Established in 2013 by founders, each with 30+ years in international investing, we are passionate about doing a much better job for Australian endowments, foundations, families and other long term investment institutions.

Our philosophy is to realise ambitions in partnership and invest the way we look after our own capital. We do not rely simply on benchmark hugging or quantitative statistical analysis. We stay away from the noise of main street.

Our verified track record demonstrates consistent risk-adjusted excess returns over a long time period with low volatility, deploying many hundreds of millions of dollars of capital.

Our Story

Our founders have spent their whole careers transacting and investing capital, building businesses, working with ambitious people and figuring out how to solve problems to make things happen.

We've seen how large financial institutions work and we think there is a much better way. We started Allbridge Capital in late 2013 and have enjoyed the challenge of innovating and doing a much better job.

DERMOT CREAN
Founder & Director

Dermot is a seasoned investment executive with over 30 years of international experience across institutional public and private markets, sustainability, and long-term growth investments.

For the past decade, Dermot has been co-managing endowment funds and family office capital. Born and educated in Ireland, Dermot trained as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in London, where he worked with clients such as Barclays Bank and UBS.

His career in the investment industry includes roles at institutions such as HSBC, NatWest, and boutique firms like JO Hambro Magan. Additionally, Dermot has operated as a business owner, handling transactions totaling over $20 billion for businesses across various industries in Europe and beyond.

In 2001, Dermot co-founded Acanthus, specializing in raising institutional private equity investment funds. Over a decade, the firm consistently secured around $1 billion annually, offering valuable insights into institutional capital allocation processes (good and bad!) and working with endowment funds, pension funds, fund of funds, family offices, and asset consultants.

The success of Acanthus was driven by the team’s commitment to high-quality analytics, strong ethical standards, and intense customer-focused execution with close attention to complex legal agreements.

Moving to Australia in 2011, Dermot began working with local institutional investors and family offices, leveraging his international multi-asset class expertise.