@IceburghCapital@DeadLiftCapital Sweet. I don’t know DAK, will check it out! @Outlandscoffee has been doing a ton from El Vergel Estate and I don’t know what is in the water there but they consistently work magic.
@CDisinterest@CorneliaLake Agree. I speculate that the UK acq happened bc of finally seeing horizon on US growth, so willingness to pay went up (as this was on the table for years). That said, think I may be underestimating capacity of 3rd party to take IG assets vs needing ins liabilities to do so.
@CDisinterest@CorneliaLake Don't think any. Geo exp, DC prob the other big pools. Those three names are playing v diff LT games despite how they get grouped together imo.
The minute life insurers have a moment where they trade up to premium multiples for whatever reason, if ever, is the minute Black Rock/Stone will ape into the last ones unaffiliated in a major way
"The alts portfolio, low for the quarter, but doing exactly what it is supposed to do. S&P was off 17%. Russell was off 16%. Levered equity, which is the strategy that most of our industry uses in their alts portfolio would have been worse down north of 20%. We were up 6%."