Firm Description
Chenavari Investment Managers (Luxembourg) S.a r.l. (“Chenavari” or the “Firm”) is a Luxembourg
open-ended investment company organized as a partnership limited by shares under the laws of
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and qualifies as a Société d’investissement à capital variable – fonds
d’investissement specialisé), focussed on stressed/distressed European mezzanine structured
finance investments. Chenavari Luxembourg is an authorised Alternative Investment Fund Manager
(“AIFM”) as defined by the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive 2011/61/EU. The Firm
was incorporated on 24 November 2008 with principle place of business at 2 Boulevard de la Foire, L
– 1528 Luxembourg, with registration number B 143992.
The Firm is authorised and regulated by the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur
Financier as a management company (No. S00001017) and as an Alternative Investment Fund
Manager (No. A00001375). Please note that these registrations do not imply a particular level of skill
or training on behalf of the Firm.
Chenavari delegates discretionary portfolio management and advisory services to an affiliate group
entity, Chenavari Credit Partners LLP, a firm authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct
Authority. The Firm’s mission statement is to deliver a stable investment performance to clients
through active investment management focussed on maximizing total returns while minimizing
investment volatility.
In addition to the above, Chenavari also serves as a collateral/portfolio manager of structured credit
products, or so-called synthetic collateralized debt obligations (CDO). CDOs repackage assets such as
corporate loans and mortgage bonds into new debt with varying degrees of risk. Synthetic CDOs sell
credit-default swaps that receive annual premiums in return for taking on the risk of losses from
defaults on corporate bonds and other debt.
Principal Owners
The principal owners of Chenavari are Loic Fery, Frederic Couderc and Chenavari Financial Group (an
entity of which Mr. Fery and Mr. Couderc are the principal owners).
Types of Advisory Services
Chenavari is a dedicated credit AIFM with investment allocations within the credit asset-class,
including:
Investment Grade Corporate Credits
High Yield & Financial Corporate Credits
Structured Finance securities
Real Estate Debt
SME Direct Loans
Equity
Trade finance
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The credit investment strategies pursued evolve depending on opportunities arising in credit markets
and are broadly defined as follows:
Credit Spread Neutral/ Convexity strategies
Relative Value strategies
Directional strategies
Regulatory Capital Strategy
Direct Lending Strategy
Specialty Finance Strategy
Investment strategies are deployed across several investment vehicles, with various liquidity terms:
Highly liquid investment vehicles (weekly/monthly liquidity)
Mid-term liquidity profile (semi-annual to 2-year liquidity)
Longer term investment vehicles (5+ years lock)
Chenavari is the AIFM to several Alternative Investment Funds (“AIFs”), which seek to achieve
returns within credit markets, including the following:
Chenavari Multi-Strategy Credit Fund Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the
“Multi-Strategy Fund”), focused on corporate credit markets, this AIF pursues strategies
including, but not limited to: Credit Spread Neutral, Regulatory Capital Structured Finance,
Short Biased Credit, Direct Lending, Multi-Strategy, Specialty Finance, and European Real
Estate Debt.
Chenavari European Deleveraging Opportunities Fund II (GP) Limited, an exempted Limited
Partnership organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. This AIF pursues strategies
including, but not limited to: Regulatory Capital.
Chenavari Real Estate Fund II (GP) S.a r.L, an exempted Limited Partnership organized under
the laws of Luxembourg. This AIF pursues strategies including, but not limited to: European
Real Estate Debt.
Chenavari European Private Debt Opportunities Fund (GP) S.a r.L, a private limited liability
company organized under the laws of Luxembourg. This AIF pursues strategies including, but
not limited to: Specialty Finance, Direct Lending (consumer finance, trade finance, receivables
financing, leasing, SME loans, real estate debt) and Regulatory Capital.
Chenavari European Private Credit Opportunities Fund (General Partner) S.a r.L, a private
limited company organized under the laws of Luxembourg. This AIF pursues strategies
including, but not limited to: Bank Loan Portfolios, Specialty Finance Loans and Credit
Origination, Opportunistic investing.
