Earlier this year, Caliber completed its initial public offering (IPO) and is now listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange with the ticker CWD.
For advisors and investors who are focused on our private fund offerings, does the public listing matter? Yes—we believe it grants significant benefits to our private fund investors and sets us apart from other sponsors. Let’s look at five of the most important advantages.
1. Transparency for our fund investors
For advisors completing due diligence on Caliber funds, our status as a public company provides the ultimate level of transparency into how we are performing as a sponsor. Quarterly and annual reports as well as other filings offer advisors and due diligence officers regular access to standardized, detailed information. The institutional infrastructure we have built to support our status as a public company also grants private fund investors an extra degree of confidence in our firm.
Our commitment to transparency and corporate governance is long-standing: Caliber has reported according to public company standards for more than five years and is audited by a “Big Four” firm.
2. Increased agility
Our well-capitalized operating company structure allows Caliber to quickly take down an asset, hold the asset on its balance sheet, then transfer it to a fund at the same cost once the fund has raised enough capital to buy the asset.
3. Greater access to capital to fund strategic growth initiatives
The principal purposes of the public offering were to increase our capitalization and financial flexibility and facilitate our future access to the capital markets. We intend to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital, operating expenses, and capital expenditures.
The capital also supports key growth initiatives, which include our intention to expand distribution capabilities, product offerings, and geographic reach, potentially through accretive acquisitions.
4. Potential reduction in portfolio debt costs and resulting increases in customer return on investment
Our public listing bolsters our strength as a sponsor, which helps us obtain cheaper debt for underlying assets—and this makes the assets more profitable for our investors.
5. Increased ability to attract talent and reward results with tangible ownership
Caliber’s core principles of accountability, respect, and transparency are at the heart of who we are and how we operate. Our employees are integral to Caliber’s culture of transparency, integrity, professionalism, and excellence. We believe the talent of our employees, in association with our rigorous investment process, has supported our growth and investment performance over the past decade.
We carefully design our compensation strategy to attract qualified talent, retain team members, and stay competitive within the talent market. We believe the ability to incorporate publicly traded shares into this compensation strategy is a noteworthy advantage.
About Caliber (CaliberCos Inc.) (NASDAQ: CWD)
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