Aziz Hassanali
Aziz Hassanali
Speaker
Managing Partner

Bateleur Capital

United States

Aziz Hassanali is the Managing Partner and portfolio Manager at Bateleur Capital LLC (“’Bateleur”). Bateleur is a special situations private equity fund focused on four core sectors – real estate, aviation, shipping and energy. Bateleur’s investments in real estate include hotels, offices and residential developments in both North America and Europe. Aziz also sits on a number of Boards connected to Bateleur’s investments globally.

Aziz has spent over 15years on the investment side covering a cross section of distressed, special situations, event driven and performing credit situations. Prior to founding Bateleur, Aziz worked for Anchorage Capital, where he was the Senior Manage of the $2.5Bn Illiquid Opportunities Fund. Previously, Aziz worked at Goldman Sachs as a Bank Loans Principal Investing Manager in the Special Situations Group and began his career as in investment banker at Morgan Stanley.

Aziz graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with degrees in Finance, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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Main Agenda

  • Given current macroeconomic headwinds (inflation, interest rates etc.), how do investors view aviation debt compared to other asset classes including fixed income securities, equity, real estate etc.? 
  • In terms of strategic allocation, what benefits does aviation and its financial products deliver over other asset classes i.e. property portfolios? Are new investors moving into aviation? 
  • What does it take to get a deal over the line now? What are the obstacles? How stringent are sustainability pressures?  
  • Does aviation meet liquidity requirements for institutional investors who are derisking? 
  • Are investors looking towards more vanilla fixed income to get yield? 
Matthew Taylor
Head of Alternative Debt, L&G Investment Management
Aziz Hassanali
Managing Partner, Bateleur Capital
Dr. Niall O’Connor
Fund Manager (Alternative Multi-Asset Fund), Brooks MacDonald
Chandra Gopinathan
Senior Investment Manager, RPMI Railpen
Moderator
Richard Skipper
Partner, Ernst & Young LLP