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The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

Thiel Fellow Eva Shang - Litigation Finance Masterclass | #537

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

The Idea Farm

Business, Investing, Management

4.7938 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is Eva Shang, co-founder and CEO of Legalist, which is an institutional alternative asset management firm using data-driven technology to invest in credit assets at scale. Eva is a Thiel Fellow and participated in Y Combinator. In today’s episode, Eva covers everything related to litigation finance. We walk through why the asset class exists, how it works, using AI to source deal flow, and more. Then we get into her thoughts on building an asset management firm and why she launched a Government Receivables strategy. (1:17) Welcome to guest, Eva Shang (1:47) Overview of Litigation Finance (5:04) Origin Story of Legalist (9:09) Typical litigation process (21:49) The moneyball of litigation finance (28:06) Expanding into other strategies (37:07) Allocating to a litigation finance strategy (40:58) Eva's most memorable investment ----- Follow Meb on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Sponsor: Today's episode is sponsored by YCharts. YCharts enables financial advisors to make smarter investment decisions and better communicate with clients. Visit YCharts to start your free trial and be sure to mention "Meb" for 20% off your subscription (new clients only). Follow The Idea Farm: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | TikTok ----- Interested in sponsoring the show? Email us at [email protected] ----- Past guests include Ed Thorp, Richard Thaler, Jeremy Grantham, Joel Greenblatt, Campbell Harvey, Ivy Zelman, Kathryn Kaminski, Jason Calacanis, Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran, Howard Marks, Tom Barton, and many more. ----- Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Medfavor Show where the focus is on helping you grow and preserve your wealth.

0:06.6

Join us as we discuss the craft of investing and uncover new and profitable ideas,

0:10.9

all to help you grow wealthier and wiser.

0:13.0

Better investing starts here.

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Meff Baber is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at Cambria Investment Management.

0:18.0

Did it industry regulations, he will not discuss any of Cambra's funds on this podcast.

0:22.0

All opinions expressed by podcast participants are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of

0:25.3

Cambria Investment Management or its affiliates. For more information,

0:27.9

visit Cambria Investments.com.

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This episode is brought to you by 10 East.

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Long time listeners know I've invested in private markets quite a bit myself,

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but with access to these markets broadening,

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Welcome back everybody.

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