About Us
Century Capitol UK was founded in London in 2019. Since the beginning, we have focused on a relationship-based institutional business that has stressed the importance of seeking to produce consistently attractive risk-adjusted returns.
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TrustTrust is the foundation on which the firm is built. We take our fiduciary responsibility very seriously. |
IndependenceOur independence encourages integrity in thought and action, allowing for unbiased, longer-term thinking. |
TeamworkOur flat organizational structure and collaborative approach fosters individual responsibility within a team-orientated culture. |
TransparencyOur emphasis on transparency provides clarity for our clients. |
PartnershipWe work in partnership with our clients, developing a relationship built on trust. Our commitment is to become valued partners and to be considered as an extension of their business |
Investment Values |
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Credit AnalysisWe believe that robust fundamental research is the long-term driver of attractive, risk-adjusted returns. |
In-house ResearchWe conduct our own in-depth, bottom-up research. While we may consider, we do not depend on rating agencies or the views of external providers. |
Risk ControlWe have a profound awareness of asymmetric risk and understand the importance of stress testing and diversification. |
Our investment process includes looking at the strength of a company’s business plan, its management, its history and its viability in different economic environments. We employ quantitative and/or qualitative analysis where helpful to build a deep understanding of the dynamics and drivers of a company’s business model |
ResultsWe believe that our process is focused, time-tested and repeatable |
How it Works
Perhaps the most common misconception regarding trade platforms is that they are the exclusive domain of the ultra rich through secretive, invitation-only investments. Often, clients are told that they must pay large, upfront fees to gain access to these exclusive instruments, which is not true.
Private Placement Platform programs were created over sixty years ago to rebuild Europe the third world nations after WW II, thus the reason for such a high rate of return being allowed. Today, much of the profits realized by the Private Placement Programs benefit good-will projects. The investor however, is free to use the profits as they desire.
Private Placement simply involves buying and selling prime bank notes in Europe and Asia. At any given time some European and Asian banks must liquidate bank notes and will sell their notes at a discount. Other banks are cash rich and wish to add to their note portfolio and will pay a premium for these bank notes. Private Placement is the instrument by which these trades take place. Private Placement Platforms only trade prime bank notes by arbitrage. What arbitrage means is that the buy and sell contracts have to be “in hand” before the trade of the discounted bank notes take place.
This is the safest way to trade the bank notes. This is all done by the trader for the Private Placement Platform. Since in the Private Placement Program traders only buy notes when they have a buyer at a higher price every trade has a net positive gain due to the “controlled trading” practices. There is zero risk to the Private Placement Platform traders, zero risk to the bank, and zero risk to the investor.
During the Private Placement activity the investor’s capital stays in their own bank account at all times. The investor’s funds are never traded, never accessed, never touched in any way. It is not used as a guarantee or reserve. Thus there is zero risk to the investor’s bank account capital. The only purpose for the investor’s bank deposit is to satisfy bank regulations and permit the “controlled trades” to take place.
THERE IS NO RISK TO THE INVESTOR!!!
Trade platforms are legitimate investment vehicles that are accessible to a wide variety of investors. Part of the confusion regarding trade programs programs in particular is the term, “private placement”. Private placements are used by companies to raise capital from private investors often via a set of investment documents known as a Private Placement Memorandum (PPM).
More often than not, when people refer to PPPs they are referring to what are more properly known as Prime Bank Programs. Prime Bank Programs, are also known as Prime Bank Investments, High Yield Investment Programs (HYIPs), Managed Buy-Sell Programs or Bullet Programs.
The transactions executed in these trade platforms are the buying and selling of fully negotiable bank instruments, medium-term notes (MTNs), Standby Letters of Credit (SBLCs) and Bank Guarantees (BGs). These instruments are delivered unencumbered, free and clear of all liens, claims or restrictions. Before the instruments are purchased, a contract is already in place for the resale of the bank instrument, consequently, the program’s funds are never put at risk.
The trade platforms use a deposit from a new client to create the line of credit that will be used for the purchase of the bank instruments. This deposit will be “blocked” and held untouched by the trader until the end of the trade program when the block is released.
1. a) There are basically two types of programs:
– The traditional investment programs, which have a duration of one year banking or ten months or 40 weeks continuing. – The so-called SPOT or BULLET that last for days or weeks and hardly exceed the period of one month.
1. b) Income from programs
– Yields of these trade programs are confidential and only the Trader corresponds to communicate directly to the Investor at the time of signing the contract trading.
– Our Trader seek at all times to get to the investor, the maximum profit.
– Yields of these programs vary according to the time of year, according to the amount of collateral and according to the type of collateral used by the investor.
– By way of example, we indicate that small investments from a million USD or EUR, the investor can obtain monthly returns over 50% of the collateral provided. In medium investments from one hundred million USD or EUR, the monthly returns can exceed 100% of the collateral provided and in large investments from five hundred million the monthly returns can exceed 400%.
Managed Buy/Sell Program
The Managed Buy/Sell Programs that we use trades 1-6 times per day, 4 days per week with a total spread of 10-30% per trade. The platform split with the client is 50/50. Returns are best efforts based on the number of trades being generated per week. Investors also have the option to completely compound profits, add funds to the trade or both. This is a 40 week program that pays out weekly or monthly depending on the level of entry. The advantages of this program are that the investor gets paid on every tranche, low entry requirements with the ability to maximize profits by compounding returns.
Allowing for an average of 3 trades a day, 4 days a week at 15% the total return would be 180% per week which would be divided between the trader and the client. Taking this into account it is easy to see why the yields are so high.
The trader can use the following types of assets in which to draw his credit line from:
· Cash
· CD
· BG
· SBLC
· MTN
· Bank Draft
· Gold Backed Certificate
· Gold SKR
· Heritage Funds
· Leased Instrument (with owner’s permission)
· Certain Bonds
It is very important to understand for the trader to be able to draw his credit line against the funds or instrument it must be blocked in favor of the trader for the term of the trade. At the end of the trade term the block is removed and the asset is released back to the client unencumbered and without liens.
Most programs operate with $100 million or more and are meant for large investors. Relatively, few programs have been structured to accept small investments of $1 million or less. The banks bind Program Managers and Investors to very strict confidentiality agreements and it is very difficult to find the Program Managers or Investors willing to disclose their activities. Most programs are operated in the top European banks or domestic branches of top European banks and are therefore harder for U.S. citizens to access, research and invest in with confidence. Investor behavior depends on “perceived” risk rather than actual risk. While the actual risk may be very low, the “perceived” risk of a little known and somewhat obscure sounding business does dissuade many investors from getting involved. This is especially true because only specialized back room departments of the bank are involved with these transactions. Most bank officials have no knowledge of them, particularly in the United States. Knowledgeable banking officials are sworn to secrecy and would never divulge the existence of this market for fear of disturbing large depositors who would clamor for higher deposit yields.
In conclusion, when it comes to Private Placement Programs, with the smaller minimum investment amounts now available and the guaranteed returns the rewards can be great with the added advantage of no risk to the client as the trader only draws his credit line against the blocked assets.
Due to the regulations governing trade platforms the guaranteed returns quoted in a trade contract must be well below the actual returns