Michael Smeets

Fir Tree uses a value approach to investing, generally with a focus on long-term capital appreciation. The firm invests worldwide in public and private companies, real estate across a wide variety of sectors and securities, and sovereign debt. They focus on investments in mispriced publicly traded securities and employ a number of investment approaches including a long-term orientation, opportunistic capital funding and portfolio concentration. Fir Tree follows a Positive Activism® approach in creating, not just identifying, value.

Royal Capital Management is a multi-cap manager that hedges with a value bias. They focus on US equities in the commercial services, technology services and finance sectors. Royal Capital maintains a medium turnover rate

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Bain Capital Credit generally uses fundamental credit analysis to identify attractive investment opportunities and seeks strong risk adjusted returns, primarily in credit products and fixed-income investments. The firm seeks to maximize expected, not potential, return through fundamentally driven, bottom-up security selection that leverages the depth and experience of their investment team.