Omni Bridgeway Review 2026: What the Funds Have Returned, Who Can Invest, and What the Manager Earns
Omni Bridgeway is an ASX-listed legal finance manager: it funds litigation, arbitration and the enforcement of judgments in exchange for a share of what is recovered, through closed-end funds for non-retail investors (US$1 million minimum on its US adviser's Form ADV) and its own capital. It reports a gross multiple of 2.4x on 822 completed investments, unaudited and before fees, on a basis that leaves out its largest investments (2.3x with them). It reported an accounting loss attributable to shareholders in each year from FY2019 to FY2024; the first annual profit in the FY2019 to FY2026 period reviewed came in FY2025, mainly from selling its co-investments to a continuation fund, bought 70% by Ares, that Omni Bridgeway advises.
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What the data actually shows - TL;DR
Omni Bridgeway invests in other people's lawsuits and in enforcing judgments, and earns a share of what the cases recover. Three questions frame the review.
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What has it returned: across 822 completed investments it reports 2.4x the money deployed, gross of fees, unaudited, and excluding the twelve investments over A$20 million, which returned 1.54x. These are multiples on completed investments, not returns on the capital committed to a fund, and AltStreet located no public net-of-fee record for any fund. Who can invest: the funds are for non-retail investors only, with a US$1 million minimum on the US adviser's Form ADV; individuals can buy the ASX-listed shares, except that US persons who are not qualified purchasers can be required to sell them.
What the manager earns: on the newest funds, about 2% a year, transaction fees targeted at 2.5% to 3.0% of commitments, and 20% to 30% of profits above an 8% hurdle. In 2025 Omni Bridgeway sold most of its own co-investments to Fund 9, a continuation fund it advises, with Ares buying 70%, which raises questions about how the price was tested and how alignment works now.
Gross multiple on 822 completed investments at June 30, 2026, per the company, excluding secondary sales and the 12 investments over A$20 million (which returned 1.54x). Including them, the company gives 2.3x. Not audited, not net of fees, and not a return on all capital committed.
Completed investments that lost, 17% of the capital deployed, recovering 0.15x. Average time to completion by completion vintage rose from 2.7 years (FY2019) to 4.6 years (FY2026).
Cumulative accounting loss attributable to shareholders FY2019 to FY2024, a loss in each year (AltStreet's sum of the annual reports). An accounting result, not a share-price return. FY2025's A$350m profit came mainly from the Fund 9 transaction; FY2026 earned A$54m including a A$62m fair value gain.
Omni Bridgeway's share of gross investment profit in its own illustration: of $140, $28 is the return on its own 20% co-investment, $6 management fees and $26 carried interest. On outside investors' capital, fees and carry are $32 of $112, about 29% (AltStreet's arithmetic). Assumes 2.4x over four years; not a fund result.
Minimum on each of the 14 private funds on the US adviser's Form ADV Schedule D. The website publishes no minimum and offers only an expression-of-interest form for 'non-retail investors'.
Enforcement actions located in the sources searched (AltStreet's tables, ASIC's banned lists, IAPD and the European registers) against any group entity, director or executive. Australian federal court records could not be reached.
Return figures are Omni Bridgeway's own, gross of fees and carried interest, non-IFRS and unaudited. The company changed its headline measure from ROIC (profit over cost) to MOIC (proceeds over cost) in FY2024, widened its base in FY2025 and excluded large investments from 2026; figures from different years are not on one basis. Fund multiples cover completed and partially completed investments within each fund, not all capital committed or called. Financial statement figures are from the audited annual reports (BDO, unmodified). A$ figures are quoted as printed.
Quick Verdict
Is this platform right for you?
Omni Bridgeway has a long legal finance record and publishes more about its book than most private fund managers. Every return it prints is gross, unaudited and on completed investments, its headline multiple has been redefined and leaves out its largest investments, and AltStreet located no public net-of-fee record for any fund.
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The funds are for non-retail investors with US$1 million or more. In 2025 it sold its own co-investments to a continuation fund it advises, with Ares as the outside buyer, and the proceeds repaid its debt.
Best for
- Institutions that can negotiate terms, obtain fund-level net reporting and diligence the Fund 9 arrangements.
Avoid if
- You are a retail investor.
