SCS Financial

7 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 26, 2026 by Lane MacDonald · said 17 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →

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Jan 26, 2026 negative
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MacDonald: SCS refuses co-investments if the GP writes a smaller check
“If a co-invest comes to us, and the GP's putting in a small check and looking for us to put in a bigger check than them, that's not happening.”
Lane MacDonald Jan 26, 2026 ▶ 38:56 Lane MacDonald – Teamwork, Alignment, and Investing at the Highest Levels at SCS (EP.483)
Jan 26, 2026 positive
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MacDonald: Capacity constraints force better LP allocation decisions
“What you want is a capacity constrained environment for investing. I want it with my GPs. I want it for us, where you're having to make hard decisions about what GPs you're backing in the equity long short space, private space, co-investment space. The only wa…”
Lane MacDonald Jan 26, 2026 ▶ 48:16 Lane MacDonald – Teamwork, Alignment, and Investing at the Highest Levels at SCS (EP.483)
Jan 26, 2026 bullish
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MacDonald: SCS allocates 20% of biennial platform capital to emerging managers
“20% of each of our platforms that we raise every two years are emerging managers.”
Lane MacDonald Jan 26, 2026 ▶ 42:22 Lane MacDonald – Teamwork, Alignment, and Investing at the Highest Levels at SCS (EP.483)
Jan 26, 2026
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MacDonald: Changing an Investment Process Forces Allocators to Re-Underwrite Managers
“So many times, though, people change and evolve the process, whether it's public or private, and when that happens, you're re-underwriting a whole new strategy or a whole new manager.”
Lane MacDonald Jan 26, 2026 ▶ 37:04 Lane MacDonald – Teamwork, Alignment, and Investing at the Highest Levels at SCS (EP.483)
Jan 26, 2026
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MacDonald: SCS Financial's average client size is $100 million
“Our average client is a hundred million dollars.”
Lane MacDonald Jan 26, 2026 ▶ 52:53 Lane MacDonald – Teamwork, Alignment, and Investing at the Highest Levels at SCS (EP.483)
Jan 26, 2026
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MacDonald: SCS runs 70% tax-managed passive in public equities
“I still believe there's alpha out there, but we're a 70% tax managed passive, and if you can generate a hundred to 200 basis points of tax alpha, and there are now extension strategies that build upon that, if you're thoughtful about it and don't put too much …”
Lane MacDonald Jan 26, 2026 ▶ 34:14 Lane MacDonald – Teamwork, Alignment, and Investing at the Highest Levels at SCS (EP.483)
Jan 26, 2026 positive
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MacDonald: Anchoring emerging managers for GP equity captures structural alpha
“Where those things align, you can de-risk it, and you can own a piece of the GP going forward. That is where you can find more structural alpha.”
Lane MacDonald Jan 26, 2026 ▶ 43:00 Lane MacDonald – Teamwork, Alignment, and Investing at the Highest Levels at SCS (EP.483)
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