basically just run a concentrated book and found stuff I like better. But also have heard the insurance industry has come up with some products that could compete with litigation finance. Not sure how big
i do think it's cheap. whether the multiple is low or mid single digit in the near term is something I need to re-ascertain. I've been busy working on a new writeup for a different... login to read the rest
SK601 - gonna have to get back to you on earnings power soon as I can, sorry. Mgmt's revision on time to resolution pushes things out, but hopefully results in higher EPS in the long-run. ... login to read the rest
shares have traded like crap due to
1) second fund still not closed, despite mgmt's March prediction it would close by 6/30/22.
2) early July market update guiding for FY22 operating earnings up only 15% yoy, which... login to read the rest
LCM just announced the 5th big open market purchase by the Chairman since late October, at prices ranging 89.2p to 104.9p, totalling over GBP 1.8M. Not small for a GBP ~130M market cap company. The... login to read the rest
I can't tell you that returns won't come down given all the fund raising, but I'm pretty comfortable that returns will be more than adequate to justify a position in LCM today. Here are my... login to read the rest
Re: commitments vs deployments vs investments vs co-investments vs contract costs
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Leo- glad you asked this because, yes it's confusing and had intended to add a glossary to my writeup but forgot. I'll take these in order:
-- $105 and $76 ... that's exactly right
-- $104 and... login to read the rest
And another question - this time not on the terminology.
With the second fund due to close shortly, the company will have the firepower of US$600m+ (in both funds). This compares to the total capital invested... login to read the rest
commitments vs deployments vs investments vs co-investments vs contract costs
Thank you for an interesting write-up. I am new to the name and trying to get my head around company disclosures. Not sure if I understand these correctly and would appreciate your input.
Slides 8-9 of... login to read the rest
as before, LCM expects to do a second-close that will get Fund 2 to US$300M. Terms on this fund are the same mentioned for Fund 1.
Fund 1 now 91% committed, up from 77% a month
On commitments vs deployments, that 75% number is very conservative. Burford is around 89% historically, and Omni is close to that number as well (although they don't disclose these numbers like Burford does). Obviously with... login to read the rest
If you're new this the sector and have access to SumZero, I recommend checking out the Sept'19 presentation on Omni Bridgeway (fka IMF Bentham) by Peter Galaway of Amitell Capital, especially slide 9 on the... login to read the rest
I understand that not all of a fund's AUM is guaranteed to get deployed (invested), due to early realizations, which I'm guessing are all settlements. There's an Omni presentation on SumZero from Sept'19 where the... login to read the rest
thanks that's very helpful. sorry if I wasn't clear, but I don't think Burford's lower returns are due to any lack of talent. They've got plenty of that. It's just mix of business.
Probably should have mentioned - OBL's historical % of recovery has been ~37%, which has trended down over the past few years due to multiple reasons. Makes that calculation a bit fuzzy.
You caught me about 10 min before I was scheduled to have a conversation with Andrew Saker - I presented him with the question but, as expected, didn't really get a hard answer. His response was... login to read the rest
AIFL - do you have a sense for how the returns on portfolios differ from single-cases? They're certainly lower, as corporate plaintiffs get better pricing on these, but I don't know how much lower.
Lower isn't... login to read the rest
I was in the middle of writing this one up and you beat me to it. The financials during the early innings of a transition to a 3rd party fund model are very obscured.
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