Reservoir Capital Partners
Private Markets & Alternatives Fund Solutions
ABOUT US
Sydney-based Reservoir Capital Partners (“RCP”) was launched in 2022 by industry veteran Rob Lance after his return from 25 years based in Hong Kong, where he held senior roles in banking and alternative asset management.
RCP works with clients in 2 key areas bringing together their collective 100+ years of experience in Asia-Pacific banking and asset management.
Private market and alternative fund manager capital solutions.
RCP operates with a deep appreciation of the complex and evolving investment landscape, leveraging its extensive networks and insights to structure and source optimal liquidity pools that align with client objectives.
Through a strategic and collaborative approach, the group ensures their clients gain access to executable opportunities and capital solutions that align with their objectives.
This is RCP’s key differentiator.
Relationships built on trust over decades across sovereign wealth, pension schemes and asset managers through to private market and family office capital sources - RCP understands the road map in Asia Pacific and works hard to match client expectation with execution every day.
PRIVATE MARKETS
RCP works with clients across the capital structure, offering tailored capital solutions to support growth, restructuring, and expansion strategies. The firm provides advisory and capital-raising services for businesses at various stages of their lifecycle, from early-stage growth funding to mature companies seeking to optimise their capital structures.
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The relationships RCP has built with capital partners throughout the Asia-Pacific region has been key to its success. These relationships span institutional investors, private equity and venture capital firms, alternative credit funds, and family offices, all of whom play an integral role in financing private market opportunities.
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Having a deep understanding of investor strategies, sector focus, and deal structures enables RCP to introduce clients to the most suitable equity and debt capital providers. The group's expertise ensures that capital solutions are structured efficiently to align with the needs and long-term objectives of both investors and businesses.
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RCP’s team has extensive experience across private equity, venture capital, private debt, and real assets markets, providing it with a strong foundation to navigate complex transactions and structure optimal funding solutions. The firm assists clients in developing strategic financial frameworks that enhance business resilience, improve liquidity, and unlock growth potential.
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Through its network and expertise in private markets, RCP acts as a trusted partner, ensuring that clients access the right capital to achieve their strategic goals while also delivering attractive investment opportunities to funding partners.
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ALTERNATIVES FUND
SOLUTIONS
From their headquarters in Sydney, RCP leverages its deep industry expertise and expansive networks to bridge global managers with investors across the Asia-Pacific region. Their approach goes beyond traditional capital raising, offering comprehensive market access, strategic positioning, and tailored investor engagement to unlock new pools of capital.
RCP's team comprises seasoned practitioners who differentiate themselves through a highly engaged and strategic partnership model, built on three core pillars:
1. Deep Expertise Across the Capital Structure
With decades of experience spanning alternative investments, structured credit, and private markets, RCP’s leadership has successfully built, managed, and exited businesses across these sectors. This first-hand operational and investment experience allows them to:
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Articulate complex investment strategies at a granular level.
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Assess capital structure dynamics and tailor investor conversations accordingly.
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Navigate risk and return profiles across different asset classes, ensuring alignment with investor preferences.
2. True Asia-Pacific Coverage & Investor Reach
RCP’s footprint extends across key financial hubs in the Asia-Pacific region, with a track record of working closely with:
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Institutional investors (pension and sovereign wealth funds).
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Family offices and private wealth channels seeking differentiated opportunities.
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Corporate and strategic investors with an interest in fund and co-investment partnerships.
This regional expertise enables them to understand cultural nuances, regulatory landscapes, and capital flow trends, making them a highly effective bridge between global managers and local investors.
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3. A Trusted Management Team with a Proven Track Record
RCP’s leadership team is widely regarded as a highly trusted and well-connected group, acting as a natural extension for fund managers seeking to expand their investor base. Their relationships are built on:
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Long-standing partnerships with sophisticated capital allocators.
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Direct experience structuring and executing alternative investment strategies.
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A reputation for integrity, transparency, and delivering results.
By combining deep expertise, broad market coverage, and trusted relationships, RCP positions itself as a leading alternatives fund solutions provider in the Asia-Pacific region, helping clients efficiently navigate capital markets and secure the right investment partners.
PEOPLE
ROB LANCE
Founder, CEO
With over 30 years of service in Asia Pacific capital markets, Rob Lance has a unique combination of deep experience across both banking and alternatives asset management.
Rob began his career in 1985 on the trading floors of the Australian Stock Exchange and Sydney Futures Exchange before leaving in 1995 to launch a joint venture between Deutsche Bank and K&N Kenanga in Malaysia.
In 1997 Rob moved to Hong Kong with Deutsche to build their Equity Derivatives group before joining Lehman Brothers in 2003 where he served as Head of Asian Equities then Co-Head of the Asia Pacific Equities Division.
In 2006 Rob launched Dragon Back Capital, the multi-strategy hedge fund, as co-founder and CEO. There he built a 20 person operation managing over USD 600 million. Then in 2010 opened the firm’s infrastructure to new and existing managers.
