Hosted by Ben James Smith · EN · 37 episodes
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Founder of Rise Capital. Writing on capital formation, fund strategy, and UK residential markets. Currently launching a Luxembourg investment platform focused on delivering institutional access to housing through structured private capital. benjamessmith.substack.com
Ben James Smith hosts Ben James Smith Podcast, a business show with 37 episodes published.
Today I want to talk about something that matters more than almost anything else in investing. Cycles. Because markets move. Conditions change.Confidence rises and falls.Capital flows in… and out. This is a public episod
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Today I want to talk about scale. Because when people hear about deploying capital across multiple development projects, the immediate assumption is: More projects… means more risk. This is a public episode. If you would
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Today I want to talk about something very specific within the Rise Capital model. The type of developments we target… And why we’ve made a deliberate decision to focus on smaller housing schemes — typically houses and to
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Today I want to talk about something very specific. Not governance in general. But how we’ve structured the investment and decision-making process at Rise Capital — and more importantly, why we’ve built it that way. This
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Today I want to talk about something that sits right at the centre of the pre-seed opportunity. Because for many investors, the natural reaction to buying into an asset management platform at an early stage is straightfo
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Today, I want to speak more directly than I usually do. Not about the market in general.Not about abstract capital theory.And not about property as a broad asset class. This is a public episode. If you would like to disc
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Up to now, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about how capital behaves, why structure matters, and what separates institutional investment platforms from individual deals. Today, I want to bring that together in a more p
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Over the last series of episodes, we’ve talked about capital, structure, alignment, and how investment platforms operate at scale. Today, I want to talk about something slightly different. This is a public episode. If yo
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Today we’re going to talk about something that’s often avoided in investment conversations. Risk. Not in a generic sense. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access t
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Today we’re going to talk about something that sits at the centre of every investment — but is often overlooked. How the manager makes money. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscri
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In the last episode, we talked about how misaligned capital structures can destroy otherwise good property projects. And the key takeaway was simple: The issue is often not the asset…It’s the capital structure behind it.
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Today I want to talk about something that sits at the centre of property development — but is very rarely discussed properly. Capital structure. Not how much capital is used. But how it’s structured. This is a public epi
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This is going to be a slightly shorter episode. In the last episode, we talked about why now is a moment of transition — and why those periods are often where disciplined investors begin to position. This is a public epi
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Over the last series of episodes, we’ve talked about structure, capital, the UK property market, and how institutional investors think. Today, I want to focus on timing. Not in the sense of trying to predict markets. But
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Over the last series of episodes, we’ve talked about how capital actually thinks. Why structure matters.Why governance matters.Why systems outperform individual opportunities. This is a public episode. If you would like
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The Ben James Smith Podcast — Episode 28 — When Property Developments Go Wrong: What No One Tells You Welcome back to The Ben James Smith Podcast. This episode is one I’ve been thinking about for a while… Because there’s
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Today’s episode is slightly different. We’re not going to talk about markets, structures, or capital flows directly. We’re going to talk about something more personal. Because before most investors make their first alloc
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Over the last few episodes, we’ve spent a lot of time talking about philosophy. How capital thinks.Why structure matters.Why platforms outperform individual deals. But today, I want to make this practical. Because ultima
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Over the past series of episodes, we’ve explored a number of themes. How capital thinks.Why governance matters.What drives property markets.Why structure determines outcomes. And throughout those conversations, there’s b
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Over the last few episodes, we’ve explored the UK property market, the rental crisis, institutional capital flows, and why structure matters more than individual opportunities. Today, I want to bring everything together.
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