Strategy & Portfolio

Our strategy is straightforward in principle and demanding in practice: build a focused portfolio of our highest conviction ideas globally, purchased with valuation discipline, and held long enough for business fundamentals to drive long term outcomes.

Portfolio Construction

We run a focused portfolio built from bottom up fundamental research. Position sizes reflect conviction, business quality, downside assessment, and liquidity. We diversify by business drivers and geography while remaining selective.

We are not benchmark-driven. We allocate where the combination of quality, valuation, and long-term fundamentals is most attractive.

15 to 25

Holdings typically

Global

Investment universe

5+ years

Typical holding period

Research Discipline

Our process is designed to be repeatable across cycles.

We study business economics, competitive dynamics, management incentives, capital allocation, and valuation. We analyze long horizon financial history and continuously monitor thesis critical drivers. Each investment undergoes rigorous analysis before capital deployment and regular review throughout the holding period.

Where Returns Should Come From

We aim for returns to be driven primarily by:

Business Growth

Growth in revenues, earnings, and free cash flow of the underlying businesses.

Primary Driver

Valuation Normalization

Valuation normalization toward intrinsic value over time.

Secondary Driver

Shareholder Returns

Cash returned to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.

Supplementary Driver

Where Opportunity Typically Emerges

The most compelling opportunities tend to appear when price and fundamentals diverge often during periods of elevated uncertainty or broad based risk aversion. In those environments, high quality businesses can trade at valuations that do not reflect their long-term earnings power.

We look for dislocations created by broad selloffs, regional risk premia that exceed company fundamentals, and market concentration that leaves many durable businesses under-followed or under-owned.

Risk Management

We invest in high quality businesses with durable competitive advantages that protect and sustain their long term earnings power. These characteristics underpin resilience and reduce the risk of permanent capital impairment. We seek to acquire such businesses at a meaningful discount to intrinsic value, establishing a margin of safety that helps preserve capital while enhancing the potential for attractive long term returns.