Chenavari Credit Fund S.C.A., SICAV-RAIF- Chenavari European Shipping Private Credit Fund, a
reserved alternative investment fund with multiple sub-funds incorporated as a partnership
limited by shares under the laws of Luxembourg. This fund pursues strategies including, but
not limited to: Senior loans secured by shipping mortgages, Short-term senior secured
facilities secured by shipping assets, equity or equity-linked instruments in relation to
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participating in operating joint ventures targeting the acquisition of second-hand ships, and
other secured loans or preferred equity investments.
Chenavari Credit Fund S.C.A., SICAV-RAIF- Chenavari Trade Finance Fund, a reserved
alternative investment fund with multiple sub-funds incorporated as a partnership limited by
shares under the laws of Luxembourg. This fund pursues strategies including, but not limited
to: Short-term trade finance and back-to-back (purchase and sales linked to physical flow of
commodities and other goods, longer-term commodity finance backed by real assets, and
receivables-backed financing (discounting of receivables and invoices).
Tailored Relationships
Chenavari primarily manages AIFs which are not tailored to any individual investors, (i) it has and
may in the future agree to enter into customized investment mandates with clients; and (ii) may
organize the AIFs it manages into sub-portfolios in order to address concerns that may be common
to one or more investors in the applicable AIF, such as liquidity or regulatory concerns.
Wrap Fee Programs
Chenavari does not use a wrap fee program.
Assets Under Discretionary and Non-Discretionary Management
As at 31 December 2018, Chenavari has assets under its discretionary management of c.$1.3 billion,
and total regulatory assets under management are approximately US$8.0 billion.
As at 31 December 2018, the whole Chenavari Financial Group discretionary managers US$5.1bn
(including committed but undrawn capital of approximately US$161 million).
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Description
Chenavari historically charges management fees based on assets under management as well as
performance fees based on investment appreciation on the portfolios that it manages. Management
fees have historically been (0.5% to 1.5%) of assets under management. Performance fees have
historically been twenty percent (20%) of the appreciation in the applicable account. In addition,
performance fees are often subject to a high water mark and may incorporate equalization or a
similar adjustment methodology. Chenavari may, in its discretion, offer a different fee structure to
any investment advisory client or to any particular investor in any AIF that it manages. Investors
should refer to the final offering document or private placement memorandum (collectively, the
“Offering Documents”) of a particular vehicle or account agreement with Chenavari for more
information on applicable fees.
Chenavari or any of its affiliates may also occasionally receive origination fees and/or ongoing
investment monitoring fees (such as without being limited to directorship fees and expenses)
relating to its Private Equity/Private Debt investment activities.
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Fee Billing
Each of the AIFs will pay fees, in consideration for the services provided. Management fees are
typically paid on a monthly or quarterly basis. Performance fees are typically paid on an annual basis,
or upon a redemption by an investor of its interests in an AIF other than at year-end, or as part of the
applicable waterfall at the time of amortization of the investment for a closed-end vehicle.
Other Fees or Expenses
Each AIF will pay fees to its Directors by way of remuneration for their services to the AIF and the
trading subsidiaries of the AIF (if applicable). Current Directors’ fees of each AIF are disclosed in
each Directorship Services Agreement if not the relevant Offering Document.
In general, all administration, custody, brokerage, agent and similar fees, and all other operating,
organizational and offering expenses of an AIF, or account with respect to a client other than an AIF,
are typically paid directly by such AIF or account. In some instances, certain AIF costs and expenses
may be limited to a level specified in the AIF’s relevant offering documents
Each of the AIFs will typically bear all costs, expenses and liabilities necessary to carry on the
business, purpose and activity for which it was formed. These may include, but not being limited to:
- Management and performance fees to be paid to Chenavari entities
- fees and expenses incurred in connection with the formation and ongoing Fund structuring
- marketing fees and expenses
- Regulatory fees and expenses
- organisational expenses
- execution software tools
- costs and expenses related to investments or prospective investments
- interest and commitment fees
- costs of audits of financial statements
- fees and expenses for financial and tax accounting
- fees and expenses of any administrator
- fees and expenses of any custodian
- primer broker and general brokerage and transaction fees
- fees and expenses of any outside legal counsel
- costs of any outside appraisers, accountants, attorneys or other experts
- expenses incurred in obtaining pricing services
- fees paid to any directors
- auditing and accounting fees and expenses
- costs of any insurance
- third-party expenses incurred in connection with transactions not consummated
- litigation expenses
- applicable taxes
- research costs via research payment account
Participation or Interest in Client Transaction
Neither Chenavari nor any of its supervised persons receives any referral fee, commissions or other
similar compensation in connection with any sales of securities or other investment products.
