KA Fund Advisors, LLC, a subsidiary of Kayne Anderson
Capital Advisors, L.P., is a leading investor in both public
and private energy companies. Our investment strategies seek to
identify and exploit investment niches that we believe are less
understood and generally not followed by the broader investor
community. As
of December 31, 2011, Kayne Anderson and its affiliates
managed assets of approximately $14.2 billion, including $11.3
billion in the Midstream/Energy Sector (of which $8.7 billion was
invested in MLPs and Midstream Companies).
We manage four publicly-traded closed-end
funds:
THE KAYNE ANDERSON COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
We differentiate ourselves from others through an extensive
network of relationships with major energy infrastructure
companies. Our publicly-traded funds' boards of directors include
current and retired CEOs that we have invested with over the years
as well as other leading industry professionals. With over 134
years of combined experience, our senior professionals have
developed a strong reputation in the energy sector which we believe
gives us an important advantage in sourcing and structuring
transactions.
STRENGTHS
We are positioned to identify, source and structure private
investments in master limited partnerships (MLPs) and other energy
related companies for the following reasons:
DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE
We have 30 investment professionals, including a private
investments group in Houston and a public investments group in Los
Angeles dedicated specifically to MLPs and other energy
infrastructure investments as well as extensive sub-sector coverage
(pipelines, e&p, shipping, etc.) by industry leading
analysts.
INDUSTRY RELATIONSHIPS
We are the most active player in the MLP asset class and a
leading provider of private equity capital to the midstream sector
space. Kevin McCarthy, CEO of the funds leads our midstream energy
investments while Bob Sinnott, President and CIO, manages our
upstream energy investing activities and is a director of Plains
All American Pipeline, L.P. Board members of Kayne Anderson funds
include:
- William Cordes, retired president of Northern Border Pipeline
Company and retired CEO of Northern Border Partners, LP
- Barry Pearl, principal of Kealine LLC (private developer and
operator of petroleum infrastructure facilities), former president
of Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC (general partner of
TEPPCO Partners, L.P.) and former CEO of TEPPCO Partners, L.P.
- Al Richey, vice president for Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation
- William Shea, retired president, CEO and chairman of Buckeye
Partners, L.P. and Buckeye GP Holdings, L.P.
- William Thacker, retired chairman, CEO and president of TEPPCO
Partners, L.P.
- Anne Costin, professor of the Amsterdam Institute of Finance,
former adjunct professor in the finance and economics department of
Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and retired
managing director within Citi's Investment Banking Division
- Steven Good, senior partner at Good Swartz Brown & Berns
LLP (accounting, tax and business advisory services provider)
- Gerald Isenberg, professor emeritus at the University of
Southern California School of Cinema-Television
EXTENSIVE TRANSACTION STRUCTURING EXPERTISE AND CAPABILITY
We are the largest institutional investor in the MLP asset
class and a leading provider of private capital to the midstream
energy space having invested in 45 private transactions totaling
over $2.2 billion to MLPs since 2004.