Rob returned to Sydney in 2013 to join Ascalon Capital (the boutique asset management arm of BT Investment Management) as Head of Australia. In 2016 joined Sydney-based structured credit manager, Blue Quay Investments, as a Partner and lead business development.
Rob returned to Hong Kong in 2018 to set up the asset management division of financial group MCM Partners as CEO.
In 2022 Rob launched Reservoir Capital Partners and is consulting to various groups across renewables, private credit, real assets and fintech and now based back in Sydney.
Rob is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Companies Directors (GAICD).
PEOPLE
JASON KWAN
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Jason is a seasoned corporate finance, strategy, and investment specialist with deep expertise in real estate, infrastructure, and clean energy. Over his career, he has advised, managed, and led transactions exceeding AU$6.5 billion, spanning urban regeneration, housing infrastructure, renewable energy, communications, health, transport, and utilities.
Prior to RCP, he served as Investment Director at ARECOR Pty Ltd, a private equity-backed clean technology startup, where he led global capital raising and project financing for hydro renewable energy solutions across North America, Africa, and Australia. With a strong background in investment strategy and transaction management, Jason has held leadership roles at LOGOS, PwC Australia, and KPMG Australia, where he was instrumental in M&A, portfolio acquisitions, and large-scale infrastructure projects.
Notable transactions he has led or advised on include:
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Sydney’s White Bay Redevelopment (AU$2bn)
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Herston Quarter Development, Brisbane (AU$1bn)
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Social and Affordable Housing Fund, NSW (AU$1bn)
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Sale of Sydney’s Sirius Building (AU$150m)
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Australia’s Parliamentary Triangle Asset Sale
Beyond his advisory expertise, Jason is an investor, mentor, and co-founder, actively involved in impact investing, clean energy infrastructure, and innovative business ventures. He is passionate about unlocking value-add opportunities and driving sustainable, high-impact investment strategies.
Jason holds an Executive MBA from the University of Technology Sydney and a Bachelor of Property Economics, equipping him with a multi-disciplinary skillset in finance, valuation, and strategic business development.
PEOPLE
DAVID WALTER
Consulting Partner
Head of Alternatives Fund Capital Solutions
David has over 35 years experience working in Investment Banking, Hedge Funds, Private Credit and Fund of Hedge Funds focusing on Asian Markets, living in Hong Kong, London, Singapore and Tokyo.
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Having both managed and allocated to regional hedge fund and private strategies as well as worked with, and marketed to, institutional allocators from around the globe, his approach combines a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the needs and nuances of the due diligence process as well as the frameworks and structures various investors work within.
David has held various senior roles in the region:
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Head of Client Solutions at Double Haven Capital, an Asian focused credit manager focusing on public, distressed and private markets.
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Head of Research for PAAMCO Asia in Singapore, a $20bn+ US Fund of Funds allocating across strategies in the region and working with large Global institutional clients.
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Head of Research for KBC Alpha, a regional Fund of Funds, building to nearly $3bn AUM and winning mandates from major North American pensions finds as well as regional distribution channels.
Prior to this, David set up and managed two Japan focused hedge funds after an investment banking career in London and Tokyo which had focused on equities, warrants and convertible bonds.
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David has a long track record of working commercially and globally with consultants and a wide spectrum of institutional investors, distributors, private banks and family offices. He has worked with industry bodies, sitting on the Singapore Exco for AIMA for over ten years and been a regular speaker for the SBAI, and at various other conferences and educational forums.
David holds a Master of Arts degree from the Oxford University.
PEOPLE
MATT CLARK
CONSULTING PARTNER
Alternatives Funds
Private Markets
Matt most recently was the Head of Asset Finance, Asia for KPMG. He joined KPMG in 2021 to spearhead the development of a formal Advisory practice to capture the significant opportunities available in the asset finance market with a focus on aviation - Included was airline restructuring, aircraft lessor recapitalisations and restructurings, secured loan portfolio sales and aircraft portfolio financing transactions.
He has more than 20 years’ experience in banking focusing on transportation finance / leasing in Asia. He was directly involved in the establishment and management of several 3rd party managed debt / equity funds in the transportation finance / leasing sectors (incl. Investec Bank group where he was the Head of Aviation Finance, Asia until early 2020).
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Matt has a strong background in structured asset finance across various asset classes (aviation, shipping, rail, infrastructure, etc.) and multiple jurisdictions (US, EU, ASPAC). Excellent corporate & capital structuring ability, proven business development and execution skills within asset finance / leasing sectors.
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Additionally, Matt has a high degree technical knowledge managing mandates across receivables finance, export credit finance, secured lending, cross border leasing, structured debt, tax-based funding and insurance backed structures.
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He has 15+ years of portfolio management experience within debt and equity fund platforms running transportation assets. He has also raised both debt and equity capital in the asset finance and leasing sectors (incl. institutional asset management / private equity).
Matt holds a Bachelor of Commerce with majors in Accounting and Management from the University of Tasmania.
Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) qualified with CPA Australia.
Member of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading.
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