The One on SeaTown
Finance Before & After
Deal Rhyme Time
Bolt-Ons
Events of 2009
400

SeaTown's office address: 3 Fraser Street, #06-23, in this tower.

What is DUO (Tower)?

400

Shaken, not stirred: 007 flirts at the casino table, armed only with high-yield, sub-investment-grade paper.

What is Junk Bond James Bond?

400

A founder's bedtime story about who owns how much of the startup.

What is a cap table fable?

400

Bolt one letter onto a pool of LP money and you've established a company, as SeaTown did with AddVita.

What is found? (FUND + O)

400

In January 2009, Captain Sully landed this airline's plane on the Hudson River.

What is US Airways?

800

Founded 1974, this portco is the only local brand among Malaysia's Top 10 accounting firms.

What is YYC?

800

A hat-wearing ranger warns 'only you can prevent forest fires' as the index slides 20% from its peak.

What is Smokey the Bear Market?

800

Soup simmered from LP commitments the GP hasn't called yet.

What is dry powder chowder?

800

Bolt one letter onto money in hand and get what markets did in October 1929.

What is a crash? (CASH + R)

800

In June 2009, the world lost this King of Pop.

Who is Michael Jackson?

1200

SeaTown's PE strategy, and the pun behind this round's 'Bolt-Ons' category.

What is buy-and-build?

1200

Mid-firefight, a gamer's broker phones demanding more collateral before his next mission.

What is Margin Call of Duty?

1200

Slow reptile that must clear an 8% preferred return before the GP sees carry.

What is a hurdle turtle?

1200

Bolt one letter onto fixed income and get a fair hair colour.

What is blond? (BOND + L)

1200

Mined on 3 January 2009, the genesis block launched this cryptocurrency.

What is Bitcoin?

1600

In Dec 2025, roughly this much was secured at the second close of SeaTown's third private credit fund.

What is US$900 million?

1600

A blue speedster quits collecting gold rings to run a long/short book out of Cayman.

What is Sonic the Hedge Fund?

1600

Chaos in the layer between senior debt and equity.

What is a mezz mess?

1600

Bolt one letter onto what investors are paid to bear and get a word for a lively pace.

What is brisk? (RISK + B)

1600

In June 2009, the WHO declared a global pandemic of this flu, named after a farm animal.

What is swine flu (H1N1)?

2000

On 8 Oct 2026 this group said it will integrate its three wholly-owned asset managers, including Azalea and SeaTown.

What is Seviora (Group)?

2000

An ousted CEO floats away on his severance package wearing MC Hammer's baggy trousers.

What is Golden Parachute Pants?

2000

A seller exhausted from three years chasing EBITDA targets to collect the rest of the price.

What is earn-out burnout?

2000

Bolt one letter onto what the market pays and get the title of Machiavelli's guide to ruling.

What is The Prince? (PRICE + N)

2000

Released in December 2009, this James Cameron film about blue Na'vi became the top-grossing film of all time.

What is Avatar?