ASSET MANAGEMENT | INVESTMENT PROCESS

Investment Process

We believe growing wealth and creating positive impact aren’t competing goals—they’re complementary forces. Using our disciplined process, we seek to deliver superior returns by investing in exceptional businesses that responsibly steward resources and create lasting value for shareholders and society alike.

THE THREE PILLAR APPROACH™

Every candidate must clear all three pillars.

Our proprietary research framework for evaluating every investment candidate. Companies must demonstrate strength across all three pillars.

PILLAR 1

Superior Business or Opportunity

  • Scalable business models
  • Special situations
  • Sustainable competitive advantages
  • Recurring revenue streams
PILLAR 2

Distinguished Management Team

  • Aligned with shareholders
  • Communicates with candor
  • History of prudent capital allocation
  • Favors truly diversified and independent boards
PILLAR 3

Attractive Valuation

  • Robust free cash flow yield
  • Strong balance sheet
  • Quality of earnings
  • Earns its cost of capital
OUR PROCESS

From 750+ names to high-conviction positions.

01

Initial Screening

From a universe of 750+ small-cap companies, we apply exclusionary criteria and analyze key financial metrics—growth, ROE and free cash flow yield—to identify companies that consistently earn their cost of capital.

02

Watchlist Development

We identify companies aligned with top-down themes, conduct qualitative valuations, engage in management dialogue, and assess sustainability factors to build a focused watchlist of approximately 50 names.

03

Three Pillar Approach™ Evaluation

Each candidate is evaluated using our proprietary Three Pillar Approach™. Companies at inflection points with identifiable value drivers within a 3–5 year horizon are prioritized.

04

Portfolio Additions

Bull and bear cases are debated and full team consensus is required. Once added, the team actively engages with management and monitors the company against our Three Pillar criteria.

05

Risk Management & Sell Discipline

Positions are continuously monitored against essential risk factors and actively managed. We sell when the investment premise changes, fundamentals break down, or a more attractive opportunity emerges.

Questions about our investment process?

Contact our Institutional Specialist

Please remember that different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk, and there can be no assurance that the future performance of any specific investment or investment strategy (including those undertaken or recommended by Advisor), will be profitable or equal any historical performance level(s). These views reflect our judgment and may not be realized. Applying responsible-investing criteria may lead us to forgo some opportunities, and all investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.