Burford Capital
About: Burford Capital Ltd is a finance firm providing litigation finance, insurance, and risk transfer, law firm lending, corporate intelligence and judgment enforcement, and a wide range of investment activities. It operates in two segments: Principal Finance, which allocates capital to legal finance assets from its balance sheet, primarily as capital provision assets and in limited scope through interests in private funds managed by the company; Asset management and other services, which includes the provision of services to the legal industry, including litigation insurance; and other corporate. The geographical segments include the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and, Australia.
Employees: 160
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
57% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 33 | Existing positions closed: 21
27% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q3] → 14 (+3) [Q4]
15% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.72M | Put options by funds: $4.98M
15% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 63 | Existing positions reduced: 55
7% more funds holding
Funds holding: 166 [Q3] → 178 (+12) [Q4]
0.68% less ownership
Funds ownership: 52.63% [Q3] → 51.94% (-0.68%) [Q4]
30% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $5.63B [Q3] → $3.93B (-$1.7B) [Q4]
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