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MANAGEMENT As previously noted in this brochure, Chenavari generally receives performance fees with respect to
each of the portfolios over which it exercises discretionary management authority.
The Firm may simultaneously be an AIFM of multiple types of products on behalf of clients, known as
side-by-side management. These clients may have different investment objectives, restrictions,
strategies or other limitations, which gives rise to a variety of conflicts of interest for the Firm, its
staff and supervised persons.
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Chenavari currently provides risk management services to AIFs as well as separate accounts on
behalf of institutional investors, multi-managers and family offices globally.
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AND RISK OF LOSS Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
Chenavari focuses on fundamentally-driven investment strategies, driven by dedicated research and
analysis, and complemented by customized quantitative modelling. Most research is generated
internally, in order to benefit from select trading ideas with limited following by other market
participants. Research is both bottom-up and top-down in nature, including analysis of corporate-
specific factors as well as macroeconomic indicators, consideration of business-cycle developments
and detailed analysis of market structural and technical factors.
For liquid strategies and vehicles, the Portfolio Management and credit research teams hold daily meetings to assess the impact of the most recent market movements, macro indicators and
corporate news-flow as a group. In addition, formal strategy meetings are held monthly, attended by
the senior members of each investment team, to discuss portfolio composition, strategy ideas, risk
characteristics and bottom-up fundamental research from the credit research team as well as
technical factors such as supply and demand flows. Any positions associated with a live trade are
monitored continuously, with any relevant developments being reported and interpreted either
immediately on the trade floor or during one of the regular structured meetings described above.
The Firm’s investment strategies primarily include, though not being limited to:
ABS: Fundamentally-based and active trading to take advantage of market and structural
inefficiencies in European ABS markets across RMBS, CLOs, CDOs and other structured finance
securities.
Consumer Finance: Financing that comprises credit cards, prepaid cards and personal loans.
Credit Spread Neutral/Convexity: Relative value trading of credit indices and derivatives.
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Long/Short Corporate Credit: Relative value and directional opportunities across the capital
structure in corporate markets including High Yield, Stressed/Distressed, Convertible Bonds,
Financials and Leveraged Loans.
European Real Estate Debt: Lending investors’ capital to realize high added-value real estate
operations.
Leasing: Allowing the use of an asset by a company; providing economic characteristics of ownership
for a company being financed by this means.
Receivables Financing: Also, called debt factoring, consisting of financing a company by buying its
account receivables whereby the receivable is then used as self-liquidating collateral.
Regulatory Capital: Opportunistic corporate credit and structured finance transactions, including
primary and secondary deals of asset-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations and credit-
linked notes.
Shipping Financing: Senior loans secured by shipping mortgages, Short-term senior secured facilities
secured by shipping assets.
Short biased credit: Using cash and derivative instruments to opportunistically combine select
identified short risk positions, long volatility positions and long risk positions.
SME Loans: Providing senior and mezzanine credit to select small and mid-size companies.
Specialty Finance: Opportunistic investments including primary and secondary deals of asset-backed
securities, credit-linked notes and providing financing to companies involved in specialty finance and
asset-backed financing of loan portfolios.
Trade Finance: Financing the physical flow of goods, typically taking the goods as collateral.
Risk of Loss
An investment in an investment vehicle managed by Chenavari regularly involves a high degree of
risk, including the risk that the entire amount invested may be lost. No guarantee or representation
is made that the investment program will be successful or that each investment vehicles’ returns will
exhibit low correlation with an investor’s traditional securities portfolio. The description below
provides a brief overview of the main different investment risks:
General Investment and Trading Risks All investments present the risk of loss of capital. Such investments are subject to investment-
specific price fluctuations as well as to macro-economic, market and industry-specific conditions
including, but not limited to, national and international economic conditions, domestic and
international financial policies and performance, conditions affecting particular investments such as
the financial viability of national and international politics and governmental events and changes in
income tax laws. The Investment adviser believes that its investment policies moderate this risk
through a careful selection of securities and other financial instruments and strategies. No guarantee
can be made that the trading of any such investment vehicle will be successful. The investment
policies may refer to investment techniques which can, in certain circumstances, maximize any
losses.
