Atalaya Risk Management Overview
Atalaya Investment Process
Our systematic, bottom-up investment process is critical to identifying and substantiating key aspects of
each opportunity in the pipeline and making sound investment decisions.
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Identify sectors with
potentially mispriced
assets:
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Market
Analysis
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Analyze:
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Suffer from dislocation
or lack of capital
Possess structural
inefficiencies
Below radar of
mainstream investors
Economic trends
Underwriting stringency
Economic proposition
Quantifiable historical
performance
Liquidity of
underlying asset
Establish meaningful
process or industry/asset
class knowledge
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Sourcing &
Origination
Develop strategies
to generate deal flow in
less competitive situations
Channels include:
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Industry networking
Broker/dealer
relationships
Conferences
Proprietary Database
Brokers, bankers,
other intermediaries
Targeted cold calling
Explore potential
transactions and
structures to identify
attractive fit and risk/return
dynamic
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Underwriting &
Due Diligence
Valuation
Analytics/static
pool analysis
Management calls
and meetings
Engage third party experts
for valuation/ due
diligence/other advisory
services
Background checks
and reference calls
Identify realistic base
case, and range of
potential positive and
negative outcomes
Quantify, price risk
and return
Negotiate, issue and
execute Term Sheet
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Investment
Committee
Draft and circulate Initial
Assessment Memo
■ Draft and circulate
Investment Memo
Investment
Committee review
Assess portfolio
composition, fit and sizing
consideration:
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Concentration by
servicer/partner,
obligor, asset class
Asset liquidity
and duration
Other asset/
liability issues
Investment Committee,
Legal, Finance, and
Compliance Approval
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Structuring
& Execution
Transaction-
Appropriate Legal
Documentation
Finance/Operations
Perfect security of
collateral interest
Meaningful
financial covenants
■ Terms consistent with
business expectations
Identify
backup servicer
and custodian
There can be no guarantee or assurance that Atalaya's underwriting and asset management process will be uniform for each investment or will correspond to the description set forth above, or that it will result in investments that are
profitable or will avoid losses (which may be substantial).
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