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Bottom line Most of an investment’s internal rate of return is set at entry; the rest is disciplined maintenance. Standfirst […]

Bottom line Positive real cash yields plus disciplined reinvestment now beat story‑led growth for durable compounding. On 18 September 2025

You do not need to predict tail events to benefit from them—size small, cap losses by contract, and let rare

Headline options Fix, Don’t Flip: Value Creation Under Expensive Debt — operational upgrades replace multiple expansion. When Debt Is Costly,

Bottom line: The liquidity tide that lifted most assets from 2020–2023 has receded; with central bank balance sheets smaller and

Harvest when reinvestment return minus forward hold return comfortably clears a live, dated hurdle and the payback already in hand

Permanent capital keeps money working with fewer cash gaps and lower fee drag, so compounding accelerates versus fund cycles. Standfirst

Standfirst Since 2022, higher interest rates have rewired global markets. In this environment, disciplined investment process is delivering steadier outcomes

In a 5–7% world, only deals that clear today’s debt service coverage ratio and earn renovation returns above a live,

Bottom line: In the higher‑rate world, the cheapest “alpha” is still buying from someone who must sell—then letting catalysts do