- You need a net-of-fee track record.
- You need liquidity before a fund winds up.
Top strengths
- 822 completions over 25 years, with fund-by-fund gross tables and quarterly portfolio reports.
- Published nominal fee terms and an explicit model of the manager's share.
- No enforcement action located in the sources searched; SEC-registered US adviser with no disclosures; unmodified audits.
Key limitations
- Gross, unaudited multiples on completed investments under a redefined measure; no public net return located.
- US funds the weakest on completed investments (Fund 1 1.35x, Fund 4 Series I 1.4x).
- Fund 9: the manager sold to a fund it advises; the preferred return and carry steps are not public.
- Accounting losses attributable to shareholders FY2019 to FY2024; fee income below cash operating costs.
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Quick Answers
What most investors want to know first
The highest-signal facts first: minimums, liquidity reality, K-1 timing, and whether distributions are actually part of the experience.
Liquidity
No market for fund interests; the secondaries to date were arranged by the manager.
K-1 Timing
Not stated publicly.
Distributions
Driven by settlements, judgments and enforcement; completion durations of 3.5 to 4.6 years on average.
Overview
Platform Overview
A concise read on what the platform is, how the structure works, and where the practical friction shows up for real investors.
Omni Bridgeway Limited is the former IMF Bentham, established in Australia in 1998 and listed on the ASX in 2001 as a dedicated litigation funder; in November 2019 it acquired Omni Bridgeway, a Dutch legal finance and enforcement firm founded in 1986, and took its name. The group pays the costs of a claimant's case (lawyers, experts, sometimes adverse costs) in exchange for a share of any recovery, and buys or enforces judgments and arbitral awards. It began by funding cases from its own balance sheet and from 2017 moved to third-party funds: Fund 1 (US, with a Fortress affiliate), Funds 2&3 and Funds 4 and 5 (US and rest of world), Fund 6 (European enforcement, acquired with the Dutch firm), Fund 7 (discontinued), Fund 8 (an insured, debt-financed enforcement vehicle), the Fund 9 continuation fund with Ares (2025) and Funds 4/5 Series II, which reached a US$1 billion final close in October 2026.
It co-invests in most of its funds and reports A$5.9 billion of assets under management at June 30, 2026, on its own definition. The Australian manager holds AFSL 568927 (wholesale clients only); the US manager, Omni Bridgeway Management (USA) LLC, has been an SEC-registered investment adviser since 2018.
It launched Fund 1 in the US with a Fortress affiliate in February 2017 and Funds 2&3 in October 2017; Funds 4 and 5 (US$500 million each) followed in 2019. In November 2019 it acquired the Dutch Omni Bridgeway, with Fund 6, and in 2020 took the Omni Bridgeway name. EY resigned as auditor in May 2021 and BDO took over.
In July 2022 a A$250 million facility from Northleaf and Pacific Equity Partners at BBSY plus 7% replaced the bonds. In 2023 the company sold Fund 1 to Gerchen Capital Partners and launched Fund 8 with Fortress-affiliated debt and insurance; in December 2023 it sold a slice of a Fund 4 portfolio to GLS Capital and held the first close of Funds 4/5 Series II. In April 2024 its shares were suspended for three days over the auditor appointment.
The Fund 9 continuation fund with Ares closed in February 2025 and repaid the corporate debt. Series II reached its US$1 billion final close in October 2026.
What the funds hold
Case funding (legal costs in exchange for a share of recoveries), purchased claims, and enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards, across Australia, the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Track record (company, gross)
822 completed investments at June 30, 2026: 2.4x and IRR 66% (excluding 12 investments over A$20 million at 1.54x; 2.3x with them); 179 losses, 17% of capital. Unaudited.
Completed investments by fund (gross)
From 1.35x (Fund 1, at its 2023 sale) and 1.4x (Fund 4 Series I) to 3.5x (Fund 6); see the table below. Completed investments only, not all capital committed; Fund 9 not disclosed.
Who can invest in the funds
Non-retail investors only, through an expression-of-interest form; US$1 million minimum and qualified-purchaser status on the US adviser's Form ADV.
Who can hold the shares
ASX-listed (OBL); US persons who are not qualified purchasers or knowledgeable employees can be required to sell (US retail holders were compulsorily sold out in 2021).