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Credit Derivatives Risk The investment vehicle may enter into one or more credit default swaps (“CDS”) as part of its
primary strategy. The use of credit derivatives is a highly-specialized activity which involves strategies
and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio security transactions. The
Investment vehicle's risk of loss in a credit derivative transaction varies. For example, if the
Investment vehicle purchases protection under a CDS, and if no default occurs with respect to the
security, the Investment vehicle's loss is limited to the premium it paid for the CDS. In contrast, if
there is a default by the seller of protection under a CDS, the Investment vehicle's loss will include
both the premium that it paid for the CDS and the loss of payment under the swap. Any CDS will also
be subject to counterparty risk.
Fixed Income Securities The Investment vehicle may invest:
- in bonds or other fixed income securities, which may be unrated by a credit-rating agency or
below investment grade and which are subject to greater risk of loss of principal and interest
than higher-rated debt securities.
- in debt securities, which rank junior to other outstanding securities and obligations of the
issuer, all or a significant portion of which may be secured on substantially all of that issuer’s
assets.
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in debt securities, which are not protected by financial covenants or limitations on
additional indebtedness.
Each Investment vehicle will therefore be subject to credit, liquidity and interest rate risks.
Higher yielding debt securities are generally unsecured and may be subordinated to certain other
outstanding securities and obligations of the issuer, which may be secured on substantially all the
issuer’s assets. The lower rating of debt obligations in the higher yielding sector reflects a greater
probability that adverse changes in the financial condition of the issuer or in general economic
conditions or both may impair the ability of the issuer to make payments of principal and interest.
Non-investment grade debt securities may not be protected by financial covenants or limitations on
additional indebtedness. In addition, evaluating credit risk for debt securities involves uncertainty
because credit rating agencies throughout the world have different standards, making comparison
across countries difficult. It is likely that a major economic recession could disrupt severely the
market for such securities and may have an adverse impact on the value of such securities. In
addition, it is likely that any such economic downturn could adversely affect the ability of the issuers
of such securities to repay principal and pay interest thereon and increase the incidence of default
for such securities.
Mortgage-related and other asset backed securities Asset backed securities are securities that entitle the shareholders thereof to receive payments that
depend primarily on cash flow from a specified pool of financial assets, either fixed or revolving, that
by their terms convert cash within a finite time period, together with rights or other assets designed
to assure the servicing or timely distribution of proceeds to shareholders of asset backed securities.
The market value of a portfolio of asset backed securities generally will fluctuate with, among other
things, the financial condition of the obligors or issuers of the portfolio and the underlying assets,
general economic conditions, the condition of certain financial markets, political events,
developments or trends in any particular industry and changes in prevailing interest rates.
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Asset backed securities are often subject to extension and prepayment risks which may have
substantial impact on the timing of their cashflows. The average life of each individual security may
be affected by a large number of factors such as structural features (including the existence and
frequency of exercise of any optional redemption, mandatory prepayment or sinking fund features),
the prevailing level of interest rates, the actual default rate of the underlying assets, the timing of
recoveries and the level of rotation in the underlying assets. As a result, no assurance can be made
as to the exact timing of cashflows from the portfolio of securities. This uncertainty may affect the
returns of a AIF. In addition, to the extent that they are not guaranteed, each type of asset backed
securities entails specific credit risks depending on the type of assets involved and the legal structure
used.
Synthetic Securities AIFs may invest in credit derivative transactions referencing corporate credit portfolios (such as
bespoke tranches or index tranches). Investments in such types of assets through the purchase of
synthetic securities present risks in addition to those resulting from direct purchases of such
securities, and will expose the AIFs to the credit risk of the counterparty as well as that of the
reference obligor. The terms of the credit derivative transactions typically require payment to be
made by any AIF to the counterparty if certain events occur, and those events are not limited to an
event of default under the reference obligation. Any AIF typically will be required to post collateral
with the counterparty to secure the AIF’s obligation under the credit derivative transaction, and the
AIF’s obligation to the counterparty will be senior in priority to any distributions on shares of the AIF.
