Sector
Financials
Balance-sheet businesses, read as balance sheets.
What we look for
- An underwriting culture visible in the losses, not the pitch.
- Funding that does not require a market to stay open.
- Incentives that do not pay people to ignore risk.
Questions we ask
- 01Where was the last loss, and who owned it?
- 02What is matched, and what is hoped?
- 03How does liquidity behave on a bad Tuesday?
How we might structure it
Listed equity and private stakes where we can read the book. Credit only against assets and covenants we understand.
We would rather decline
Spread businesses whose edge is cheap funding that can leave.