Samuel Keane


About

I'm a second-year Economics student at the University of Warwick who recently passed CFA Level 1. I'm interested in macro, credit and equity research.

At Warwick I lead outreach and the industrials team at MFC Equity, a student investment society.

Writing

Colossus 2026-1: Santander UK's £1.5bn SME Risk Transfer

October 2026 · PDF, 2 pages

An investor's view of a UK significant risk transfer: the capital relief for Santander, how the sold tranche performs under stress, and what an investor would need to diligence.

Personal analysis from public sources. Not investment advice.

Apollo / easyJet: What Does 715p Need to Work?

October 2026 · PDF, 1 page

An LBO of Apollo's £5.7bn take-private of easyJet, built from the Scheme Document: where Apollo's return actually comes from, what it needs to believe to earn 20%, and how much room for error the structure leaves.

Projects

LBO Target Screener

November 2026 · Python · GitHub

A Python tool to rank 500+ UK and European listed companies as take-private LBO candidates. It runs a simplified five-year LBO on each company, scores them on returns, cash conversion and debt capacity.

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