PILLAR III · THE EXECUTION LOOP

Valuation Realisation

The third of ABCD Fund's three investment pillars: where a confirmed thesis is priced, sized, monitored, and — as the evidence changes — re-underwritten, scaled, reduced, or exited.

Valuation Realisation does not assume a position moves toward market recognition on schedule. It tests that assumption continuously, and lets the evidence redirect the position at any point — back to research, onto pause, into a smaller size, or out of the portfolio.

Third of Three Pillars
A Loop, Not a Straight Line
Hold · Scale · Reduce · Exit

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The Complete Cycle

One Continuous Loop, Not a One-Way Path to Market Recognition

Opportunity Screening and Deep Discovery Research produce a thesis. Valuation Realisation is where that thesis is priced, sized, and held — and where new evidence is tested against it for as long as the position exists. Progress through the stages below is not assumed to run in one direction.

Evidence produced at Value, Monitor, or Re-Underwrite can send a candidate back to Deep Discovery Research, hold it on pause, reduce its size, or end the thesis outright — at any point in the cycle, not only at the end of it.

Stage 1Screen. Opportunity Screening qualifies a candidate before Valuation Realisation has any role to play.
Stage 2Research. Deep Discovery Research builds the thesis and documents the catalyst, the downside, and the evidence hierarchy behind it.
Stage 3Value. Entry valuation and the scenario and probability framework set the price paid and the size of the position against a quantified downside.
Stage 4Monitor. Catalyst progress, earnings normalisation, potential re-rating, and risk/reward compression are tracked against the entry case.
Stage 5Re-Underwrite. The thesis is re-tested against current evidence on a schedule and whenever a material assumption is challenged — not simply reconfirmed by the passage of time.
Stage 6Hold, Scale, Reduce, or Exit. Re-underwriting resolves to one of four outcomes, not a default continuation.
- Hold
- Scale
- Reduce
- Exit
Stage 7Recycle Capital. Capital released by a reduction or an exit returns to the pipeline, available for redeployment once a qualifying candidate exists.

The loop closes rather than ends. Recycled capital is not automatically redeployed into a new position — it returns to Opportunity Screening, where the next candidate must clear the same gate as the last.

Setting the Terms of Entry

Entry Valuation: Price Against a Quantified Downside

Deep Discovery Research establishes what a candidate is worth and what could go wrong. Entry valuation is where that research becomes a price and a size. A position is not entered because a discount looks attractive on its own; it is entered because the price paid leaves room between what is paid and a downside scenario that has already been quantified and tested independently of the upside case.

The margin between price and that downside is not a fixed formula applied uniformly across every position. It reflects the strength of the evidence behind the specific thesis: a well-evidenced catalyst with a tightly bounded downside supports a different entry discipline than a thesis where the evidence is thinner, even where both candidates cleared Deep Discovery Research.

Entry Price vs. Estimated Value
The measurable gap Deep Discovery Research quantified, re-checked against the price actually available at entry.
Downside Scenario
The bounded loss case built independently of the upside case, used to size the position rather than the base case alone.
Catalyst Timeline
The documented path back to fair value, and the horizon over which it is expected to unfold.
Position Size
Set by conviction and by the quantified downside together — not by the size of the apparent discount alone.

Weighing the Range of Outcomes

Scenario and Probability Framework

A single point estimate does not size a position. Deep Discovery Research already builds bull, base, and bear scenarios from the same evidence base; Valuation Realisation carries that range forward and weights it by probability, so conviction reflects the distribution of outcomes rather than the most convenient one.

Bull Case

The catalyst is confirmed on or ahead of schedule, earnings normalise faster than the base case, and the valuation gap to peers closes materially before the position is reduced.

Base Case

The catalyst plays out broadly as documented, earnings recover toward through-cycle levels on the expected timeline, and the discount narrows gradually as evidence accumulates.

Bear Case

The catalyst stalls, is delayed, or a material assumption weakens; earnings do not normalise on schedule and the discount persists, widens, or the position is re-underwritten out of the portfolio.

Each case is weighted by probability, not treated as equally likely. No single minimum margin of safety is applied across every position — the required cushion between price and the bear case is set thesis by thesis, calibrated to how well the catalyst and downside are evidenced, and re-weighted as new evidence arrives at each re-underwriting.

Watching the Thesis, Not Just the Price

Monitoring Value Creation and Thesis Progress

A position is monitored against the case that was made for it, not against price movement in isolation. The inputs below are tracked for as long as the position is held.

Catalyst Progress

Whether the milestone identified in Deep Discovery Research is actually occurring, on the documented timeline or a credibly revised one.

Earnings Normalisation

Whether earnings power is moving toward the through-cycle level assumed in the thesis — tracked, not assumed to arrive on schedule.

Potential Re-Rating

Whether the valuation gap to peers is narrowing as the catalyst plays out. Re-rating is a possible outcome of thesis progress, not a guaranteed one.

Thesis Progress

Whether the original investment case still holds as new evidence arrives — distinguished from the price having simply moved.

Changing Downside

Whether the bounded loss case set at entry has widened or narrowed as facts change. The position is re-sized around the current downside, not the entry-day downside.

Risk/Reward Compression

Whether the remaining distance between price and estimated value has narrowed enough that continuing to hold requires a fresh comparison against other opportunities.

Sizing the Position as Evidence Changes

Position Scaling and Holding Discipline

A position's size is not fixed at entry. As monitoring produces new evidence, the position is sized up, held, sized down, or closed — the same discipline applied at entry, applied again.

