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Independent advisory for investors navigating structural change

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Markets and mandates built for a different era are being tested by risks that don't fit neatly into existing frameworks: rising costs, repriced or unavailable insurance, fragile supply chains, and physical impacts to real assets. These are financial questions before anything else, and they increasingly land inside the decision horizons that long-term fiduciaries are responsible for.

 

Oakledge Advisors is an independent advisory firm serving the stewards of long-term capital. We help investors navigate structural change with clarity, discipline, and purpose rooted in practical strategy and real-world context.

A Note from our Founder

Welcome to our enhanced and expanded website. I’m thrilled you’ve chosen to join us here!


Nine months after our public launch, our team at Oakledge Advisors believed that it was time to more fully articulate who we are, who we work with, why we do what we do, and how we do it, so that hopefully fellow travelers will feel inspired to reach out, connect, and where possible, partner with us to advance shared goals. 

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And why work with us? I would argue that it’s a matter of perspective. 

Who We Work With

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Oakledge works across the institutional investment ecosystem, helping each client navigate the structural gaps that often prevent capital from mobilizing.

Asset Allocators 

From policy to portfolio: translating institutional values into action.


We empower asset allocators to exercise capital allocation agency through policy clarity, manager selection, governance, collective action, values alignment and institutional transformation.

Asset Managers & General Partners 

Substance first: from strategy clarity to institutional credibility.


We help managers translate substantive strategy into credible positioning and build genuine relationships with institutional allocators through rigorous, substance-first partnership.

Service Providers & Ecosystem Partners

Translating ambition Into capital flow.


Oakledge translates ecosystem partners' research, advocacy, and structures into market-credible propositions institutional investors can deploy.

Responsible Investor

Oregon convening asset owners to tackle carbon accounting headaches

"The exercise is not just about better counting, but helping managers develop better products to meet asset owners’ decarbonisation needs and address the lack of clarity over how these asset classes integrate into their climate targets" said Max Messervy, our founder.  

New Project Announcement

Allocator-led Complex Portfolios Carbon Accounting Project

The Oregon State Treasury has contracted with Oakledge Advisors to convene institutional investors that have highly diversified portfolios to identify and promote solutions to issues in carbon accounting unique to investors with large complex portfolios.

Net Zero Investor

Resilience and pragmatism: voices on the ground from New York Climate Week 2026

Resilience emerged as a key theme at New York Climate Week. Oakledge founder Max Messervy reflected on whether the growing focus on resilience risks overshadowing the continued need for mitigation.

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Oregon Treasurer Discusses State’s PE Cutback, Role in Portfolio

Oregon recently announced plans to launch a working group with sustainable investment consultant Oakledge Advisors to develop better practices for carbon accounting across large institutional portfolios.

Systems Level Investing Podcast

How to work with you consultant?

Max Messervy, our founder joined Georges Dyer on the Intentional Endowments Network's Future of Finance podcast for a conversation on one of the most consequential relationships in institutional investing: the one between an asset owner and its investment consultant.

FFI Solutions

FFI Solutions and Oakledge Advisors Announce Intention to Combine Businesses

They plan to merge under a new parent company, combining subscription-based sustainable investment data and research with strategic advisory services that help institutions navigate a period of accelerating structural change.

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