World-Leading Investor

CarVal Investors (CVI) is a global leader in opportunistic value investing. Started in 1987 by Cargill, CVI quietly acquired more than $15 billion in assets in 2,500 transactions. The firm has been a first mover or early entrant across the globe, having invested in 35 countries.

Today, CVI manages over $8 billion in four primary businesses around the globe: Loan Portfolios, Real Estate, Corporate Securities, and Special Opportunities. While these business lines are diverse, they share a core adherence to the basic tenets of value investing.

For two decades, CVI has earned a reputation for integrity, discipline and rapid execution by drawing on its experienced team and its long and deep relationships with local asset management partners across the globe. By conducting a bottom-up analysis that includes fundamental credit analysis, advanced real estate valuation and proven pricing models supported by modern portfolio theory, CVI uncovers the true intrinsic value of an investment, thereby seeing opportunities where others see only risk™.

Moreover, CVI seeks situations where it can readily identify value creation in a predictable timeframe and where its core competencies and competitive advantages translate into sustainable and attractive risk-adjusted returns. These attributes include: