Nic Millikan
Managing Director, Investments
Allocate

Prior to Allocate, Nic spent more than 20 years helping sophisticated clients from across the globe gain exposure to varying asset classes, with a focus over the past decade as an investor and allocator within private markets.

Most recently, Nic was the Deputy CIO at a $4 billion multi-family office where he focused on venture, direct, and secondary investments. Prior to this, he was the Head of Investment Strategy at CAIS where he was responsible for establishing and directing the research efforts, as well as founding the firm’s advisor education initiative, CAIS IQ. Over four years he helped the firm platform grow from $2 billion to over $25 billion. Nic has also held other senior roles at industry-leading firms, including on Salient Partners’ quantitative asset allocation team and BlackRock’s global institutional client group. He started his career as a quantitative research analyst at a large Australian superannuation platform.

Nic has also contributed extensively to the alternative investments industry more broadly by educating investors through thought leadership articles and podcasts, television and conference appearances, as well as contributing to the CAIA Association’s curriculum.

Nic holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) with Distinction from Deakin University, and a Master of Applied Finance from FINSIA, both located in Australia. Nic is also a CFA and CAIA charter holder.