COMPASS ROSE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP
- Advisory Business
- Fees and Compensation
- Performance-Based Fees
- Types of Clients
- Methods of Analysis
- Disciplinary Information
- Other Activities
- Code of Ethics
- Brokerage Practices
- Review of Accounts
- Client Referrals
- Custody
- Investment Discretion
- Voting Client Securities
- Financial Information
ADVISORY BUSINESS
Compass Rose Asset Management, LP (“Compass Rose”) was legally formed in September 2017. The firm’s headquarters is located in New York, New York. The principal ultimate owners of Compass Rose are Brian Riano, Sean Fahey, and Jason Roche. Compass Rose is an investment adviser registered with the SEC. Compass Rose serves as the investment adviser to a private pooled investment vehicle (the “Fund”) that is offered to investors on a private placement basis and certain separately managed accounts. In this document, references to Compass Rose’s “Clients” include the Fund and any other separately managed accounts that Compass Rose is engaged to manage, as applicable. Unless otherwise expressly stated herein, the term “Clients” does not include investors. The Fund may be structured as a Delaware limited partnership, Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership and/or a Cayman Islands exempt limited company. Compass Rose currently provides investment advisory services to the following Fund: 1. Claren Road Credit Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Onshore Credit Fund”); Claren Road Credit Fund, Ltd., an exempted company organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Offshore Credit Fund” and with the Onshore Credit Fund, the “Credit Feeder Funds”); and Claren Road Credit Master Fund, Ltd., an exempted company organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Credit Master Fund”, and together with the Onshore Credit Fund and the Offshore Credit Fund, the “Credit Funds”). Both Credit Feeder Funds invest all of their assets in the Credit Master Fund. Compass Rose GP, LLC (the “General Partner”), a Delaware limited liability company and an affiliate of Compass Rose, serves as the general partner of the Onshore Credit Fund. The Credit Feeder Funds shall be collectively referred to herein as “Feeder Funds”. Compass Rose also currently serves as investment adviser to one separately managed account. Compass Rose makes investments for the Credit Master Fund in accordance with the investment objectives and guidelines as set forth in the offering memorandum of the Onshore Credit Fund and Offshore Credit Fund, respectively, and such investments consist primarily of fixed income instruments and their derivatives, including bonds, loans and convertibles, as well as private instruments. Compass Rose does not expect to participate in any wrap fee programs. Compass Rose manages on a discretionary basis approximately $379,155,676 of regulatory assets under management as of December 31, 2018. Compass Rose will not manage any assets on a non-discretionary basis. please register to get more info
FEES AND COMPENSATION
Compass Rose, Compass Rose Asset Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that serves as the general partner of Compass Rose (“Compass Rose GP”) and/or the general partner of a Fund will receive management fees and performance fees or incentive allocations from its Clients. Compass Rose, its affiliates and equity owners, and certain of their respective professionals and employees, may invest in or alongside the Fund. Fees assessed or profit allocations on such investments may be substantially reduced or, as is more typical, waived altogether for these investors. Performance fees or carried interest profit allocations are subject to regulation under Rule 205-3 under the Advisers Act. Therefore, Compass Rose seeks to ensure that Clients, including investors in the Fund that are directly or indirectly assessed performance fees or are subject to carried interest profit allocations satisfy the qualifications of Rule 205-3 under the Advisers Act and have been advised of such fees or allocations and their risks. Accordingly, the fees applicable to each Client will be set forth in detail in each Fund’s offering documents. Similarly, the fees applicable to any separately managed accounts will be set forth in detail in a managed account agreement entered into between Compass Rose, on the one hand, and the separately managed account, on the other hand. A brief summary of such fees is provided below. 1. Management Fee Generally, each Client will pay Compass Rose a fee for investment advisory services (the “Management Fee”) for each fiscal quarter ranging from 0% (0% per annum) to 0.375% (2% per annum) of the beginning net asset value of each investor’s capital account for such fiscal quarter. The Management Fee will be calculated and paid at the beginning of each quarter. The Management Fee will be prorated for any period that is less than a full quarter and will be adjusted for contributions made during the quarter. Compass Rose and/or the governing body of the Fund may waive or modify the Management Fee with respect to certain investors. 2. Performance Compensation Incentive Allocation Generally, at the end of each fiscal year, or such other period as may be specified in the operative documents for a particular class of investors, the general partner of a Fund (each a “Fund GP”), expects to be entitled to an incentive allocation (the “Incentive Allocation”) in an amount equal to between 15% and 30% of the net capital appreciation (which includes both realized gains and losses and unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities held in the Fund’s portfolio) allocated to an investor’s capital account for such fiscal year, or such other period as may be specified in the operative documents for a particular class of investors, after deducting the Management Fee debited to such investor’s capital account for such fiscal year, subject to a loss carry-forward mechanism. In the event that the Fund is terminated, or an investor withdraws from the Fund other than at the end of a fiscal year or such other period as may be specified in the operative documents for a particular class of investors, then for purposes of determining the Incentive Allocation allocable at such time to the Fund GP, net capital appreciation will be determined as if such dates were the end of the fiscal year or such other period as may be specified in the operative documents for a particular class of investors, subject to certain adjustments. The Fund GP may waive or modify the Incentive Allocation with respect to certain investors. Incentive Fee Generally, at the end of each fiscal year, or such other period as may be specified in the operative documents for a particular class of investors, Compass Rose expects to be entitled to an incentive fee (the ”Incentive Fee”, and together with the Incentive Allocation, the “Performance Compensation”) in an amount equal to between 15% and 30% of the net realized and unrealized appreciation in the net asset value of each series of shares, adjusted for any redemption of shares in the series made during the year and any accruals of the Incentive Fee and subject to a loss carry-forward mechanism. In the event that shares are redeemed other than at the end of a fiscal year, or such other period as may be specified in the operative documents for a particular class of investors, the Incentive Fee will be computed and paid as though the redemption date were the last day of the fiscal year or such other period as may be specified in the operative documents for a particular class of investors. The board of directors of the offshore Fund, with the consent of Compass Rose, may waive or modify the Incentive Fee with respect to certain investors. The Fund will have the right to issue additional subclasses and tranches of shares with differing fee terms. 3. Separately Managed Accounts As of the date of this Brochure, Compass Rose is also providing investment management services to one separately managed account, and may in the future directly advise additional separately managed accounts. Fees for separately managed accounts are negotiable and will not be based on a fixed fee schedule. Such fees are expected to be based on factors specific to the applicable managed account and the applicable client’s preferences, including without limitation, the investment strategy to be utilized, the investment restrictions imposed, the perceived risk/return of the instruments expected to be traded, the level of assets in the managed account, and the required and/or anticipated term of the managed account arrangements. Fees for separately managed accounts may include either management fees based on an agreed-upon percentage of the assets in the managed account or performance fees based on an agreed-upon percentage of the net returns of the managed account, or both management and performance fees. Compass Rose anticipates being paid a management fee, payable quarterly in advance as of the first business day of each calendar quarter. The incentive fee charged to Clients which are separately managed accounts will be calculated and payable annually in arrears as of the last business day of each calendar year. 4. Expenses Compass Rose is responsible for and will pay or cause to be paid overhead expenses, including: office rent; utilities; furniture and fixtures; stationery; secretarial/ internal administrative services; compensation; entertainment expenses; employee insurance and payroll taxes. All other expenses will be paid by the Clients and will include, as applicable: fees payable to Compass Rose; legal, compliance, audit, accounting (including third party accounting services) and administrator (including middle/back office services) fees and expenses; organizational expenses; investment expenses such as commissions, research fees and expenses (including research-related travel); market data fees; interest on margin accounts and other indebtedness; borrowing charges on securities sold short; custodial fees; Fund-related insurance costs; the Feeder Funds’ pro rata share of the expenses of the Credit Master Fund; as applicable, and any other expenses related to the purchase, sale or transmittal of Fund assets which may include Bloomberg terminals and development costs for the Fund’s internal operations and portfolio management system. please register to get more info
PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT
The payment of Performance Compensation may cause Compass Rose to make investments that are riskier or more speculative than would be the case if Performance Compensation were not made. Since Performance Compensation will be calculated on a basis that includes unrealized appreciation of assets, such Performance Compensation may be greater than if it were based solely on realized gains. In certain circumstances, Compass Rose may be entitled to receive greater Performance Compensation in respect of certain Clients than it would be entitled to receive in respect of other Clients, based on differing fee arrangements. Compass Rose has a policy of allocating investment opportunities on a fair and equitable basis. Compass Rose’s allocation policy is discussed in Item 11. please register to get more info
TYPES OF CLIENTS
The Fund to whom Compass Rose provides investment advice is a pooled investment vehicle, interests in which are offered to investors on a private placement basis, as described above. As of the date of this Brochure, Compass Rose also provides investment management services to one separately managed account, as described above, and may in the future directly advise additional separately managed accounts please register to get more info
METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS
A. Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies The investment strategies, methods of analysis, and risks applicable to the Fund managed by Compass Rose are summarized below and further provided in each of the Feeder Fund’s respective offering document. Managed Account strategies will be detailed in other offering documents of such Client.
Compass Rose’s objective is to follow an opportunistic, credit-focused investment strategy designed to preserve capital and provide uncorrelated risk adjusted returns through active management in all parts of the cycle through a disciplined investment approach. Compass Rose utilizes an opportunistic long/short credit strategy accompanied with event-driven and capital structure arbitrage sub-strategies through investment in fixed-income securities and other related financial instruments across global markets. Compass Rose seeks to take advantage of market opportunities by actively trading mainly credit instruments to capture value across the capital structure and asset classes. When deploying capital, Compass Rose examines each investment by holistically, through the prism of its trading-driven investment culture where the portfolio turns over regularly. Compass Rose analyzes corporate fundamentals while considering overall market conditions and assessing macroeconomic aspects such as geopolitical risks, which are reviewed continuously. Compass Rose seeks to evaluate technical factors including supply and demand, market expectations surrounding the issuer, and the existence of short and long term catalysts to determine an investment’s value. This is usually coupled with analysis of the investment merits of an issuer, its securities and other instruments based on, but not limited to the following (where applicable): market valuation of an issuer’s securities; outlook for the industry in which an issuer operates; asset quality, particularly in stressed or distressed situations; credit metrics such as cash flow ratios, earnings, and overall balance sheet strength; and capital structure, debt maturities, bond indentures and related covenant protections.
B. Material, Significant or Unusual Risks Relating to Investment Strategies
The following does not purport to be a complete list or explanation of the risks involved in an investment in the Fund or accounts to be managed by Compass Rose. These risk factors include only those risks that Compass Rose believes are material, significant or unusual and relate to particular investment strategies to be employed by Compass Rose. Prior to making any investment in the Fund, investors should carefully review the offering documents for a more complete description of the risk factors and conflicts of interest relating to such Fund. 1. Broad Discretion as to Nature of Investments Compass Rose has broad discretion in making investments for the Fund. Investments will generally consist of fixed income instruments and other assets that may be affected by business, financial market or legal uncertainties. There can be no assurance that Compass Rose will correctly evaluate the nature and magnitude of the various factors that could affect the value of and return on investments. Prices of investments may be volatile, and a variety of factors that are inherently difficult to predict, such as domestic or international economic and political developments, may significantly affect the results of the Fund’s activities and the value of its investments. In addition, the values of the Fund’s portfolios may fluctuate as the general level of interest rates fluctuates. No guarantee or representation is made that the Fund’s investment objectives will be achieved. 2. Arbitrage Transaction Risks Arbitrage strategies attempt to take advantage of perceived price discrepancies of identical or similar financial instruments, on different markets or in different forms. Examples of arbitrage strategies include event-driven arbitrage, merger arbitrage, capital structure arbitrage, convertible arbitrage, fixed income or interest rate arbitrage, statistical arbitrage, relative value arbitrage, debt spread arbitrage and index arbitrage. Compass Rose may employ any one or more of these arbitrage strategies. If the requisite elements of an arbitrage strategy are not properly analyzed, or unexpected events or price movements intervene, losses can occur which can be magnified to the extent the Fund is employing leverage. Moreover, arbitrage strategies often depend upon identifying favorable “spreads”, which can also be identified, reduced or eliminated by other market participants. 3. Competition for “Relative Value” and “Event Driven” Investments Relative value and event driven trading is extremely competitive. The Funds will compete with a large number of firms, many of which have substantially greater financial resources as well as larger research and trading staffs than are available to the Funds. Competitive investment activity by other firms may reduce the Fund’s opportunity for profit by reducing the magnitude as well as the duration of the market inefficiencies which it seeks to exploit. 4. Non-Diversification It is anticipated that the Fund’s portfolios may be relatively concentrated with respect to types of investments. Accordingly, the investment portfolios of the Fund may be subject to more rapid change in value than would be the case if the Fund was required to maintain a wider diversification among types of investments, issuers and geographic areas. 5. Activist Strategy As the Fund’s investment strategy intends to involve, in some cases, aggressive creditor or shareholder activism that will attempt to influence the destinies of target companies, there exists the risk that the intended strategy for a particular company will be unsuccessful, and losses could on some, and potentially all of the investment could occur. Further, when securities are purchased in anticipation of influencing the future direction of a company, a substantial period of time may elapse between the Fund’s purchase of the securities and the anticipated results. During this period, a portion of the Fund’s capital will be committed to the securities purchased, and the Fund typically might finance some portion of such purchases with borrowed funds on which the Fund must pay interest. Moreover, there may be instances where the Fund will be restricted in transacting in or redeeming a particular investment as a result of its activist investment strategy. Moreover, as a result of the Fund’s proposed investment strategy and the possibility that the Fund may participate in restructuring or similar activities, it is possible that the Fund may become involved in litigation (as either plaintiff or defendant). Litigation entails legal and other expenses, which the Fund will bear. Litigation also entails the possibility of counterclaims against the Fund and ultimately judgments may be rendered against the Fund, for which the Fund may not carry insurance. 