Ian Mallon: Why has a billion dollar investment firm bought Treaty Utd?

The Pitch spoke to the key movers in football’s most curious buyout, a deal which takes place 7,000kms away from Tricor’s Vancouver base.

TREAT FOR TREATY: Treaty United co-owner and CEO Ciara McCormack during the Treaty United FC press conference at Clayton Hotel Limerick in Limerick. Photo by Tom Beary/Sportsfile

TRICOR Pacific Capital do not invest in sporting assets, so why now, and why Treaty United?

A survey of the 80-plus companies to which the North American firm holds reveals a portfolio spread across manufacturing, distribution, food, transportation, industrial and real estate sectors.