Investment Processes
We believe that long-term value creation is based on industry and operational knowledge, rather than financial engineering. Each year, our investment team reviews a large number of potential investment opportunities; only a small number ultimately become Shipston portfolio companies. Shipston conducts extensive due diligence to assess a company’s management team, market position, and growth prospects. Our investment professionals spend significant time with a company’s senior managers to understand both the opportunities and risks of the business.
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Management Insights
With the large number of international private equity funds and capital liquidity, management teams increasing seek value-added investors, with assets and resources beyond investment capital. Shipston derives a competitive advantage through its deep industry knowledge and management expertise, which create value through operational improvements. Supported by a network of industry experts, Shipston’s investment professionals have an in-depth understanding of an industry’s economic drivers, inherent risks, and opportunities for value creation.
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Long Term Perspective
Shipston encourages its investment portfolio companies to focus on building long-term businesses, rather than achieving short-term financial performance. Working with management, Shipston will determine the optimum timing and structure for exiting an investment, based on the company’s strengths and the management team’s effectiveness.
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Shipston Group and its founders began investing in Eastern Europe and Russia in 1996 as the nation was privatizing industry, including OAO Sidanco, one of Russia’s largest oil companies, Renaissance Capital, Russia’s leading investment bank, OAO Svyazinvest, Segezha Pulp and paper Mill, and Saint Springs Limited. Shipston currently has offices in Nanjing and Beijing. Shipston Group started investing in China in 2005, in education, healthcare, and clean technology companies.