Since 1992, Richard S. Hollander, Chairman and CEO of MetWest Ventures, has partnered with management teams who have managed assets for several of the largest U.S. pension plans, creating related investment strategies that have totaled more than $80 billion AUM.  Having partnered with, invested in, and produced successful firms such as MetWest Asset Management, MetWest Capital Management, Post Advisory Group, and ClearLend, MetWest Ventures assembles management teams with deep expertise in acquisitions, restructurings, and other special situations.

MetWest Ventures’ most recent undertakings are MetWest Realty Advisors, a commercial real estate private equity firm dedicated to the objective of acheiving above market, risk-adjusted returns on investments in the commercial real estate space (view web site), West Gate Horizons Advisors, a registered investment adviser specializing in the management of floating rate senior secured loan portfolios for institutional investors (view web site), and Aristotle Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser offering U.S. and International investment solutions to institutional and high net-worth clients (view web site).