About Us

Built on Decades of Experience.

Powered by Quantitative Innovation.

ABOUT US

Built on Decades of Experience.

Powered by Quantitative Innovation.

OUR MISSION

Focused on Exceptional Results.

Our data-driven, systematic approach blends the power of momentum and trend-following strategies with the resilience of dynamic hedging to help grow and protect your capital. The goal: to complement your portfolio with a strategy that manages risk and delivers smoother, more resilient returns through changing markets.

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Why
Altus Private

We believe our dedicated team, refined process for managing risk and enduring business relationships help set us apart from other investment managers.

Experience

We leverage quantitative and computational techniques refined over 20 years of research and professional trading.

Data Driven

A rigorous, process-driven investment approach to identify and isolate high probability opportunities for growth and volatility management.

Diversified

Investment positions are diversified across multiple U.S equity indexes, market capitalizations, and trading frequencies.

Liquid

Altus strategies invest exclusively in liquid, exchange listed index based securities such as Index Futures and Exchange Traded Funds.

OUR LEADERSHIP

Meet the team behind Altus Private.

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Managing risk is at the foundation of our investment process and fundamental to our strategy for delivering consistently positive results.

“ Managing risk is at the foundation of our investment process and fundamental to our strategy for delivering consistently positive results.

Eric Leake, CMT
Co-Founder, Managing Member
Eric Leake, CMT
Founder, Managing Member
co-founder

Eric Leake CMT

Mr. Leake has more than 25 years experience and leadership in investment management, portfolio construction and risk-managed strategies. Eric is a Chartered Market Technician and has spent the bulk of his career as a key innovator in quantitative investment methods for liquid alternative funds and separate accounts.

 

  • Founder, President to Anchor Capital Management with over $800M in Assets Under Management.*

  • Co-portfolio manager to the Anchor Risk-Managed series of mutual funds.

  • Ranked #1 Manager Morningstar Long-Short Equity Category, Five-year period.*

  • 5-Star Morningstar Rating in the Long-Short Equity category.*

  • Former Trustee to Cambria ETF Fund Trust.

*Assets under management and Morningstar Rankings as of 5/31/2022 for the Anchor Capital Risk Managed Equity Fund

co-founder

Ryan Leake

Ryan Leake is Co-Founder and Managing Member to Altus Private Capital.

With a B.A. in Economics from UC Santa Barbara, Ryan's process is driven by quantitative research. He specializes in the mechanics of index markets and the underlying influence of psychology in price behavior. Ryan has extensive experience in portfolio management while serving as the Head of Economic Research for the UCSB Dean's Investment Group.