Solid infrastructure: SEC registered investment adviser with strong commitment to organizational depth and technology.

Investment Approach

Deltec combines a value driven, contrarian and team oriented investment approach.

  • Value driven: Investment strategies focus on fundamental research targeting value-based investment ideas that hold significant potential appreciation; seeks to validate conclusions concerning investment values by reference to extensive external information sources.

  • Contrarian: Seeks opportunities in out-of-favor sectors, mispriced investments and/or poorly understood situations.

  • Team oriented: Corporate culture emphasizes collaboration and teamwork in an interpersonal environment.

Strategies

Deltec specializes in actively managed investment strategies that offer long-term profit opportunities including Emerging Markets, Credit, Event Driven and Multi-Asset Class.

Deltec's investment products include multiple funds and separate accounts that may specialize in one or more of these strategies. Please note that the investment products described in this website are not available or suitable for all investors. Further access to this information is secure and will require a user login.

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Emerging Markets Equity

Seek to achieve long-term capital growth by investing in a concentrated portfolio of undervalued equities in developing countries with superior economic fundamentals.

Emerging Markets Income

Seek to achieve significant current income and capital appreciation by investing in sovereign debt, corporate debt and high yielding equities of emerging market issuers.

High Yield

Seek to achieve superior absolute returns through investment in a concentrated portfolio of high yield bonds and, to a lesser extent, in distressed debt and equities.

Event Driven

Seek to achieve superior absolute returns by investing in event-driven equities and defaulted debt among special situations primarily in the small and micro cap markets.

Multi-asset Class

Seek to achieve superior absolute returns by investing in a global portfolio of debt and equity securities, targeting non-correlation among geographical areas, industries and underlying investment themes.