Fees (nominal, newest funds)
About 2% a year on active commitments, transaction fees targeted at 2.5% to 3.0% of commitments, 8% hurdle with catch-up, 20% carry up to a 20% IRR and 30% above; 25% of carry to the team.
Regulators and auditor
ASIC (AFSL 568927, wholesale); SEC-registered US adviser (CRD 298001, RAUM $2.46 billion, no disclosures). BDO audits the group and the funds; opinions unmodified FY2019 to FY2026.
Visual Summary
Gross results on completed investments by fund, June 30, 2026
The company's figures from its June 2026 analyst data pack, gross of fees and carried interest and unaudited. Each multiple covers completed and partially completed investments within the fund, not all capital committed or called; the active investments are unresolved.
All completed investments
Completed
822
Gross multiple
2.4x (2.3x with the 12 over A$20m, which returned 1.54x)
Gross IRR
66%
Still active
Not stated as one count
Funds 2&3 (2017)
Completed
20
Gross multiple
2.5x
Gross IRR
67%
Still active
20
Fund 4 Series I (US, 2019)
Completed
31
Gross multiple
1.4x
Gross IRR
17%
Still active
38
Fund 5 Series I (rest of world, 2019)
Completed
30
Gross multiple
1.8x
Gross IRR
37%
Still active
92
Fund 6 (European enforcement)
Completed
284
Gross multiple
3.5x
Gross IRR
Over 100%
Still active
90
Fund 8 (enforcement, 2023)
Completed
3
Gross multiple
4.0x (26.75x on 1 in FY2024)
Gross IRR
Over 100%
Still active
20
Funds 4/5 Series II (2023 onward)
Completed
1
Gross multiple
2.3x
Gross IRR
Not stated
Still active
50
Fund 1 (US, 2017; sold 2023)
Completed
35
Gross multiple
1.35x (to May 31, 2023)
Gross IRR
17%
Still active
Sold
Fund 9 (continuation, 2025)
Completed
Not disclosed
Gross multiple
Not disclosed
Gross IRR
Not disclosed
Still active
Not disclosed
Investor Operations
The practical questions investors actually care about: when tax documents arrive, how cash distributions work, and whether capital can be exited before the underlying asset is sold.
Tax Documents
K-1 Timing
What to expect
Not stated publicly.
Cash Flow
Distributions
Frequency
Irregular, on case completions.
Timing
Driven by settlements, judgments and enforcement; completion durations of 3.5 to 4.6 years on average.
Consistency
Lumpy by nature; the first-generation funds paid fund investors' priority returns before the manager.
Liquidity
Exit Reality
Holding period
Closed-end; no redemption for the life of the fund (investment period plus harvest).
Exit options
- Hold to the end of the fund.
- A secondary sale, if one is arranged (Fund 1 to Gerchen, a Fund 4 portfolio slice to GLS Capital, Fund 9 to Ares).
- For share investors, sale on the ASX.
Secondary market
No market for fund interests; the secondaries to date were arranged by the manager.
Investment Structures
Funds 4/5 Series II (final close October 2026, investing)
The current fund series, US$1 billion at final close in October 2026, split about 40/60 between Fund 4 (US) and Fund 5 (rest of world); OBL commits US$100 million to each, capped at 20%. About 2% of active commitments, transaction fees targeted at 2.5% to 3.0% of commitments, 8% hurdle with full catch-up, 20% carry up to a 20% IRR and 30% above, American deal-by-deal waterfall. The US vehicle's Form D reports $100 million sold to two investors (506(b), 3(c)(7)). Gross at June 2026: one completed investment at 2.3x.
Funds 4 and 5 Series I (harvest)
US$500 million each, launched 2019, OBL 20% (sold into Fund 9 in 2025). Gross on completed investments at June 30, 2026: Fund 4 1.4x, IRR 17% on 31 completions; Fund 5 1.8x, IRR 37% on 30. Fund 4 printed a negative ROIC in FY2023 after 'a small number of completions, several of which have been both large and negative'.
