Selective principal activity
Marston Row Group also evaluates a narrow set of private acquisitions.
Principal activity sits outside client diligence.
The information boundary is explicit.
01 / Focus
What still survives
The original owner mindset still matters.
Marston looks for durable service businesses where customer trust, specialized work, or required credentials matter.
Preference goes to repeat demand, clear cash conversion, and operating relationships that can survive ownership change.
Repeat, recurring, or structurally durable customer need.
Specialized delivery where reliability matters to the customer.
Relationships, permissions, people, and systems that can survive a change in ownership.
Cash generation that remains understandable after normalizing the ownership transition.
02 / Boundary
Client work stays separate
Principal interest never creates a hidden second use for client data.
01
Client information stays in its permitted lane.
Confidential diligence information is never used for principal sourcing without explicit permission.
02
Potential conflicts are disclosed before action.
Any possible principal participation requires a separate conflict review and written scope.
03
Advisory judgment stays independent of principal appetite.
A diligence conclusion should stand even when the answer ends the transaction.
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