
A New Zealand wholesale investment manager.
Carlisle-APW is a wholesale financial services and investment management business in New Zealand, registered on the Financial Service Providers Register and built on tectonic discipline. We invest not only to capture the value of today, but to secure multi-generational wealth and well-being for the generations of tomorrow.
Engineered for permanence.
Direct exposure to New Zealand private equity, private credit and real-asset opportunities across agriculture, forestry, biotechnology, health, infrastructure, construction and real estate, sourced and structured for wholesale investors seeking diversified, long-duration capital deployment beyond public markets.
Explore private capitalOur principal investment vehicle, Carlisle-APW Total Return Sovereign & Listed Securities Fund L.P., is focused on New Zealand sovereign securities, listed bonds and listed equities, managed through an active investment and risk-management approach.
We serve wholesale clients, including those seeking qualifying investments aligned with the New Zealand Active Investor Plus Visa — Balanced Category (NZ$10 million investment), subject to applicable rules and individual eligibility.
Our discipline is drawn from the New Zealand landscape itself: vast, quiet, and permanent. We reject opaque clutter in favour of high-fidelity transparency, treating regulatory clarity as a feature, not a footnote.
Three load-bearing pillars.
Tectonic discipline
A risk-managed, active approach anchored to New Zealand sovereign securities, listed bonds and listed equities. Stability of process before pursuit of return.
Regulatory integrity
Registered on the Financial Service Providers Register. Capabilities delivered on a wholesale basis, with institutional-grade transparency.
Alignment of interest
Strategy designed for wholesale investors and Active Investor Plus Visa — Balanced Category applicants seeking NZ$10 million qualifying investment exposure.

Registered. Transparent. Accountable.
- Entity
- Carlisle-APW
- FSP Number
- FSP1013230
- NZBN
- 9429053874931
- Register
- Financial Service Providers Register (FSPR)
- Basis
- Wholesale financial services
A member of the global alternative investment community.

Carlisle-APW is a member of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) — the global representative of the alternative investment industry, with over 2,100 corporate members in more than 60 countries.
AIMA membership reflects our commitment to industry best practice, sound governance and the highest standards of professional conduct across alternative investment management, including private capital and absolute-return strategies.
Through AIMA, we engage with global peers, regulators and industry bodies, contributing to the development of sound practice and standards within the alternative investment community.
Learn more about AIMACarlisle-APW provides financial services on a wholesale basis only. Services are not available to retail clients. Eligibility as a wholesale client is determined in accordance with the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013. This information is general in nature and does not constitute regulated financial advice, an offer of securities, or a recommendation to invest. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Investment involves risk, including the potential loss of capital.