Fund 9 continuation fund (harvest)
About A$550 million of former OBL co-investments and balance sheet assets; Ares 70% (A$320 million equivalent upfront at completion), OBL 30%. Fee 2.0% of gross commitments outstanding, 10% hurdle, carry from 20% to 90% in steps; Ares holds a preferred return, warrants and a put measured on net proceeds received by June 30, 2029. No return disclosed.
Fund 6 (European enforcement, harvest)
EUR150 million plus a 25% over-commitment, from the Dutch acquisition; OBL 5%. '100% cost coverage as per agreed budget', 10% hurdle, 20% to 30% carry. Gross 3.5x on 284 completions at June 2026.
Fund 8 (enforcement, investing)
Insured, debt-financed vehicle: EUR135 million of debt from Fortress-affiliated funds with principal-protection insurance; OBL provides first-loss standby equity. Fees capped at EUR5 million a year. Gross 4.0x on three completions at June 2026 (the figure was 26.75x on one completion in FY2024).
Funds 2&3 (harvest) and Fund 1 (sold)
Funds 2&3 (A$189 million, 2017): 0% management fee within the waterfall, 12.5% hurdle, 2.5x gross on 20 completions. Fund 1 (US$172 million, US, 2017): Omni Bridgeway sold its participation to Gerchen Capital Partners in May 2023 for an initial US$38.0 million; 1.35x gross on 35 completed investments to May 31, 2023.
Listed shares (ASX: OBL)
Shares of the manager and co-investor. No dividends since FY2020. US persons who are not qualified purchasers or knowledgeable employees can be required to sell.
Risk
Risk Structure
This is where the marketplace pitch gives way to the actual operating reality: delayed exits, limited disclosure, fee drag, and path-dependent outcomes.
Returns reported
Gross of fees and carry, unaudited, on completed investments, on a measure redefined several times; no public net-to-investor return located for any fund.
Duration
Completion-vintage duration 4.6 years in FY2026, up from 2.7; fair value model assumes 6.5 years; four-year investment periods plus harvest; no redemption.
Outcome risk
Binary case outcomes: 179 of 822 completions lost, recovering 0.15x; the company's risk table says adverse developments 'can lead to a complete loss of invested capital'.
Alignment
20% co-investment in the main funds, most of it sold in 2025 to Fund 9, which the manager advises; Ares, the 70% holder, has a preferred return and a put.
Access
Funds: non-retail, US$1 million minimum, qualified purchasers in the US. Shares: US non-qualified-purchaser holders can be required to sell.
No public net return was located
Every fund figure is gross of the 2% fee, transaction fees and 20% to 30% carry, and covers completed investments only.
Why it matters
A gross multiple on completed cases is neither the return on all capital committed nor what an investor kept; unresolved cases, fees, carry and fund expenses all sit between the two.
Mitigation / verification
Ask for net-of-fee distributions to investors (DPI) for Funds 4 and 5 Series I and Funds 2&3, and how transaction fees are offset.
The headline multiple is not one series
ROIC 1.10x (FY2023, profit on cost, the same as 2.10x on a proceeds basis) became MOIC 2.1x/2.2x (FY2024), 2.3x (FY2025, wider base) and 2.4x (2026, large investments excluded; 2.3x with them).
Why it matters
Comparing years or managers on the headline overstates consistency; the excluded large investments returned 1.54x, below the rest of the completed book.
Mitigation / verification
Use the 'including Extraordinary Investments' figure and the fund-level tables, and read each footnote.
The manager was the seller in Fund 9 and advises the buyer
Omni Bridgeway sold its own co-investments to a continuation fund it advises for fees and carry; Ares bought 70% after its own diligence and holds a preferred return, warrants over A$35 million of shares and a put measured on proceeds received by June 30, 2029.
Why it matters
The price, the fees and the preferred return all bear on the 30% Omni Bridgeway kept and on its shareholders; the preferred return rate and the carry steps are not public.
Mitigation / verification
Ask how the transfer price was tested beyond the buyer's diligence (a fairness opinion or advisory committee review), the preferred return rate, and which party would fund a payment under the put.
Durations are lengthening
Completion-vintage duration rose from 2.7 years (FY2019) to 4.6 (FY2026); the fair value model assumes 6.5.
Why it matters
Longer cases lower IRRs and push distributions out; most of the FY2022 to FY2026 book is unfinished.
