Ross Hostetter
Managing Director and Global Alternative Asset Advisory Leader
New York
Portfolio Valuation
Kroll specializes in assisting clients with the valuation of alternative investments, specifically securities and positions for which there are no "active market" quotations.
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Kroll is a market leader in providing illiquid portfolio pricing valuation services to the alternative investment community. Kroll brings extensive and unparalleled industry specific experience through years of working with some of the world’s foremost investors in alternative assets. We assist our clients with the valuation challenges of a single investment to entire portfolios. We perform independent assessments of a client’s existing valuation policy to assist in the development and implementation of industry leading valuation “best practices.” Through engagements involving billions of dollars in positions across all industries and geographies, we have extensive experience with:
- Debt - senior and subordinated, secured and unsecured, performing and distressed
- Preferred and common equity
- Convertible securities, warrants and options
- Equity, energy and credit swaps
- Structured products including CDOs, CLOs, RMBS, CMBS and ABS
- Whole loan pools for residential, commercial and asset backed collateral types across all borrower qualities
- Real Estate
Recent Industry Recognition
Portfolios With Better MSCI ESG Ratings Earned Higher Average Returns Globally - Download ESG and Global Investor Returns Study
Portfolios With Better MSCI ESG Ratings Earned Higher Average Returns Globally - Download ESG and Global Investor Returns Study
Kroll examined the relationship between historical returns of over 13,000 publicly traded companies across a variety of geographies and industries and their ESG ratings to determine the correlation of ESG ratings to company performance.
Financial Instruments and Technology
The Kroll Financial Instruments and Technology practice is a leading solutions provider for asset managers, hedge funds, fund administrators, banks, insurers, private equity firms, commodity trading and investment firms, and corporations.
Secondary Market Advisory Services
As the largest independent valuation advisory firm, Kroll brings extensive industry experience to the secondary market for alternative investments to address the transfer needs of general partners and limited partners.
Regulatory Clarity
Regulatory Clarity is a next generation tool that provides Form ADV monitoring and flagging for fund allocators.
Striking the Balance: Integrating Automated Models with a Best-in-Class Valuation Process
Valuation Outlook
Striking the Balance: Integrating Automated Models with a Best-in-Class Valuation Process
March 25, 2025
by Steven Nebb , Ricardo Armendariz, Guannan Liu
Valuation Outlook
Created Value Attribution Whitepaper: Whither Deleveraging? Implications of Higher Interest Rates for Private Equity Value Creation
March 18, 2025
by PJ Viscio, George Pushner, Ph.D.
Regulatory Updates
Unlocking Retail Access to Private Funds: Navigating Complex Regulations
February 19, 2025
by Colleen Corwell, David Larsen
Valuation Outlook
Portfolio Valuation - A Well-defined and Supported Valuation Process as Defense to Increasing Inquiries
September 11, 2024
by Steven Nebb , Ricardo Armendariz
In today’s challenging market and higher interest-rate environment, there’s a growing demand from LPs for deeper insights into the value created by Private Equity GPs.
Discover the open and non-proprietary Created Value Attribution (CVA) Framework developed by Kroll’s Alternative Asset Advisory Team in our recent webinar. This framework provides a comprehensive and intuitive insight into GP-driven operational and strategic value-add, offering greater transparency.
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