About our Firm
Handal Dunaway is a New York-registered investment management firm dedicated to building and managing diversified, multi-asset portfolios and proprietary investment funds for high-net-worth individuals, corporations and institutional investors.
Through extensive technical and fundamental analysis, our team constructs investment portfolios and manages proprietary investment funds that help meet clients’ financial objectives and create long-term wealth for their stakeholders.
Investment Strategy
We deploy capital across sectors, asset classes and public and private markets globally to maximize returns while strategically moderating portfolio exposure. We construct bespoke portfolios and strategies for our clients to help them meet their long-term financial goals.
For public equities we employ fundamental analysis with the aim of identifying high-quality businesses trading at favorable valuations with long-term growth prospects that can generate above-market returns for investors. We conduct proprietary equity research.
Our proprietary investment funds give clients the opportunity to invest directly in the private equity and private credit asset classes through an investor-friendly structure, maximizing returns visibility.
+34%
Investment Team’s Last 3-Year Annual Return2
14+
Years of Wall Street & Main Street Experience
Key Asset Class Verticals
Note: 1. Firm-wide approximate asset class distribution as of Feb. 2025. Individual asset distribution varies by client. 2. Sep. 2022-Sep. 2024 period.
LEADERSHIP
Esteban Handal
CEO & Managing Partner
Esteban previously served as a Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banker at Nomura’s Technology, Fintech and Services Group in New York City and at Centerview Partners, the leading independent investment bank on Wall Street.
He also founded and served as CEO of Washington Academy, which he strategically grew to become the largest operator of vocational schools in Mexico and Central America.
He received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Yale University School of Management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics from Babson College.
PROPRIETARY INVESTMENT FUNDS
Our funds allow investors to invest directly in private equity assets, maximizing returns visibility
Fintech and Financial Services-focused Private Equity Buyout Fund
Institutional-Quality Private Credit Fund for Income-focused Investors
Capital Solutions and Distressed Debt-focused Private Equity Fund
OUR INVESTORS AND CLIENTS
Clients are entrusting us with their capital all across the Americas
We differentiate ourselves by providing hands-on customer service, evaluating investments through both Wall Street and Main Street analytical lenses, the personalized strategies and portfolios we offer and by the strong performance of our proprietary investment funds
We serve:
- High-Net-Worth Individuals
- Family Offices
- Pension Plans
- Corporations
14+
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
HIGHLY SKILLED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE LEADERSHIP
North & Latin America Focus
Hands-On Service
Bespoke Strategies
Our investors are primarily based in North and Latin America and we invest mainly in North American assets
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