6. Control Positions To the extent that the Fund owns a controlling stake in, have representatives on a board of directors of, or are deemed an affiliate of, a particular company, it may be subject to certain additional securities laws restrictions which could affect the Fund’s abilities to make additional investments, as well as the liquidity of the Fund’s interests and the Fund’s abilities to liquidate their interests without adversely impacting the stock price. These restrictions include insider trading restrictions, the affiliate sale restrictions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the disclosure requirements of Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In addition, to the extent that affiliates of the Fund or Compass Rose are subject to such restrictions, the Fund, by virtue of their affiliation with such entities, may be similarly restricted, regardless of whether the Fund stands to benefit from such affiliate’s stock ownership. If the Fund, alone or as part of a group acting together for certain purposes, become the beneficial owner of more than 10% of certain classes of securities of a U.S. public company or place a director on the board of directors of such a company, the Fund may be subject to certain additional reporting requirements and to liability for short-swing profits under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Furthermore, the Fund may also be subject to similar reporting requirements in non-U.S. jurisdictions where they hold significant positions in the securities of public companies in such jurisdictions. 7. Use of Leverage The Fund may utilize leverage. This results in the Fund controlling substantially more assets than the Fund has equity. Leverage increases the Fund’s returns if the Fund earns a greater return on investments purchased with borrowed funds than the Fund’s costs of borrowing such funds. However, the use of leverage exposes the Fund to additional levels of risk, including (a) greater losses from investments than would otherwise have been the case had the Fund not borrowed to make the investments, (b) margin calls or interim margin requirements which may force premature liquidations of investment positions and (c) losses on investments where the investment fails to earn a return that equals or exceeds the Fund’s costs of borrowing such funds. In the event of a sudden, precipitous drop in value of the Fund’s assets, the Fund might not be able to liquidate assets quickly enough to repay their borrowings, further magnifying the losses. 8. Interest Rate Risk The Fund is subject to interest rate risk. Generally, the value of fixed income instruments will change inversely with changes in interest rates. As interest rates rise, the market value of fixed income instruments tends to decrease. Conversely, as interest rates fall, the market value of fixed income instruments tends to increase. This risk will be greater for long-term securities than for short-term securities. Compass Rose intends to try to minimize the exposure of the portfolios to interest rate changes through the use of U.S. government securities, other sovereign securities and their derivatives. However, there can be no guarantee that Compass Rose will be successful in fully mitigating the impact of interest rate changes on the portfolios. 9. Portfolio Turnover The investment strategy of the Fund may require Compass Rose to actively trade the Fund’s portfolio, and as a result, turnover and brokerage commission expenses of the Fund may significantly exceed those of other investment entities of comparable size. 10. Derivatives Regulation Swaps and other derivatives instruments are subject to legal, tax and market uncertainties. As a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act passed in 2010, evolving regulatory requirements govern swaps and other derivatives. In addition, there is limited case law characterizing swaps and other derivatives, interpreting their provisions or characterizing their tax treatment. There can be no assurance that new and additional regulatory requirements governing swaps and other derivatives or future court decisions construing provisions in, or provisions similar to those in, any swap agreement or related documents will not have a material adverse effect on the investments. 11. Short Sales Short sales can, in certain circumstances, substantially increase the impact of adverse price movements on the Fund’s portfolio. A short sale involves the risk of a theoretically unlimited increase in the market price of the particular investment sold short, which could result in an inability to cover the short position and a theoretically unlimited loss. There can be no assurance that securities necessary to cover a short position will be available for purchase.
C. Risks Associated with Particular Types of Investments
1. Illiquid Investments The Fund invests in securities that are subject to legal or other restrictions on transfer or for which no liquid market exists. The market prices, if any, for such securities tend to be volatile and the Funds may not be able to sell them when they desire to do so or to realize what they perceive to be their fair value in the event of a sale. The sale of restricted and illiquid securities often requires more time and results in higher brokerage charges or dealer discounts and other selling expenses than do the sale of securities eligible for trading on national securities exchanges or in the over-the-counter markets. Restricted securities may sell at a price lower than similar securities that are not subject to restrictions on resale. These factors may adversely impact the liquidity of the Fund’s investment portfolio and the liquidity of an investor’s investment in the Fund. 2. Convertible Securities The Fund may invest in convertible securities, securities that may be exchanged or converted into a predetermined number of the issuer’s underlying shares or the shares of another company or that are indexed to an unmanaged market index at the option of the holder during a specified time period. Convertible securities may take the form of convertible preferred stock, convertible bonds or debentures, stock purchase warrants, zero-coupon bonds or liquid-yield option notes, stock index notes, mandatories, or a combination of the features of these securities. Prior to conversion, convertible securities have the same general characteristics as non-convertible debt securities. As with all debt securities, the market value of convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates increase and conversely, increase as interest rates decline. Convertible securities, however, also appreciate when the underlying common stock appreciates, and conversely, depreciate when the underlying common stock depreciates. 3. Special Situation Issuers The Fund may invest in companies involved in (or that are the target of) acquisition attempts or tender offers or in companies involved in or undergoing work-outs, liquidations, spin-offs, reorganizations, bankruptcies or other catalytic changes or similar transactions. In any investment opportunity involving any such type of special situation, there exists the risk that the contemplated transaction will be unsuccessful, will take considerable time or will result in a distribution of cash or a new security, the value of which will be less than the purchase price to the Fund of the security or other financial instrument in respect of which such distribution is received. Similarly, if an anticipated transaction does not in fact occur, the Fund may be required to sell the investment at a loss. Because there is substantial uncertainty concerning the outcome of transactions involving financially troubled companies in which the Fund may invest, there is a potential risk of loss by the Fund of their entire investment in such companies. 4. High Yield Securities The Fund may invest in “high yield” bonds and preferred securities which are rated in the lower rating categories by the various credit rating agencies (or in comparable non-rated securities). Securities in the lower rating categories are subject to greater risk of loss of principal and interest than higher-rated securities and are generally considered to be predominately speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal. They are also generally considered to be subject to greater risk than securities with higher ratings in the case of deterioration of general economic conditions. Because investors generally perceive that there are greater risks associated with the lower-rated securities, the yields and prices of such securities may tend to fluctuate more than those for higher-rated securities. The market for lower-rated securities is thinner and less active than that for higher-rated securities, which can adversely affect the prices at which these securities can be sold. In addition, adverse publicity and investor perceptions about lower-rated securities, whether or not based on fundamental analysis, may be a contributing factor in a decrease in the value and liquidity of such lower-rated securities. 