Principal Investing
1. We have to believe in the fundamentals of the investment. It’s about both the strength of our conviction and the understanding of the business.
2. We will only invest if there is a management with a strong ability to execute. The ability to execute remains the single most critical success factor.
3. The financial returns must be appropriate for the risk.
4. The transaction should be fair all round and there must be some local benefit. This is both a moral position and common sense.
Advisory
We only work on projects that we understand and believe in and a core feature of our business model is that we will invest our own capital alongside our investors. This approach helps to align the interests of all parties. We work very hard to ensure that the transactions we support are sound. It is a central tenet that trust and long term relationships on both sides are critical to the success of our firm and is therefore embedded in the way we do business. We believe a good deal is only a good deal if it benefits all parties.