# Altss · Writing style guide

Dates, financial figures, contextual sources and corrections.

## Make numbers interpretable

State the currency and unit with every financial figure. Use €150 million or $410 million in prose; use a clearly labelled currency column in tables. Keep different currencies separate unless you supply the exchange-rate source and conversion date.

Distinguish target, first close, final close, commitments, invested capital, proceeds, assets under management and valuation. Identify the relevant entity or vehicle. Do not add overlapping tranches, underlying funds or different reporting periods into a false total.

Use absolute dates when timing matters. Separate an announcement date, a filing date, a transaction close and the period covered by a report. Missing dates remain unknown; a recent article does not make an older financial observation current.

## Put sources where they help

Link a material claim to the most direct accessible source in the sentence or nearby paragraph. Prefer filings, official reports, committee records and issuer announcements. Use descriptive link text so the reader knows what the source supports.

Explain the original analysis: show a calculation, reconcile definitions or identify a consequential difference between sources. Do not reproduce a competitor’s prose, charts or proprietary rows. A source list alone is not original research; contextual links should support the explanation as it unfolds.

## Structure for decisions

Use a descriptive title, an answer-led opening and headings that match real reader questions. Tables should clarify comparable facts, with units, periods and qualifications visible. Remove repeated summaries, generic market introductions and promotional conclusions.

Choose the length needed to answer the question. A focused transaction analysis can be short; a complex allocation or disclosure question may need a deeper treatment. End with the practical implication or unresolved question supported by the evidence.

## Correct transparently

Preserve a useful canonical URL and the original publication date. When a material correction changes the reader’s understanding, add a dated correction explaining its scope. Do not describe a partial review as verification of every claim in an article.

Send factual corrections and privacy requests through Altss’s official contact channel. Keep attribution, quotation rights and the rights in third-party source materials separate from the availability of a public page.

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