OVERVIEW
- Rather than being burdened by excess capital we prefer to raise funds for specific investment opportunities. In this respect, our philosophy is that if we serve our investors well they will support us in new ventures
- Our investors include large financial institutions and high net worth individuals
- The majority of our investments are proprietary, sourced through an existing network of personal contacts which has been developed over many years of investment banking and advisory business
- We take an eclectic approach to private equity - our skills are developed to adapt to an ever changing environment. As such, we are not focused on any single sector
- We are active in the development of our portfolio investments. We not only bring traditional skills like corporate finance and structuring to our portfolio companies but we also facilitate growth by introducing the management teams we back to our global network of contacts
- We invest in control positions with the following characteristics:
- excellent management that are willing to make a meaningful investment in the business;
- proprietary opportunities, we will generally not participate in a competitive sale process;
- existence of a clearly understood and creative business plan that reflects highly visible profitability and growth; and
- an identifiable exit strategy at the time of investment.
- We are happy to co-invest with other financial investors and work with them in a complementary way. However, we require representation on the Board and negative control.