Clearbrook Global Advisors

Clearbrook Global Advisors

Founded over forty years ago, Clearbrook Global Advisors built its practice as an extension of institutional investment staff, constructing customized multi-manager portfolios. The firm operates from its New York headquarters and maintains a transcontinental footprint with offices in Seoul, Oslo, and Kuala Lumpur. Clearbrook structures its platform around three capability lines: Advisory Solutions, which functions as an outsourced CIO partnership; Innovative Return Solutions, targeting non-traditional return streams; and Capital Opportunities, hunting under-the-radar and off-grid investment exposures. The firm does not run in-house direct strategies. Instead, it commits to third-party managers across traditional pools and alternative investments, relying on an internal 'best ideas' process to allocate intellectual capital across its client base. Its geographic sourcing spans North America, Europe, and Asia. In February 2026, Clearbrook appointed Michael Caputo as chief financial officer (per clearbrookglobal.com, February 2026). The firm publishes periodic market commentary, including a recurring 'Best Ideas' outlook and a 'Dry Fly' series that addresses macro risks such as real estate dislocation and post-COVID economic scenarios. Its physical infrastructure currently extends to four offices on three continents. Clearbrook's structural differentiator is its bundled OCIO-plus-fund-of-funds model. Rather than offering a pure discretionary OCIO service or a standalone fund-of-funds vehicle, the firm blends both under one roof, aiming to give mid-sized institutions access to sourcing and governance typically reserved for larger allocators. This hybrid architecture — advisory delegation married to a manager-selection engine — is the architecture through which all client capital flows.