Litigation Capital management (LIT: 120p), a litigation finance provider that allows third parties to sue and recover funds from legal claims, has announced the first close of its second third party fund, LCM Global Alternative Returns Fund II.

The fund raised $ 200 million at the first close and an additional $ 100 million is expected to be raised in the coming months to bring the group’s assets under management (AUM) to $ 450 million. The new fund has a term of six years and will target global investments in litigation finance, including corporate portfolio transactions.

LCM will co-invest with investments from its own balance sheet, advancing a 25 percent contribution (on a monthly basis) over the life of each investment. This means that no initial contribution is required. Performance fees will be payable to LCM as fund manager as follows: 25% of the profits made on each investment as it matures on a moderate return threshold of 8%; and a 35 percent return on performance for investments that produce an internal rate of return greater than 20 percent. LCM will also receive its 25 percent share of any profit from each direct investment from its co-investment.

Investors responded positively, adding energy to the rise in stock prices that started after I rated the stocks as a solid buy, at 94p, and increased my target price from 140p to 150p (‘Good actions: price for a profitable result “, September 21, 2021). The operation also shows a total return of 55 percent on the point of entry into my Equity portfolio at a good price 2019. On a modest 10 times the earnings forecast for Investec Securities for the current year, and with 40 percent of the portfolio held directly by LCM lasting 25 months or more – the 10-year average project duration is 27 months – the potential for a drastic shift in profits continues to be underestimated. To buy.

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