Investment Solution

Private Credit

Investment Philosophy

Fixed income remains an integral component of a client’s portfolio. However, at Cypress, we firmly believe that the traditional bond market is no longer the optimal choice. Investors are not adequately compensated for the risks they undertake.

Departing from the conventional perspective, our objective is to provide investors with a global secured fixed income portfolio that embodies the core principles of fixed income. To achieve this, we adopt a “main street thinking” mindset and actively seek high-quality companies within the ecosystem of large investment institutions. Additionally, we adhere to the principles of over-collateralization, full-guarantee, and short-term investments to ensure the security of our portfolio.

Investment Approach

We invest by providing capital to businesses through loans or debt-like structures. These transactions typically occur on a one-on-one basis, allowing us to directly negotiate with the counterparty. This approach enables us to ensure that the structure, credit protection, and yield align with the requirements of our portfolio.

Our private credit team utilizes their vast marketplace knowledge and a strong global network of partners to source deals. We follow a thorough process when assessing new counterparty companies. While we consider factors such as management team expertise, operational excellence, and growth prospects, our team places significant emphasis on risk management and security assessment. These aspects play a vital role throughout the investment monitoring process.

Through careful transaction structuring and diligent evaluation of the creditworthiness of projects and counterparties, our team aims to ensure that each investment is appropriately rewarded for the risks involved.

Product

We build up the Cypress Global Secured Lending Fund, which is primarily dedicated to global private fixed income opportunities. The objective of our fund is to generate stable returns that surpass those of cash in any rolling year, while adhering to the fundamental principles of fixed income. Our ultimate goal is to offer investors an investment opportunity that combines downside protection with return generation.

Private Equity

Investment Philosophy

Creates Consistent Value: At Cypress, we aim to create long-term value resilient to market volatilities, through a distinctive framework that integrates unique global insights, deep industry expertise and established partnership with world-class Corporate Venture Capitalists.

Builds shared value: Besides generating attractive risk adjusted returns, we seek to develop proprietary perspectives that bring positive impact and synergy not only for our portfolio companies but for our investors’ core business.

Investment Approach

Our team leverages extensive sector knowledge and the dense network with strategic partners to gain superior access to deal sources, enabling us to construct an investment strategy that captures the underexploited growth opportunities. Our investment scope focuses on niche semiconductor players in the supply chain commanding technology edges or novel business models, as well as new tech-empowered sectors in emerging markets that capitalize on industry upgrades.

Product

We bring up a highly differentiated private equity investment vehicle by investing in venture capital and private equity investments. We invest directly, or indirectly through investment funds, complemented by co-investment strategies that enhance flexibility and returns for investors.

Public Equity

Investment Philosophy

High-quality and sustainable earnings growth drive outperformance in stock prices over the long term. We strongly believe that investing in high-quality, growing businesses leads to superior risk-adjusted returns.

Investment Approach

Through in-depth fundamental research and continuous monitoring of execution records over quarters, we are confident in our ability to construct the best investment portfolio that is poised to achieve durable growth.

Product

We have established a high-quality global portfolio with a focus on investing in global prestige brands and innovative technology leaders. Our approach utilizes a bottom-up approach, where we aim to identify investment targets with exceptional growth potential and sustainable profitability. Our primary investment criterion is companies with market capitalizations exceeding US$100 billion. Typically, we hold approximately 20-30 positions in our portfolio.