5. Distressed Investments The Fund may invest in “distressed” securities, claims and obligations of domestic and foreign entities which are experiencing significant financial or business difficulties. Investments may include loans, commercial paper, loan participations, trade claims held by trade or other creditors, stocks, partnership interests and similar financial instruments, executory contracts and options or participations therein not publicly traded. Distressed investments may result in significant returns to the Fund, but also involve a substantial degree of risk. The Fund may lose a substantial portion or all of their investment in a distressed environment or may be required to accept cash or securities with a value less than the Fund’s investment. Among the risks inherent in investments in entities experiencing significant financial or business difficulties is the fact that it frequently may be difficult to obtain information as to the true condition of such issuers. Such investments also may be adversely affected by state and federal laws relating to, among other things, fraudulent conveyances, voidable preferences, lender liability and the bankruptcy court’s discretionary power to disallow, subordinate or disenfranchise particular claims. The market prices of such instruments are also subject to abrupt and erratic market movements and above average price volatility, and the spread between the bid and asked prices of such instruments may be greater than normally expected. In trading distressed instruments, litigation is sometimes required. Such litigation can be time-consuming and expensive, and can frequently lead to unpredicted delays or losses. Moreover, to the extent that the Fund invests in distressed sovereign debt obligations, the Fund will be subject to additional risks and considerations not present in private distressed securities, including the uncertainties involved in enforcing and collecting debt obligations against sovereign nations, which may be affected by world events, changes in U.S. foreign policy and other factors outside of the control of Compass Rose. 6. Structured Finance Securities The Fund may invest in structured finance securities such as, for example, equipment trust certificates, collateralized debt obligations, collateralized mortgage obligations, collateralized bond obligations, collateralized loan obligations or similar instruments. Structured finance securities may present risks similar to those of the other types of investments in which the Fund may invest and, in fact, such risks may be of greater significance in the case of structured finance securities. Moreover, investing in structured finance securities may entail a variety of unique risks. Among other risks, structured finance securities may be subject to prepayment risk. In addition, the performance of a structured finance security will be affected by a variety of factors, including its priority in the capital structure of the issuer thereof, the availability of any credit enhancement, the level and timing of payments and recoveries on and the characteristics of the underlying receivables, loans or other assets that are being securitized, remoteness of those assets from the originator or transferor, the adequacy of and ability to realize upon any related collateral and the capability of the servicer of the securitized assets. 7. Loan Participations The Fund may invest in corporate loans acquired through assignment or participations. In purchasing participations, the Fund will usually have a contractual relationship only with the selling institution, and not the borrower. The Fund generally will have no right directly to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement, nor any rights of set-off against the borrower, nor will they have the right to object to certain changes to the loan agreement agreed to by the selling institution. The Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the related secured loan and may not be subject to any rights of set-off the borrower has against the selling institution. In addition, in the event of the insolvency of the selling institution, under the laws of the United States and the individual states, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of such selling institution, and may not have any exclusive or senior claim with respect to the selling institution’s interest in, or the collateral with respect to, the secured loan. Consequently, the Fund may be subject to the credit risk of the selling institution as well as of the borrower. Certain loans or loan participations may be governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than a United States jurisdiction, which may present additional risks as regards the characterization under such laws of such participation in the event of the insolvency of the selling institution or the borrower. A number of judicial decisions have upheld judgments of borrowers against lending institutions on the basis of various evolving legal theories, collectively termed “lender liability.” Because of the nature of the assets in which the Fund may invest, which may include corporate loans, the Fund may be subject to allegations of lender liability. In addition, under common law principles that in some cases form the basis for lender liability claims, if a lender or bondholder (a) intentionally takes an action that results in the undercapitalization of a borrower to the detriment of other creditors of such borrower, (b) engages in other inequitable conduct to the detriment of such other creditors, (c) engages in fraud with respect to, or makes misrepresentations to, such other creditors or (d) uses its influence as a stockholder to dominate or control a borrower to the detriment of other creditors of such borrower, a court may elect to subordinate the claim of the offending lender or bondholder to the claims of the disadvantaged creditor or creditors, a remedy called “equitable subordination.” Compass Rose cannot assure investors that lender liability claims will not be made against the Fund or that the Fund will not be subject to significant liability if a claim of this type is made. 8. Special Investment and Trading Risks Special risks may be associated with the Fund’s investments in structured credit products, CDOs, CLOs, synthetic credit portfolio transactions and asset backed securities. For example, synthetic portfolio transactions may be structured with two or more classes of tranches that receive different proportions of the interest and principal distributions on a pool of credit assets. The yield to maturity of a tranche may be extremely sensitive to the rate of defaults in the underlying reference portfolio. A rapid change in the rate of defaults may have a material adverse effect on the yield to maturity. It is therefore possible that the Fund may incur losses on its investments in structured products regardless of the investments’ ratings by S&P or Moody’s. Additionally, the securities in which Compass Rose is authorized to invest include securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on their resale or for which there is a relatively inactive trading market. Securities subject to resale restrictions may sell at a price lower than similar securities that are not subject to such restrictions. The valuation of CDO tranches is more complicated than the analysis of other fixed income instruments due to complexities related to the quantification of future default and recovery rates of pool credits and the correlations of these factors in the pool. Within the CDO, the sensitivity to default and recovery rates varies among tranches. Some tranches may be more or less sensitive than the underlying collateral. A CDO executed solely in derivative form, a synthetic portfolio swap, may be carved into different risk and payment contingency contracts with varying performance characteristics. The risks associated with each tranche or payment contingency may be different, and the valuation of each tranche is complex and technical since it is dependent upon such factors as sensitivity to diversity and the default rates of underlying credits, and the level of subordination. 9. Small to Medium Capitalization Companies The Fund may invest a portion of –its assets in the stocks of companies with small-to medium-sized market capitalizations. While Compass Rose believes these investments often provide significant potential for appreciation, those stocks, particularly smaller- capitalization stocks, involve higher risks in some respects than do investments in stocks of larger companies. For example, prices of such stocks are often more volatile than prices of large-capitalization stocks. In addition, due to thin trading in some such stocks, an investment in these stocks may be more illiquid than an investment of larger capitalization stocks. 10. High Growth Industry Related Risks The Fund may have investments in the securities of high growth companies. These securities may be very volatile. In addition, these companies may face undeveloped or limited markets, have limited products, have no proven profit-making history, may operate at a loss or with substantial variations in operating results from period to period, have limited access to capital and/or be in the developmental stages of their businesses, have limited ability to protect their rights to certain patents, copyrights, trademarks and other trade secrets, or be otherwise adversely affected by the extremely competitive markets in which many of their competitors operate. 