Mitigation / verification
Track the quarterly portfolio reports' completions and fair value conversion against the model.
ASRisk signals to watch
- A fair value conversion ratio well below 100% in the quarterly portfolio reports.
- Further changes to the life-to-date measure or its exclusions.
- Ares exercising the Fund 9 put or warrants.
- Developments in the North Carolina adversary proceedings against a Fund 4 vehicle.
- Another year in which fee income does not cover cash operating expenses.
Regulatory & Legal Posture
Security Status
Fund interests are private placements to wholesale clients in Australia and to accredited investors who are qualified purchasers in the US (Rule 506(b), Section 3(c)(7)); the shares are listed on the ASX and not registered in the US.
Omni Bridgeway Investment Management Pty Limited holds AFSL 568927 (wholesale clients only) with Omni Bridgeway Limited as its authorised representative; Omni Bridgeway Management (USA) LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser (CRD 298001) whose Form ADV lists 14 private funds; the group has no broker-dealer. From 2020 to 2022 the class-action funding schemes were registered managed investment schemes under the Australian regime then in force; they were deregistered on December 25, 2022.
- Australia: AFSL 568927 from November 11, 2025; earlier authorised representatives of licensee 524023 (2020 to 2023) for the class-action scheme regime. ASX trading halts tied to capital raisings and case judgments (Westgem 2020, Brisbane floods 2019 and 2021, CBA 2024); no ASX query letter located 2017 to 2026.
- Auditor appointment: BDO's appointment was not put to the 2021 AGM; shares suspended April 10, 2024; the Supreme Court of Western Australia (COR/58/2024) declared it 'not invalid' on April 12, 2024 and treated the FY2022 and FY2023 audits and three half-year reviews as validly performed.
- United States: Omni Bridgeway Management (USA) LLC, SEC-registered since September 17, 2018; Form ADV of September 25, 2026: RAUM $2,464,997,900 in 34 accounts, 82% of clients non-US, no disciplinary disclosures. EDGAR: eight Form Ds for the parent (employee equity and three small equity sales, 2016 to 2021) and one for Omni Bridgeway (Fund 4) S2 L.P. ($100 million, two investors, January 2024).
- Enforcement and courts: no action located against any group entity, director or executive in AltStreet's tables, ASIC's banned and disqualified lists, IAPD or the ESMA, AFM and MAS registers. Open: seven adversary proceedings by a litigation trustee against Omni Bridgeway (Fund 4) Invt.3 L.P. (Bankr. E.D.N.C., March 2026; complaints not obtained). The Federal Court of Australia, AustLII, CanLII and ASIC Connect could not be reached; PACER was not used.
Disclosure Quality
Partial: extensive listed-company reporting, quarterly portfolio reports and nominal fund terms; no fund documents, no net returns and undisclosed Fund 9 terms.
Custody Model
Case funding agreements and claim interests held by fund vehicles; no custodian applies. Fund 8 capital is insured and partly debt-financed.
Regulatory Backing
ASIC (AFSL and ASX listing rules), SEC adviser regulation for the US manager, BDO audits of the group and funds.
Tax Treatment
Reporting
Not stated publicly for the funds; fund documents are available only to non-retail investors.
Not stated.
Income Character
Questions to put to the firm and a tax adviser
The funds include Delaware partnerships and Cayman vehicles; which one a US investor would hold, and whether it issues a K-1 or is treated as a foreign corporation, is not stated publicly. The shares are those of an Australian company. These are questions for the firm and a tax adviser, not conclusions.
Limitation
AltStreet is not a tax adviser and has not seen the fund documents.
Special Considerations
- Which vehicle a US investor would be admitted to (Delaware or Cayman) and its US tax treatment.
- How case proceeds are characterized for US tax purposes in the vehicle offered.
- Withholding on distributions from an Australian parent for holders of the shares.
Account Suitability
Taxable
Depends on the vehicle; ask the firm.
Roth IRA
Not addressed by the firm.
Traditional IRA
Not addressed by the firm.
HSA
Not applicable.
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AltStreet Data Layer
What the data actually shows
Eight years of annual reports and the company's fund tables show where the returns came from and who received them.