Market Risk The market price of an investment owned by an Investment vehicle may go up or down, sometimes
unpredictably. The value of an investment may decline due to general market conditions, such as
real or perceived adverse economic conditions or general adverse investment sentiment.
Investments may also decline in value due to factors which affect a particular market sector.
Counterparty risk Some of the markets in which the Investment vehicle may trade are “over-the-counter” or
“interdealer” markets. The participants in such markets are typically not subject to credit evaluation
and regulatory oversight as are members of “exchange-based” markets. This exposes each
investment vehicle
to the risk that a counterparty will not settle a transaction in accordance with its
terms and conditions because of a dispute over the terms of the contract (whether or not bona fide)
or because of a credit or liquidity problem, thus causing the investment vehicle
to suffer a loss.
Such “counterparty risk” is accentuated for contracts with longer maturities where events may
intervene to prevent settlement, or where the investment vehicle has concentrated its transactions
with a single or small group of counterparties.
Subject to the investment restrictions contained herein, the investment vehicles are not restricted
from dealing with any particular counterparty or from concentrating any or all of their transactions
with one counterparty. Moreover, no investment vehicle has an internal credit function dedicated to
the evaluation of the creditworthiness of its counterparties.
The ability of each investment vehicle to transact business with any one or number of
counterparties, the lack of any meaningful and independent evaluation of such counterparties’
financial capabilities and the absence of a regulated market to facilitate settlement may increase the
potential for losses by such investment vehicle
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Availability of Investment Strategies The success of the AIF’s investment activities will depend on the Investment Advisers’ ability to
identify investment opportunities as well as assess the import of news and events that may affect
the financial markets and make investment decisions. Identification and exploitation of the
investment strategies to be pursued by each investment vehicle involves a high degree of
uncertainty. No assurance can be given that the Investment Adviser will be able to locate suitable
investment opportunities in which to deploy all of an Investment vehicle's assets or to exploit
discrepancies in the securities and derivatives markets or that it will decide to make such
investments. Investors should also be aware that the nature of the AIF’s investment and the
appointment of its service providers create its own restrictions. In addition, the AIF’s trading
strategies may create situations where entities in which it is invested or the service providers it
appoints may be considered to have conflicts of interest with any of such AIFs.
Potential Illiquidity of the AIF’s Investments. The lack of an established, liquid secondary market for many of the AIF’s investments and transfer
restrictions typical to such Investments may have an adverse effect on the market value of such
investments and on each AIF’s ability to dispose of them. Any AIF may not be able to sell these
investments when it desires to do so or to realize what it perceives to be their fair value in event of a
sale. In addition, the sale of such assets often requires more time and results in higher brokerage
charges or dealer discounts and other selling expenses than does the sale of investments which are
eligible for trading on an exchange or for which there is an active over-the-counter market.
Furthermore, if an AIF enters into credit derivative transactions it will need to obtain the consent of
the counterparty to terminate or assign the transaction. If any investments have not matured or
been redeemed prior to the liquidation of the relevant AIF, the AIF will be required to liquidate such
Investments and may incur significant loss due to their illiquidity. The size of each AIF’s positions may
magnify the effect of a decrease in market liquidity for such instruments. An investment in any AIF is
suitable only for certain sophisticated investors who do not require immediate liquidity for their
investments.
Credit Rating Credit ratings issued by credit rating agencies are designed to evaluate the safety of principal and
interest payments of rated securities. They do not evaluate the market value risk of securities and,
therefore, may not fully reflect the true risks of an investment. In addition, credit rating agencies
may or may not make timely changes in a rating to reflect changes in the economy or in the
conditions of the issuer that affect the market value of the security. Consequently, credit ratings are
used only as a preliminary indicator of investment quality.