11. U.S. Government Securities The Fund may invest in U.S. Government securities. Generally, these securities include U.S. Treasury obligations and obligations issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored enterprises. U.S. Government securities also include Treasury receipts and other stripped U.S. Government securities, where the interest and principal components of stripped U.S. Government securities are traded independently. These securities are subject to market and interest rate risk. The Funds may also invest in zero coupon U.S. Treasury securities and in zero coupon securities issued by financial institutions, which represent a proportionate interest in underlying U.S. Treasury securities. A zero coupon security pays no interest to its holder during its life. The market prices of zero coupon securities generally are more volatile than the market prices of securities that pay interest periodically. 12. Sovereign and Non-U.S. Company Securities The Fund may invest in the securities of sovereign governments and non-U.S. companies that are generally denominated in non-U.S. currencies and utilize options on non-U.S. securities. Such investing involves certain considerations comprising both risks and opportunities not typically associated with investing in securities of the U.S. Government or U.S. companies. These considerations include changes in exchange rates and exchange control regulations, political and social instability, expropriation, imposition of foreign taxes, less liquid markets and less available information than is generally the case in the U.S., higher transaction costs, foreign government restrictions, less government supervision of exchanges, brokers and issuers, greater risks associated with counterparties and settlement, difficulty in enforcing contractual obligations, lack of uniform accounting and auditing standards and greater price volatility. 13. Corporate Debt Obligations Compass Rose may invest for the Fund in corporate debt obligations, including commercial paper. Corporate debt obligations are subject to the risk of an issuer’s inability to meet principal and interest payments on the obligations (credit risk). Compass Rose may intend to actively expose the Fund to credit risk. There can be no guarantee that Compass Rose will be successful in fully mitigating the impact on the Fund of changes to such credit risk. 14. Options The Fund may invest in options. The purchase or sale of an option involves the payment or receipt of a premium by the investor and the corresponding right or obligation to either purchase or sell the underlying security, commodity or other instrument for a specific price at a certain time or during a certain period. Purchasing options involves the risk that the underlying instrument will not change price in the manner expected, so that the investor loses its premium. Selling options involves potentially greater risk because the investor is exposed to the extent of the actual price movement in the underlying security rather than only the premium payment received (which could result in a potentially unlimited loss). Over-the-counter options also involve counterparty solvency risk. 15. Credit Derivatives The Fund may invest in credit derivatives. Credit derivatives are contracts that transfer price, spread and/or default risks of debt and other instruments from one party to another. Such instruments may include one or more debtors. Payments under credit derivatives may be made during the exercise period of the contracts. Payments under many credit derivatives are triggered by credit events such as bankruptcy, default, restructuring, failure to pay, cross default or acceleration, etc. Such payments may be for notional amounts, actual losses or amounts determined by formula. The market for credit derivatives is somewhat illiquid and there are considerable risks that it may be difficult to either buy or sell the contracts as needed or at reasonable prices. Sellers of credit derivatives carry the inherent price, spread and default risks of the debt instruments covered by the derivative instruments. Buyers of credit derivatives carry the risk of non-performance by the seller due to inability to pay. There are also risks with respect to credit derivatives in determining whether an event will trigger payment under the derivative and whether such payment will offset the loss or payment due under another instrument. In the past, buyers and sellers of credit derivatives have found that a trigger event in one contract may not match the trigger event in another contract, exposing the buyer or the seller to further risk. 16. Derivative Financial Instruments and Techniques The Fund may utilize derivative financial instruments. The risks posed by such instruments and techniques, which can be extremely complex and may involve leveraging of the Fund’s assets, include: (a) credit risks (the exposure to the possibility of loss resulting from a counterparty’s failure to meet its financial obligations); (b) market risk (adverse movements in the price of a financial asset); (c) legal risks (the characterization of a transaction or a party’s legal capacity to enter into it could render the financial contract unenforceable, and the insolvency or bankruptcy of a counterparty could preempt otherwise enforceable contract rights); (d) operations risk (inadequate controls, deficient procedures, human error, system failure or fraud); (e) documentation risk (exposure to losses resulting from inadequate documentation); (f) liquidity risk (exposure to losses created by inability to prematurely terminate the derivative); (g) system risk (the risk that financial difficulties in one institution or a major market disruption will cause uncontrollable financial harm to the financial system); (h) concentration risk (exposure to losses from the concentration of closely related risks such as exposure to a particular industry or exposure linked to a particular entity); and (i) settlement risk (the risk faced when one party to a transaction has performed its obligations under a contract but has not yet received value from its counterparty). Use of derivatives and other techniques such as short sales involves certain additional risks, including (i) dependence on the ability to predict movements in the price of the securities hedged; (ii) imperfect correlation between movements in the securities on which the derivative is based and movements in the assets of the underlying portfolio; and (iii) possible impediments to effective portfolio management or the ability to meet short- term obligations because of the percentage of a portfolio’s assets segregated to cover its obligations. In addition, by hedging a particular position, any potential gain from an increase in value of such position may be limited. 17. Hedging Transactions Although the Fund may utilize a variety of financial instruments, such as derivatives, options, interest rate swaps, swaptions, caps and floors, futures and forward contracts generally for risk management purposes (the Funds may also utilize them for speculative purposes), there can be no assurances that a particular hedge is appropriate, or that a certain risk is measured properly. Further, while the Fund may enter into hedging transactions to seek to reduce risk, such transactions may result in a poorer overall performance and increased (rather than reduced) risk for the Fund than if they did not engage in any such hedging transactions. Moreover, the Fund will always be exposed to certain risks that cannot be hedged, such as credit risk (relating both to particular securities and counterparties). In addition, the Fund may choose not to enter into hedging transactions with respect to some or all of the Fund’s positions. 18. Synthetic Securities In addition to credit risks associated with holding non-investment grade loans and high yield debt securities, with respect to synthetic securities, the Funds will usually have a contractual relationship only with the counterparty of such synthetic securities, and not the Reference Obligor on the Reference Obligation. A “Reference Obligor” is the obligor on a Reference Obligation. A “Reference Obligation” is the debt security or other obligation upon which the synthetic security is based. The Fund generally will have no right to directly enforce compliance by the Reference Obligor with the terms of the Reference Obligation nor any rights of off-set against the Reference Obligor, nor have any voting rights with respect to the Reference Obligation. The Fund will not benefit directly from the collateral supporting the Reference Obligation or have the benefit of the remedies that would normally be available to a holder of such Reference Obligation. In addition, in the event of insolvency of the counterparty, the Fund will be treated as a general creditor of such counterparty, and will not have any claim with respect to the credit risk of the counterparty or the Reference Obligor. As a result, concentrations of synthetic securities in any one counterparty subject the Fund to an additional degree of risk with respect to defaults by such counterparty as well as by the Reference Obligor. Compass Rose will not normally perform independent credit analyses of a counterparty or any entity guaranteeing such counterparty, individually or in the aggregate. 