Large investments underperformed the rest
The 12 investments over A$20 million returned 1.54x, against 2.4x for the rest of the completed book; including them gives 2.3x.
What this means
On the record so far, size has not been rewarded.
Shareholders' accounting results lagged
Accounting loss attributable to members every year FY2019 to FY2024 (A$238 million combined) while group profit, including the share attributed to fund investors, was positive in four of those years.
What this means
The first-generation waterfalls put fund investors' capital and preferred returns first; the first annual profit attributable to members in the period reviewed came with the Fund 9 sale. Accounting results, not share-price returns.
Cases are taking longer
Completion-vintage duration 2.7 years (FY2019) to 4.6 years (FY2026); fair value model assumes 6.5.
What this means
Longer cases lower IRRs and delay distributions.
The US funds lag
Fund 1 1.35x and Fund 4 Series I 1.4x gross on completed investments, against Fund 6 at 3.5x and Funds 2&3 at 2.5x.
What this means
Series II is about 40% Fund 4 (US).
Data as of 2026-06-30 . AltStreet review evidence layer . Public-source analysis
Full datasetDecision Fit
Investor Fit
Who this works for, who it does not, and what level of patience and complexity tolerance the platform really demands.
Institutions seeking uncorrelated legal finance exposure with a long-tenured manager
A 25-year record and hundreds of completions, against gross-only reporting, redefined metrics, and the Fund 9 transaction to diligence.
Individuals wanting legal finance exposure
The funds are closed to retail; the shares are the only route, and US persons who are not qualified purchasers can be required to sell them.
Investors who need liquidity
Closed-end funds with lengthening durations and no redemption.
Tradeoffs
Key Tradeoffs
The attraction of pre-IPO access is real, but every benefit comes bundled with a corresponding liquidity, transparency, or pricing cost.
Track record
Gross, unaudited, completed investments only, redefined; large investments at 1.54x; US funds at 1.35x to 1.4x.
Alignment
Most of it sold into a continuation fund the manager advises.
Disclosure
No fund documents or net returns in public sources.
Avoid
Who This Is Not For
This section should be read as a filter, not an afterthought. If you need income, simplicity, or near-term access to capital, the structure is working against you.
Retail investors
The funds are non-retail only, and US non-qualified-purchaser shareholders can be required to sell.
Investors who need a net return record
None was located in public sources for any fund.
Investors who need liquidity within the fund term
There is no redemption.
Editorial View
AltStreet Perspective
The compressed version of the review: what matters, what marketing tends to obscure, and how we would frame the platform for a serious allocator.
Verdict
The core question for a legal finance fund is what investors keep after the manager's share of slow, uncertain cash flows. Omni Bridgeway answers the first half in detail, with case counts, gross multiples and durations by fund, and AltStreet located no public answer to the second. The record behind the 2.4x is long, but it rests most on European enforcement and the legacy Australian book, the US funds have done least well on completed investments, and the measure has been rebuilt more than once. The Fund 9 sale fixed the company's balance sheet; for fund investors it raises questions about how the price was tested and how alignment works now.
Positioning
Among legal finance platforms AltStreet covers, Omni Bridgeway is an institutional fund manager with a listed parent, unlike Burford (a listed company that invests from its balance sheet and through funds it manages, with audited US GAAP accounts) and LexShares (an online platform for accredited individuals).
The Bottom Line
A long, gross-only legal finance record in institutional funds, with no public net return located and a 2025 continuation fund in which the manager was the seller.
Action
Next Steps
If you still want to engage after reading the review, these are the practical next moves that reduce avoidable mistakes.
Ask for net-of-fee distributions and DPI for Funds 4 and 5 Series I and Funds 2&3.
Ask how Series II transaction fees and pass-through costs are offset against management fees.
Ask for the Fund 9 preferred return and carry steps, how the transfer price was tested, and which party would fund the put.
Read the latest quarterly portfolio report's fair value conversion and completion durations.
If buying the shares as a US person, confirm qualified-purchaser status first.
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Sources, Disclosures, and Supporting Context
The lower section is structured like a report appendix: relationship context first, adjacent reading second, and evidence last.
Report Appendix
Disclosure
Relationship and compensation context
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Disclosure
Relationship and compensation context
Report Appendix
Related Resources
Adjacent platform comparisons, frameworks, and category links
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Further Reading
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Adjacent frameworks and reviews that help place the platform in a broader allocation or due-diligence context.