Currency value fluctuations An AIF may make Investments denominated in a number of currencies, subject to complying with
relevant investment restrictions. Changes in currency exchange rates may adversely affect the value
of investments, returns received from collections made, gains and losses realized on any sale of
investments and the amount of distributions, if any, to be made by an AIF. In addition, the AIF will
incur costs in converting investment principal and income from one currency to another.
Among the factors that may affect currency values are trade balances, the level of short-term
interest rates, differences in relative values of similar assets in different currencies, long-term
opportunities for investment and capital appreciation and political developments.
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Hedging In connection with the financing of certain investments, an AIF may employ hedging techniques
designed to protect against adverse movements in securities prices, currency and/or interest rates
and other risks. While such transactions may reduce certain risks, the transactions themselves may
entail certain other risks. Thus, while an AIF may benefit from the use of these hedging mechanisms,
changes in interest rates, securities prices, currency exchange rates or other factors may result in a
poorer overall performance for an AIF than if it had not entered into such hedging transactions.
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AFFILIATIONS Broker-Dealer Registration
This is not applicable to Chenavari.
Futures, Commodity Pool Operator, Commodity Trading Advisor
Related Person Arrangements
This is not applicable to Chenavari.
Arrangements With Other Investment Advisers
Chenavari delegates portfolio management of the AIFs to a related investment adviser, Chenavari
Credit Partners LLP.
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CLIENT TRANSACTIONS AND PERSONAL TRADING Code of Ethics
Chenavari has a compliance manual containing policies and procedures in conformance with the
requirements of Rule Section 206(4)-7 of the Investment Advisers Act 1940. This manual contains
Chenavari’s Code of Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”). The Code of Ethics contains specific undertakings
by Chenavari employees to conduct themselves with integrity and exercise proper skill, care and
diligence in the course of their employment with the Firm. In addition, the Code of Ethics provides
guidelines for employees in the conduct of their duties for Chenavari, including, without limitation,
with respect to:
A) Standard of Conduct
B) Confidential Information
C) Material Inside Information
D) Fiduciary Duty and Conflicts of Interest
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E) Front running
F) Unfair Treatment of Certain Clients Vis-a-Vis Others
G) Dealing with Clients as Agent and Principal: Section 206(3)
H) Personal Trading; Timely Reporting of Trades
I) Employee’s Responsibility to Know the Rules and Comply
J) Designation and Responsibilities of Chief Compliance Officer
A copy of such Code of Ethics will be provided to any client or prospective client upon request.
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading Chenavari uses conflicts management systems and personal account dealing pre-approval
procedures to monitor and control conflicts of interest that may arise when it or its related persons
have an interest in a transaction or security in which a client has a material interest or is considering
an investment. The conflicts of interest policy ensures that Chenavari and related persons will take
all reasonable steps to manage these conflicts and where arrangements are insufficient to deal with
a conflict, the nature and sources of the conflict shall be disclosed to the client and a waiver will be
requested before any commitment or undertaking is made to the client. In the event the conflict is
not manageable and there may be risks of damage to the client, Chenavari will decline to act for the
client with regards to the proposed transaction. The active disclosure of actual or potential conflicts
is a part of the policy in the appropriate circumstances and will be done in a format that is clear and
easy to understand. It is the Firm’s responsibility to disclose actual or potential conflict of interest
only where we are not reasonably confident that procedures and measures for managing the conflict
or potential conflict will prevent the risk of damage to client interests.
For recommendation to clients where Chenavari or the related person has a material interest, the
conflicts of interest policy ensures that this conflict is managed effectively by the Compliance
Department.
The Personal Account Dealing Policy strictly prohibits front-running on client transactions and
requires that at all times, Chenavari acts in the best interest of its clients. Before any personal trades
are placed, all employees (including supervised persons) must complete the personal account
dealing form in advance and await approval from the Compliance Department before executing the
transaction.
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Selecting Brokerage Firms
Chenavari has a best execution policy which considers the following factors when selecting
brokerage firms;
• price;
• costs;
• speed of execution;
• likelihood of execution and settlement;
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• size of order;
• nature of the order (e.g. whether a market or limit order or a negotiated transaction);
• any impact an order, when and if published, may have on the market price; and
• any consideration relevant to the execution of an order.
Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits Chenavari may at times receive research from brokers which is made generally available to such
brokers’ clients, however Chenavari does not presently have any soft dollar arrangements with any
broker that executes transactions for Chenavari clients. Research costs are directly charged to the
Funds via a Research Purchase Account, which is managed by a Chenavari group affiliate, Chenavari
Credit Partners LLP (“CCP”).
Brokerage for Client Referrals
Chenavari does not consider referrals when selecting brokers to execute client transactions.
Directed Brokerage
Chenavari does not have any directed brokerage arrangements.
Aggregation of Client Accounts
Order aggregation, also known as bunching, batching, or trade aggregation, refers to the practice of
combining orders for execution. Order aggregation occurs when Chenavari Credit Partners LLP select
the relevant for which trade orders will be aggregated and allocated, to which the execution prices
will be allocated amongst those orders. Aggregation may cause a delay in the execution of the
transaction, and it may operate to its advantage or disadvantage on some occasions. Further,
aggregated orders may result in a higher or lower price being obtained or a delay in executing the
order.
Chenavari acts only in an agency capacity and does not trade on behalf of its own account, that is,
proprietary trading. In the instance the Firm should trade on its own account, it would not be
permitted to aggregate an AIF order with that of its own account.
Chenavari may, at its reasonable discretion:
• aggregate orders for a particular AIF with orders for other AIFs and allocate the investments or
proceeds acquired among the participating AIFs in a manner that they believe is fair and reasonable;
and
• if the entire combined trade order is not executed at the same price, Chenavari may average the
prices paid or received, and charge the relevant AIFs with the average net price. Investors should be
aware that aggregation of orders may work to their disadvantage in relation to a particular trade
order. However, order aggregation will only be undertaken if it is not likely to work to the
disadvantage of an investor.
When order aggregation does occur, orders will be allocated in a fair way, that is, at a weighted
average price. Allocation on partial fills will also be made on a weighted average basis.
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Periodic Reviews
Chenavari conducts a daily internal PnL reconciliation of client accounts, weekly reviews for liquid
strategies and monthly review for illiquid strategies. The reviews are undertaken at a sub-book level
rather than an AIF level.
Review Triggers Additional reviews may be triggered by factors such as contributions to or withdrawals from the
account as well as market, economic or geo-political events. Senior investment personnel are
provided with regular reports with regards to the performance and portfolio attributes of the
accounts. In addition, ongoing monitoring is conducted and aims at ensuring that portfolios are
managed in line with client guidelines and restrictions.
Regular Reports Chenavari provides its investors with detailed monthly reports, including official NAV (standard),
risk parameters and credit sensitivities, including disclosure of largest long and short risk
concentrations (Open Protocol). In addition, upon request, investors may be added to the weekly
report distribution list where NAV estimates and full portfolio reports will be provided.
Chenavari will also inform clients of any material changes regarding their account (such as, without
being limited to, key advisory personnel changes, changes in the investment strategy or risk
management process and changes of service providers). Such notice will be provided in the regular
monthly report or by a special intra-month communication, as determined by Chenavari.
Pursuant to EU regulation MIFID II, Chenavari’s affiliate CCP must inform clients where the overall
value of their portfolio, as evaluated at the beginning of each reporting period, depreciates by 10%
and thereafter at multiples of 10%, no later than the end of the business day in which the threshold
is exceeded or, in a case where the threshold is exceeded on a non-business day, the close of the
next business day.
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Client Referrals
Chenavari has entered into introductory agreements with several third parties to introduce us to
qualified potential investors in different markets and geographies. The business introducer’s
commission is structured as a portion of the fees payable by the applicable referred investor(s),
subject in each case to such investor being approved by Chenavari, in its discretion, and meeting
appropriate regulatory criteria for investing in the applicable AIF.
If the investor decides to invest within the 12-month period following referral to Chenavari, the
introducer receives from Chenavari an introducers fee set forth in its agreement with Chenavari,
which is a percentage applicable to the potential investor’s initial investment. To the extent a
referred investor makes an investment in an AIF in the period from 13 -24 months following the
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referral, the fee is reduced to 50% of the introducers fee. The introducer will receive 20% of the net
management fee (after rebate, if any) provided the referred investors remain invested in the AIFs.
