Pinned straw:
I was there @Jarrahman with Bailador a bit over 6 months ago when I finally gave up on them and sold after holding for 3 years, small capital loss but around break even with dividends.
They seem like good operators, have done well, but it hasn’t done any good for shareholders. The drag of the cost to run it comparative to the size is an issue, but also having a third at one stage of the net assets in one listed company (Siteminder) meant that much of the performance was tied to that company.
I was not to exited about the idea of investing in Siteminder directly due to valuation (looks like a great business, but a lot of upside is priced in) and the fees were crushing the unlisted returns which were high risk. So why the hell was I there… hope they would hit a massive home run was the only reason I came up with and that wasn’t good enough, so I put the money to work elsewhere.
Surprisingly it hasn’t rallied hard since I sold, still below my original buy price but above my sell.