Position Scaling
Increased when the catalyst is progressing and thesis evidence has strengthened — not when price alone has moved in the position's favour.
Holding Discipline
Patience is active, not passive: a held position is one whose thesis has been re-verified, not one left untouched by default.
Better Opportunities
Capital may be redirected toward a more attractive risk-adjusted opportunity elsewhere in the pipeline, even before the original thesis has fully played out.
Thesis Failure
A position is not held on the basis of an unrealised loss alone. When evidence contradicts a qualifying factor of the original thesis, it is reduced or exited under the discipline used to size it at entry.

Testing the Thesis Again

Re-Underwriting: Confirmed by New Evidence, Not by Time

Re-underwriting asks whether the position would still be entered today, at the current price, given everything now known — not whether the original decision is still technically in force.

It is triggered on a defined review schedule and whenever a specific event calls for it: a missed catalyst milestone, evidence that contradicts a material assumption, or a valuation that has moved materially against or in favour of the thesis.

Re-underwriting draws on the same evidence hierarchy used in Deep Discovery Research →

Where the Cycle Turns Over

Exit Discipline and Capital Recycling

Exit is not the failure mode of Valuation Realisation — it is one of four intended outcomes, and it is what allows capital to move to the next qualified candidate rather than sitting in a thesis that has already played out or already failed.

Fair Value Reached

Upside No Longer Compensates

The gap between price and estimated value that justified entry has closed. Remaining upside no longer compensates for holding the position.

Thesis Fails

A Qualifying Factor Breaks

Evidence contradicts a qualifying factor from the original thesis — the catalyst does not materialise, or the downside case built at entry no longer holds.

Quality Deteriorates

The Business or Strategy Weakens

The underlying business or strategy weakens independent of price — a change in fundamentals, not a change in market sentiment.

Better Opportunity Exists

Capital Has a Stronger Use

A candidate elsewhere in the pipeline offers a materially better risk-adjusted case for the same capital.

Capital released by a reduction or an exit is not automatically redeployed. It returns to the pipeline as available capital, held until a candidate has cleared Opportunity Screening and Deep Discovery Research on its own terms. Recycling capital disciplines the next entry as much as the last exit disciplined this one.

Applied to Eclipse

Valuation Realisation in Eclipse Fund

Eclipse positions are entered against a crisis-driven dislocation, so Valuation Realisation here centres on distinguishing a genuine recovery from a re-rating that has already run its course.

Recovery Scenarios
Bull, base, and bear cases are built around how, and how quickly, the business recovers from the dislocation identified in Opportunity Screening — not around a general market rebound.
Normalised Earnings and Asset Value
Where relevant, earnings or asset value are tracked back toward through-cycle or fundamental levels, distinguishing a genuine recovery from a temporary bounce.
Catalysts and Stabilisation Evidence
Progress is measured against the specific catalyst named in Deep Discovery Research, alongside independent evidence that the underlying stress has actually stabilised.
Margin of Safety
Widens or narrows as the thesis is re-underwritten; no fixed minimum is applied uniformly across positions.
Averaging Down
Considered only when the thesis remains valid on re-underwriting — a lower price on its own is never sufficient justification.
Holding Period
Can extend well beyond a typical cycle where business quality and value continue to compound; Eclipse does not fix a holding period in advance.
Exit
A position is exited when fair value is reached, the thesis fails, business quality deteriorates, or a better risk-adjusted opportunity exists elsewhere.

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Applied to Nova

Valuation Realisation Across Nova's Strategies

Nova positions originate across four coordinated strategy sleeves — a long-term growth core plus options event trading, gold trading, and multi-asset trading — so Valuation Realisation applies the same discipline through a strategy-specific lens rather than a single template.

Payoff and Scenario Analysis
Each sleeve's positions are assessed against a strategy-specific range of outcomes: a directional equity thesis, an event-driven payoff structure, and a macro or relative-value setup each call for a different scenario build.
Changing Market Regimes
A position sized for one macro or volatility regime is re-underwritten when the regime shifts, since the case for holding it can change even without new company- or event-specific evidence.
Event Completion
For event-driven and options positions, resolution of the underlying event is itself a trigger for review, whether or not the outcome matched the original scenario.
Signal or Model Deterioration
Where a position is supported by a quantitative, technical, or momentum signal, weakening or reversal of that signal is tracked as directly as fundamental evidence.
Volatility and Risk/Reward
Changes in volatility affect the risk/reward of options and hedged positions independent of the underlying thesis, and are monitored on their own terms.
Hedge Effectiveness
Where a position is hedged, the hedge itself is monitored for whether it still offsets the risk it was put on to manage.
Margin and Liquidity
Portfolio margin and liquidity needs are weighed alongside thesis strength when sizing, reducing, or closing a position.
Reduction or Exit
A position is reduced or closed when its original purpose is complete or invalidated — the catalyst has resolved, the signal has deteriorated, the regime has shifted, or a better opportunity exists.

Defensive Fund is a future strategy under development and is not part of the October 2026 launch. How Valuation Realisation applies to a capital-preservation mandate will be defined through ABCD Fund's investment governance process ahead of any launch.

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The Cycle Continues

From Exit to the Next Entry

Each completed cycle — screen, research, value, monitor, re-underwrite, and exit or scale — leaves a record behind. What worked, what didn't, and why feed back into how the next candidate is screened and researched, not only into the position that just closed.

Valuation Realisation does not stand apart from Opportunity Screening and Deep Discovery Research as a final stage. It is the pillar that returns capital, and what was learned, to the two pillars that come before it.

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