If there is a subsequent investment by a referred investor within 12 months of such investor’s initial
investment in an AIF, the same fees are paid as with respect to the initial investment.
Other Compensation
Chenavari has no other referral or similar compensation arrangements to disclose.
Chenavari or any of its affiliates may also occasionally receive origination fees and/or ongoing
investment monitoring fees (such as without being limited to directorship fees and expenses)
relating to its Private Equity/Private Debt investment activities.
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Chenavari does not take or maintain physical custody of any client cash or securities. All client assets
are maintained by a qualified custodian. Clients receiving statements directly from such custodians
should carefully review those statements and should carefully compare such statements to any
reports sent by Chenavari.
Chenavari and/or its affiliates may be deemed to have custody of the funds and securities of the AIF
by virtue of their status as an AIFM.
To ensure compliance with Rule 206(4)-2 under the Advisers Act, the AIFs are subject to an annual
audit in accordance with the applicable accounting standards, (including US GAAP, Luxembourg
GAAP and IFRS) by an independent public accountant registered with and subject to regular
inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The relevant audited
financial statements are distributed to each investor via the respective AIF Administrator within 120
days of the AIFs fiscal year-end.
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Chenavari delegates discretionary authority over all client accounts that it manages to Chenavari
Credit Partners LLP, an affiliate company. Each strategy employed by the AIFs employs a defined risk
framework.
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Chenavari’s overarching principle is that proxy votes should be cast in a way designed to ensure that
proxies are voted in the best interests of clients.
Voting decisions are made on a case by case basis by an assessment of the matter at hand and after
taking into consideration the likely effect on the performance on the portfolio or AIF.
Chenavari recognizes the strong link between good corporate governance and investment value.
There may be circumstances where Chenavari believe it is in the best interests of the AIF to vote in a
manner which may differ to the general consensus of the market or industry convention at the time.
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Corporate Governance is concerned with the way in which companies are directed and controlled.
We believe that effective Corporate Governance is advanced through the application of corporate
governance principles outlined in Rule 206(4)-6 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
If Chenavari determines that it has, or may be perceived to have, a conflict of interest when voting a
proxy, it will address matters involving such conflicts of interest as follows:
A) If a proposal is addressed by the specific principles herein, Chenavari will vote in accordance
with such policies;
B) If Chenavari believes it is in the best interest of the clients to depart from the specific principles
provided for herein, Chenavari will be subject to the requirements of C or D below, as
applicable;
C) If the proxy proposal is (1) not addressed by the specific principles or (2) requires a case-by-case
determination by Chenavari, then Chenavari may vote such proxy as it determines to be in the
best interest of the AIFs, without taking any action described in D below, provided that such
vote would be against Chenavari’s own interest in the matter (i.e., against the perceived or
actual conflict). Chenavari will record the rationale of such vote in writing;
D) If the proxy proposal is (i) not addressed by the specific principles or (ii) requires a case-by-case
determination by Chenavari, and the Firm believes it should vote in a way that may also benefit,
or be perceived to benefit, its own interest, then Chenavari must take one of the following
actions in voting such proxy:
(a) delegate the voting decision for such proxy proposal to an independent third party;
(b) delegate the voting decision to an independent committee of partners, members, directors
or other representatives of the Clients, as applicable;
(c) inform the investors in the clients of the conflict of interest and obtain consent to (majority
consent in the case of a Fund) vote the proxy as recommended by the XYZ; or
(d) obtain approval of the decision from Chenavari’s Chief Compliance Officer and third-party
legal advisors.
Where a resolution is deemed to be contentious, the relevant Chenavari analyst or portfolio
manager will consider all the relevant information, including external reports received from
corporate governance advisers, and may contact the relevant company to obtain further details or
clarification on the matter prior to making a final recommendation. All decisions are made with the
close assistance of the Head of Operations.
Chenavari will make available for inspection a summary of all proxy voting records for the previous
calendar year upon request.
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This item is not applicable to Chenavari.
ITEM 19: REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE-REGISTERED ADVISERS This item is not applicable to Chenavari.
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