19. Credit Default Swap Agreements The Fund may invest in credit default swaps. A credit default swap is a contract between two parties which transfers the risk of loss if a company fails to pay principal or interest on time or files for bankruptcy. Credit default swaps can be used to hedge a portion of the default risk on a single corporate bond or a portfolio of bonds. In addition, credit default swaps can be used to implement Compass Rose’s view that a particular credit, or group of credits, will experience credit improvement. In the case of expected credit improvement, the Funds may “write” credit default protection in which they receive spread income. The Funds may also “purchase” credit default protection even in the case in which they do not own the referenced instrument if, in the judgment of Compass Rose, there is a high likelihood of credit deterioration. The credit default swap market in high yield securities is comparatively new and rapidly evolving compared to the credit default swap market for more seasoned and liquid investment grade securities. Swap transactions dependent upon credit events are priced incorporating many variables including the pricing and volatility of the common stock, and potential loss upon default, among other factors. As such, there are many factors upon which market participants may have divergent views. 20. Futures and Forward Contracts Trading in futures and forward contracts is a highly specialized activity, which, while it may reduce the Fund’s volatility, may entail greater than ordinary investment risks. 21. Real Estate Industry and REIT Risks The Fund may invest in companies in the real estate industry and, therefore, may be subject to risks associated with the ownership of real estate assets, such as decreases in real estate values, overbuilding, increased competition and other risks related to local or general economic conditions, increases in operating costs and property taxes, changes in zoning laws, casualty or condemnation losses, possible environmental liabilities, regulatory limitations on rent and fluctuations in rental income. Equity REITs generally are exposed to these risks directly through fee or leasehold interests, whereas mortgage REITs generally are exposed to these risks indirectly through mortgage interests, unless the mortgage REIT forecloses on the underlying real estate. REITs in which the Fund may invest may be affected by changes in underlying real estate values, which may have an exaggerated effect to the extent that REITs in which the Funds may invest may concentrate investments in particular geographic regions or property types. Additionally, rising interest rates may cause investors in REITs to demand a higher annual yield from future distributions, which may in turn decrease market prices for equity securities issued by REITs. Rising interest rates also generally increase the costs of obtaining financing, which could cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline. During periods of declining interest rates, certain mortgage REITs may hold mortgages that the mortgagors elect to prepay, which prepayment may diminish the yield on securities issued by such mortgage REITs. In addition, mortgage REITs may be affected by the ability of borrowers to repay when due the debt extended by the REIT and equity REITs may be affected by the ability of tenants to pay rent. Certain REITs have relatively small market capitalizations, which may tend to increase the volatility of the market price of securities issued by such REITs. Furthermore, REITs are dependent upon specialized management skills, have limited diversification and are, therefore, subject to risks inherent in operating and financing a limited number of projects. REITs depend generally on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to investors. The Fund may also, to the extent deemed appropriate, make direct investments in real estate. 22. Cyber Security Breaches and Identity Theft Compass Rose and its Clients’ information and technology systems may be vulnerable to damage or interruption from computer viruses, network failures, computer and telecommunication failures, infiltration by unauthorized persons and security breaches, usage errors by their respective professionals, power outages and catastrophic events such as fires, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. The failure of these systems and/or of disaster recovery plans for any reason could cause significant interruptions in Compass Rose’s and Clients’ operations and result in a failure to maintain the security, confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data, including personal information relating to investors (and the beneficial owners of investors). Such a failure or unauthorized disclosure of data could harm Compass Rose and Clients’ reputation, subject any such entity and their respective affiliates to legal claims, increased costs, financial losses, data privacy breaches, regulatory intervention, and otherwise affect the their business and financial performance. The costs related to cyber or other security threats or disruptions may not be fully insured or indemnified by other means. 23. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act The U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) requires certain entities in a broadly defined class of foreign financial institutions (“FFIs”) to comply with a complicated and expansive reporting regime or be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax on certain U.S. payments (and beginning in 2019, a 30% U.S. withholding tax on gross proceeds from the sale of certain U.S. stocks and securities). Non-U.S. entities which are not FFIs also must either certify they have no substantial U.S. beneficial ownership or certify certain information with respect to their substantial U.S. beneficial ownership or be subject to a 30% withholding tax on certain U.S. payments (and beginning in 2019, a 30% U.S. withholding tax on gross proceeds from the sale of certain U.S. stocks and securities). In general, these requirements apply to non-U.S. investment funds, such as any non-U.S. Compass Rose-sponsored investment vehicle advised by Compass Rose. Among other things, FATCA compliance requires FFIs to obtain and review appropriate due diligence information with respect to certain existing and prospective investors. In addition, the reporting obligations imposed under FATCA require FFIs to enter into agreements with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) to obtain and disclose information about certain investors to the IRS or, if subject to an intergovernmental agreement (an “IGA”), register with the IRS. Failure to comply with the preceding requirements could expose Compass Rose and its investors to a 30% U.S. withholding tax, which may discourage certain investors from investing in non-U.S. investment funds. Prospective investors in any Compass Rose-sponsored investment vehicle should consult their own tax advisors regarding all aspects of FATCA as it affects their particular circumstances. In addition, the OECD has developed Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) rules for the automatic exchange of FATCA-like financial account information amongst OECD member states. Like FATCA, CRS will impose certain due diligence, documentation and reporting requirements on various Compass Rose entities. While CRS does not contain a potential withholding requirement, non-compliance could subject Compass Rose to certain reputational harm along with monetary penalties. 24. Legal Framework and Corporate Governance Laws and regulations of some countries may impose restrictions that would not exist in the United States, may lack certain protections provided by U.S. law or may not be fully or consistently enforced, particularly where the other party to a dispute is a local resident or entity. In addition, many countries provide inadequate legal remedies for breaches of contract, including settling disputes with local partners with whom the portfolio may enter into joint ventures. In addition, and in particular in light of the changing global regulatory climate, Clients may be required to register under certain foreign laws and regulations, and need to engage distributors or other agents in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions in order to market to potential investors, which may generally limit a Client’s ability to raise capital and/or increase the costs and expenses borne by the investors in such Clients. 25. Highly Competitive Market for Investment Opportunities The activity of identifying, completing and realizing attractive investments is highly competitive and involves a high degree of uncertainty. Clients face competition from numerous competitors in all fields of activity. Clients will be competing for investments with a variety of other investment vehicles, as well as individuals, financial institutions and other institutional investors. Additional funds with similar investment objectives may be formed in the future by other unrelated parties. There can be no assurance that Clients will be able to locate and complete investments which satisfy the investment objectives or that it will be able to invest fully its available capital. please register to get more info
DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to a Client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of Compass Rose’s advisory business or the integrity of Compass Rose’s management. please register to get more info
OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
A. Broker-Dealer Registration Status
Not applicable.
B. Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity Pool Operator or Commodity Trading
Adviser Registration Status
Compass Rose has filed a notice of exemption from registration as a commodity pool operator with respect to the Funds pursuant to CFTC Reg. § 4.13(a)(3).
C. Material Relationships or Arrangements with Industry Participants
Not applicable.
D. Material Conflicts of Interest Relating to Other Investment Advisers
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CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN
CLIENT TRANSACTIONS AND PERSONAL TRADING
A. Code of Conduct
Compass Rose and its personnel abide by Compass Rose’s Code of Ethics Policy (the “Code”). Among other things, the Code prescribes standards for dealing with clients ethically, addresses conflict of interest issues, and supplements personal trading and operating procedures. The Code provides guidance in specific areas, including but not limited to, confidentiality of Compass Rose information, personal investments, gifts and entertainment and personal political activities. Clients and investors or prospective investors may request a copy of the Code by contacting Compass Rose at the address or telephone number listed on the first page of this document. Further, Compass Rose has adopted additional written policies and procedures to account for the pay-to-play regulations promulgated by the SEC.
B. Securities in Which Compass Rose or a Related Person Has a Material Financial
Interest
1. Cross Trades It is not Compass Rose’s general practice to cause one Client to sell securities to another Client. Should Compass Rose determine that it is advisable to engage in such a cross-trade, it will follow the processes and procedures it has adopted to: (i) ensure that the trade is in the respective best interest of the Fund; (ii) ensure that the transaction is consistent with the duty to seek best execution; (iii) determine the appropriate price at which to effect the transaction; and (iv) ensure that documentation is maintained of the rationale for the trade and consideration paid. 2. Principal Transactions Compass Rose does not generally intend to act as principal to purchase securities or other instruments for itself from any Client or sell securities or other instruments it owns to any Client. Compass Rose has established policies and procedures to ensure that, in the event it determines to engage in such a principal transaction, it will do so in compliance with the requirements of the Advisers Act. Specifically, a principal trade will only be approved when Compass Rose can document: (i) the rationale for the principal trade and that it is in the best interests of the affected Clients; (ii) its determination that the trade is consistent with Compass Rose’s duty to seek best execution; (iii) that Compass Rose’s valuation procedures are followed in determining the appropriate price at which to effect the transaction; and (iv) the receipt of Client consent.
C. Investing in Securities that Compass Rose or a Related Person Recommends to
Clients
The Code, together with policies and procedures to prevent insider trading applicable to Compass Rose and its personnel, place restrictions on personal trades by Compass Rose personnel, including that they disclose their personal securities holdings and transactions to Compass Rose on a periodic basis. The Code also requires that Compass Rose personnel pre- clear certain types of personal securities transactions. It is the responsibility of all personnel to ensure that a particular securities transaction being considered for his or her personal account is not subject to a restriction contained in the Code or otherwise prohibited by any applicable laws. Compass Rose, its affiliates and its personnel may give advice or take action for their own accounts that may differ from, conflict with or be adverse to advice given or action taken for Clients. These activities may adversely affect the prices and availability of securities or instruments held by or potentially considered for one or more clients. Potential conflicts also may arise due to the fact that Compass Rose and its personnel and affiliates may have investments in some Funds but not in others or may have different levels of investments in the various Funds. Compass Rose has established various written policies and procedures to monitor and resolve conflicts with respect to investment opportunities in a manner it deems fair and equitable, including the restrictions placed on personal trading in the Code and insider trading prevention policies, as described above, and regular monitoring of employee transactions and trading patterns for actual or perceived conflicts of interest, including those conflicts that may arise as a result of personal trades in the same or similar securities made at or about the same time as client trades.
D. Trade Aggregation and Allocation Policy
Compass Rose generally will aggregate trades, because it believes that doing so is consistent with its duty to seek best execution and to negotiate more favorable commission rates or other transaction costs than might be paid if the orders are placed independently. Aggregation opportunities for Compass Rose generally arise when the Fund and any separately managed account(s) are capable of purchasing or selling a particular investment based on investment objectives, available cash and other factors and it is determined that both will participate in a transaction involving that investment. The Fund or separately managed account that participates in an aggregated order will participate at the same executed price for Compass Rose’s transaction in that instrument, with transaction costs shared pro rata based on each Client’s participation in the transaction. When trades in the same security or other instrument cannot be aggregated into a single order, portfolio managers and/or traders will direct the trades to the market in a way that seeks to best achieve equivalent treatment.
Under Compass Rose’s trade allocation policy, Compass Rose’s portfolio managers and traders are responsible for trade allocations at the time that a trade is executed. Their mandate is to make trade allocation decisions in a manner that is fair and equitable to all of Compass Rose’s Clients in accordance with the investment objectives of those Clients. The Fund’s investment objectives are to produce high absolute and consistent risk adjusted returns uncorrelated with broad market conditions. To the extent that a separately managed account’s investment objective and restrictions result in its trading the same instruments as other Clients, Compass Rose’s allocation policy applies a similar set proportion for allocation of trades as between the applicable managed account Client and the Fund, with one proportion established for the commencement period of the managed account, as it scales up its portfolio, and a different proportion applied thereafter. The foregoing proportions are also reviewed on a quarterly basis to ensure they remain appropriate. It should be noted that Compass Rose may give advice, and take action, with respect to one or more Clients that differs from the advice given, or action taken, with respect to other Clients and that performance is expected to vary among the Clients. The Compass Rose Chief Compliance Officer (or an appropriate delegate) reviews trade allocations on a weekly basis and any resulting issues of significance are raised with Compass Rose’s Operating Committee. please register to get more info
BROKERAGE PRACTICES
A. Factors Considered in Selecting or Recommending Broker-Dealers for Client
Transactions
Compass Rose is authorized to select brokers and dealers to execute securities transactions for the Fund. In selecting brokers and dealers, Compass Rose seeks to obtain best execution, taking into account quantitative and qualitative factors affecting the execution quality of transactions. Compass Rose need not solicit competitive bids and does not have an obligation to seek the lowest available commission cost. In selecting brokers and negotiating commission rates, Compass Rose will take into account the full range of the broker’s services, including (i) financial stability of the broker; (ii) the broker’s inventory and availability of the security in question; (iii) the size and type of the transaction; (iv) research (including economic forecasts, investment strategy advice, fundamental and technical advice on individual securities, valuation advice, and market analysis); (v) the operational facilities of the brokers and/or dealers involved (including back office efficiency); and (vi) other factors such as specific insight and analysis provided in support of a trade recommendation. Compass Rose maintains a list of approved brokers that it updates regularly. On a quarterly basis, the Operating Committee reviews trading volume per broker-dealer, pricing, trading patterns and any additions to the trade error log. The committee also reviews potential conflicts of interest that may arise from gifts and entertainment received from, or family relationships with, broker-dealers. 1. Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits Soft dollar arrangements generally arise when an investment adviser obtains products and services, other than securities execution, from a broker-dealer in return for directing client securities transactions to the broker-dealer. Because soft dollar products and services are purchased with brokerage commissions (or mark-ups or mark-downs in the case of permitted riskless principal transactions by dealers), an investment adviser has a fiduciary obligation to ensure that the commissions (or mark-ups and mark-downs) generally are used for the benefit of its clients and that its clients are fully informed of the adviser’s use of commissions (or mark-ups or mark-downs) to purchase soft dollar products.
