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🌍 Portfolio Construction Philosophy: Risk, Geography, and Yield Diversification in Hospitality

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May 9, 2025

Risk Management Philosophy

Capital preservation is prioritized over yield maximization. Risk is not just volatility—it’s capital impairment and underperformance versus risk-adjusted benchmarks.

• Liquidity Risk: Modeled using Liquidity Stress Delta (LSD).

• Exit Risk: Stress-tested using scenario-based exit timelines.

• Volatility Risk: Adjusted through synthetic volatility estimates using REIT analogs.

• Macroeconomic Risk: Quantified through the Bay Macro Risk Index (BMRI).

• Operational Risk: Scored through Bay Score inputs (e.g., sponsor, brand, contract quality).

Geographic Diversification Framework

Objective: Balance return asymmetry and macro resilience through thoughtful regional weightings.

• Historical return dispersion

• 5-year tourism CAGR

• FX volatility bands

• Regulatory predictability

• Capital repatriation ease

No country exceeds 30% allocation without scoring justification.

Americas: Cash-flowing stability, mature capital markets.

Europe: Value-add conversions, planning flexibility.

APAC ex-ASEAN: Growth zones (India, Korea), favorable demographics.

ASEAN: Long-term opportunistic exposure via growth, urbanization.

Middle East: Luxury scale and mega-event cycles (e.g., Dubai, Riyadh).

Yield Diversification Strategy

Bay Street portfolios are built with a blend of:

• 50–70% stable cash-yielding assets (e.g., operating branded hotels).

• 20–40% long-term growth/value-add assets (e.g., developments, repositionings).

• 0–10% tactical or opportunistic positions (e.g., bridge loans, distressed debt).

This yield mix is adjusted dynamically using BSHI yield spreads, yield curve shifts, and macro-tourism forecasts.

Quantamental Optimizer Implementation

Bay Street’s optimizer runs quarterly using updated AHA, BAS, and BMRI inputs. Risk-adjusted return, liquidity drag, and score drift inform real-time rebalancing.

• Max asset allocation: 10%

• Max country allocation: 30%

• Max operator exposure: 20%

• Minimum Bay Score (weighted): 70

Integrated Public-Private Blending

The firm blends public and private exposures to maintain tactical liquidity and real-time price discovery while retaining control and upside via private market structures.

Public assets (e.g., REITs, operators) are used to:

• Mirror benchmark volatility across cycles.

• Provide short-duration liquidity for portfolio overlays.

• Enable yield cushioning and downside hedging.

All public allocations are re-optimized quarterly against BSHI and exposure guidelines.

Conclusion

Bay Street Hospitality’s portfolio construction system is adaptive, dynamic, and rooted in real risk and return data. Each input—whether operator score or regional volatility—is translated into a live allocation signal. The outcome is a risk-aware, alpha-driven portfolio structure that provides LPs with confidence, clarity, and competitive positioning in global hospitality.

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