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Report Appendix
Evidence & Methodology
15 cited passages on file; sources, scope, and how the review was assembled
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Report Appendix
Evidence & Methodology
15 cited passages on file; sources, scope, and how the review was assembled
Evidence on file
15 supporting passages on file for Omni Bridgeway and its offerings from 7 source documents, 15 verified by an analyst through 2026-10-31, no discrepancies flagged. Each passage records the metric it supports, the value read from the document, the page, and the verbatim text where the document has it. Terminal subscribers read the passages; open them in the terminal.
- Cited passages
- 15
- Source documents
- 7
- Analyst verified
- 15
- Discrepancies flagged
- 0
Latest analyst verification 2026-10-31; latest extraction 2026-10-31. A discrepancy is a disagreement between two sources, or between a document and a marketing claim, recorded rather than resolved silently.
ASReview Evidence
Methodology
omnibridgeway.com (19 pages); 80 company documents (annual reports FY2019 to FY2026, half-year reports, results decks, analyst data packs, 28 quarterly portfolio reports, ASX announcements); Form ADV of Omni Bridgeway Management (USA) LLC and Schedule D; EDGAR Form Ds via the SEC structured data sets; ASIC datasets and ASX records; court dockets; AltStreet's enforcement tables. The Wayback Machine served four historical snapshots before refusing further requests, so the history of the site's claims is drawn from the company's own decks.
Scope
Omni Bridgeway Limited, its licensed managers and the fund series; the listed shares as an access route. Fund documents are not public and were not used; the Federal Court of Australia, AustLII, CanLII and ASIC Connect could not be reached.
Key Findings
- *Data pack footnote: 'Returns reflect gross fund returns.'
- *FY2026 results footnote: 'If included in the total, the LTD MOIC is 2.3x.'
- *Fund 9 presentation: 'Ares will have a put option to recover any shortfall between the net proceeds received by 30 June 2029 and the initial investment.'
- *Fund-investor page: 'any such investment opportunity is only available to non-retail investors.'
- *EY resignation: 'the funding by an Omni Bridgeway fund of a class action on behalf of shareholders of Wirecard AG against EY could give rise to a material independence threat'.
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Is Omni Bridgeway legit?
Omni Bridgeway is an ASX-listed company (formerly IMF Bentham) that has funded litigation since 1998; its Australian manager holds an AFS license and its US manager is an SEC-registered investment adviser with no disciplinary disclosures. AltStreet located no enforcement action against the group or its directors in the sources it searched. Its audits are unmodified; in 2024 a defect in the auditor's appointment was validated by a Western Australian court.
Can I invest in Omni Bridgeway's funds?
Only as a non-retail investor. The website offers an expression-of-interest form; the US adviser's Form ADV lists a US$1 million minimum on each fund, and the US fund relies on the qualified-purchaser exemption. Individuals can buy the ASX-listed shares, but US persons who are not qualified purchasers can be required to sell them.
What returns has Omni Bridgeway made?
The company reports 2.4x on 822 completed investments at June 30, 2026, gross of fees and unaudited, excluding its 12 largest investments (2.3x with them). On completed investments within each fund, results range from 1.35x (Fund 1) and 1.4x (Fund 4 Series I) to 3.5x (Fund 6). AltStreet located no public return after fees for any fund.
What fees does Omni Bridgeway charge?
On its newest funds, about 2% a year on active commitments, transaction fees targeted at 2.5% to 3.0% of commitments, and carried interest of 20% above an 8% hurdle, rising to 30% above a 20% IRR. In the company's own illustration, Omni Bridgeway takes about 43% of gross investment profit including the return on its own 20% co-investment; on outside investors' capital, fees and carry are about 29% of gross profit.
What was the Fund 9 transaction?
In 2025 Omni Bridgeway moved its own co-investments in several funds into a new continuation fund of about A$550 million, sold 70% to Ares for A$320 million equivalent upfront, kept 30% and advises the fund for fees and carry. Ares holds a preferred return, warrants and a put option measured on the net proceeds it has received by June 30, 2029. The proceeds repaid the company's debt.