Investing in Maritime Assets
Shipping As An Asset Class
Creating opportunity
Shipping is fragmented, volatile and operationally complex. This inefficiency creates opportunity for disciplined operators with long-term capital.
SGM identifies, structures and manages these opportunities with operating capability and risk-aware capital.
We invest where we operate
Operational capability is not support infrastructure.
It is our investment edge.
ABOUT SGM
SGM is an independent maritime investment and asset-management house in Nyon, Switzerland, established in 2011 and continuing a maritime lineage that dates back to 1973.
Across the group history spans transactions exceeding USD 2 billion and more than 100 vessels including bulk carriers, tankers, offshore and specialized assets.
We sponsor investments alongside aligned partners and manage assets for owners and institutions, deploying proprietary capital in every transaction.
We invest where we operate and operate what we own.
An investment group built around three disciplines
01
Deal Sponsorship & Co-Investment
Originating and structuring opportunities with aligned partners — with our group capital in every deal.
02
Asset Management Mandates
Commercial, technical and financial management of assets for owners and partners. A hands-on operator approach.
03
Strategic Advisory
Selective engagements: restructurings, transactions and operational transformation.
Where we invest
Why SGM
EXPERIENCE
Maritime roots since 1973. Across the group’s history, over USD 2 billion transacted and more than 100 vessels.
PRINCIPAL CAPITAL
We commit our own capital in every transaction. Alignment is structural.
OPERATING CAPABILITY
From investment thesis to operational delivery. We invest where we operate.
A Half-Century of Evolution
1970s
Origins in transatlantic bulk shipping
1990s
Expansion into vessel co-ownership and ship finance
2000s
Diversification across bulkers, tankers and specialized vessels
Today
Multi-segment maritime investment and asset-management house