Our Approach

Differentiated Network. Desirable Niche.

We believe our diverse network of global relationships creates a scalable growth model with increasing percentages of deal flow from “reverse inquiry”.

    • Under the radar of bulge bracket investment banks

    • Inaccessible for the vast majority of PE and VC firms

    • Not in scope for typical hedge funds

  • Our advisors, and partners are motivated to bring opportunistic investment ideas to ACI and use the intelligence of the team as a sounding board for other investment ideas. This creates true reciprocal “win-win” situations for all parties involved.

    • Our network generates a funnel of over 200 potential deals each month

    • Our investors and advisors are eclectic, with diverse backgrounds across business, culture, and entertainment

    • Over 30% of historical deal flow has been originated by our investor network

ACI DIFFERENCE

Our Investment Thesis

We seek to actively and substantially control unwanted risk while unlocking attractive returns fueled by equity-related incentives for ACI.

Target Scalable Niches

We negotiate hard-to-structure transactions that require a high degree of capital protection and risk mitigation, increasing capital protection across our portfolio in any given quarter or year.

Dealmaking Expertise

We study the markets daily, looking to identify shifts in sentiment that might signal a cycle inflection point, and dynamically optimize our mix across business lines.

Navigate Volatile Markets

Our team combines an entrenched trading mentality with in-depth market experience gathered over multiple economic cycles. We find and capture opportunities in all market conditions, regardless of market tone or volatility.

Risk MITIGATION

We seek to minimize risk and lock in a defined revenue stream with upside potential. As a result, we do not necessarily chase the last basis point.

Uncorrelated Investments

We seek to differentiate between pure market beta and high R2 risk and source investments that are uncorrelated to the markets across all four business lines.

our values

ACI’s performance to date speaks to our ability to generate consistent returns.

We have ethical considerations that factor into the long-term vision of our business and its stakeholders.


INTEGRITY

We believe in delivering on our word, in both terms of substance and timing. We negotiate deals that are designed to be profitable, honest and transparent.





FAIRNESS

We extend critical financing lifelines to many businesses and executives. We believe good business works for both sides. As a result, we have many counterparties that have expressed a desire to build longer-term relationships with ACI.





COMPATIBILITY

We seek to work with people that share our values; this outlook has allowed us to continue to grow our deal generation organically.

This is a simplified representation of a complex approach. The description of ACI's approach is intended to be representative, but the approach may be changed from time to time. There can be no guarantee that this approach will be successful.