Insights

Notes from the desk.

Short pieces written for owners of capital rather than for other analysts.

Allocation

Why mandate size changes the opportunity set

Position sizing, not conviction, is what separates a small book from a large one. Larger mandates can carry illiquidity and hold through a drawdown, which is precisely why their target bands sit higher.

Digital assets

Stablecoin funding without the sloppiness

Settlement in USDT is fast, but it deserves the same controls as a wire: a named destination, a reviewed request and a ledger entry that ties back to a client instruction.

Behaviour

The drawdown you can actually sit through

The best allocation is rarely the most efficient one on paper — it is the one you will not abandon in the third bad month. We size to temperament as much as to arithmetic.

Planning

Retirement is a sequencing problem

Two portfolios with identical returns can end very differently depending on the order of withdrawals. Sequencing is a design decision, not an afterthought.

Governance

What belongs in a written mandate

Objectives, horizon, permitted instruments, concentration limits and the conditions under which we must consult you. If it is not written, it is not a mandate.

Reporting

One ledger, seen by both sides

Clients and the desk read the same record: balance, plan band, deposits, withdrawals and every weekly posting with the reason attached.