The broker-dealers Compass Rose uses for its trade executions generally do not charge Compass Rose a separate fee for research and other services that they furnish to Compass Rose. While the continued provision of such services to Compass Rose is not conditioned on Compass Rose directing any particular level of transactions to these brokerage firms, such services are provided without separate charge in consideration of Compass Rose’s use of such brokerage firms to execute transactions on behalf of the Fund. The research products or services provided to Compass Rose in such circumstances may be used to service all clients including ones other than those whose transactions were executed through the providing broker-dealers. Compass Rose receives a benefit in this instance because Compass Rose does not have to produce or pay for such research products or services, and Compass Rose may have an incentive to select or recommend a broker-dealer based on Compass Rose’s interest in receiving such services rather than the Fund’s interest in receiving the most favorable execution. Compass Rose’s policies and procedures address this conflict of interest by providing that Compass Rose may consider the value of proprietary research provided by a particular broker-dealer when selecting broker-dealers to execute client transactions consistent with its duty to seek best execution. Compass Rose is not, has not been and does not anticipate becoming a party to any formal soft dollar arrangements in which a part of the commission, mark-up or mark-down charged for trade execution is allocated toward payment for research or brokerage products or services provided by the executing broker-dealer or third parties on its behalf. If Compass Rose were to enter into any such arrangement, it would do so in compliance with the conditions of the safe harbor provided by Section 28(e) of the Exchange Act. 2. Brokerage for Client/Investor Referrals While Compass Rose may consider, among other things, capital introduction and marketing assistance in selecting or recommending broker-dealers for the Fund if otherwise consistent with seeking best execution, Compass Rose will not commit to allocate a particular amount of brokerage to a broker-dealer in exchange for such capital introduction or marketing services. 3. Directed Brokerage Compass Rose does not have directed brokerage arrangements with its Clients.
B. Trade Errors
If Compass Rose makes an error while placing a trade for a Client, Compass Rose will use its best efforts to break or otherwise correct the trade, and will mitigate losses as fully as possible. As a general matter, Compass Rose bears both the cost of correcting any error, and the cost of any uncorrectable error, if the error is the result of Compass Rose’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Lost opportunity cost is not a reimbursable loss for purposes of Compass Rose’s trade errors policy. Compass Rose generally will not engage in the netting of gains and losses between clients or the netting of gains and losses in the case of multiple trade errors resulting from more than one investment decision for the same client; however, it may net the gains and losses resulting from a series of transactions undertaken to correct one or more trade errors relating to a single investment decision. In determining whether its personnel have violated the standard of care such that the Compass Rose is responsible for a loss resulting from a trade error, Compass Rose will have a conflict of interest between its economic interest and the interests of the Clients. Compass Rose’s Chief Compliance Officer, in consultation with Compass Rose’s Operating Committee, will be responsible for determining the resolution of, including whether Compass Rose is liable to a Client for, any trade error. please register to get more info
REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
The Fund is reviewed on a periodic basis by Compass Rose’s Chief Compliance Officer, or an appropriate delegate, to determine whether they are being managed in a manner that is consistent with their investment objectives, guidelines and/or restrictions. Compass Rose provides the investors in the Fund with monthly unaudited reports of the performance of the Fund and annual audited year-end financial statements within 90 days of the end of each fiscal year or as soon as practicable thereafter (but not later than within 120 days after the end of its fiscal year). Compass Rose has engaged the Fund’s administrator to support most of Compass Rose’s middle-and-back office operations. The functions performed by the administrator include reconciliation, transfer agency, fund administration and some investor reporting for Compass Rose. Additionally, the administrator manages new investor documentation and performs anti-money laundering reviews on all accounts. The administrator also conducts pricing verification for securities and prepares monthly capital statements, which are approved by Compass Rose and distributed by the Fund’s administrator. please register to get more info
CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
Compass Rose does not receive economic benefits from non-clients for providing investment advice and other advisory services. Compass Rose may pay (or cause to be paid) fees to placement agents with respect to the sale of interests in the Fund. Any such fees will in no event be payable by or chargeable to the Fund or any investor or prospective investor, unless Compass Rose accords an offsetting credit or fee reduction. please register to get more info
CUSTODY
With respect to the Fund, Compass Rose is deemed to have custody of client funds and securities because it has the authority to obtain client funds or securities, for example, by deducting advisory fees from a Client’s account or otherwise withdrawing funds from a Client’s account. Account statements related to the Clients are sent by qualified custodians to Compass Rose. With respect to separately managed accounts in general, Compass Rose does not have custody of the applicable Client’s funds/assets and such Client’s funds/assets are held in custody by unaffiliated qualified custodians. Compass Rose is subject to Rule 206(4)-2 under the Advisers Act (the “Custody Rule”). However, it is not required to comply (or is deemed to have complied) with certain requirements of the Custody Rule with respect to the Fund because it complies with the provisions of the so-called “Pooled Vehicle Annual Audit Exception” from the Custody Rule, which, among other things, requires that the Fund is subject to audit at least annually by an independent public accountant that is registered with, and subject to regular inspection by, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and requires that the Fund distributes its audited financial statements to all investors within 120 days of the end of its fiscal year. please register to get more info
INVESTMENT DISCRETION
Compass Rose assumes discretionary authority to manage the Client accounts through the execution of investment management agreements with the Fund and separately managed accounts. Compass Rose has full discretionary authority with respect to investment decisions, and its advice with respect to the Fund and separately managed accounts is made in accordance with the investment objectives and guidelines applicable to the Fund and separately managed accounts. please register to get more info
VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
In compliance with Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-6, Compass Rose has adopted proxy voting policies and procedures, which are available upon request. All proxies Compass Rose receives will be sent to Compass Rose’s Chief Compliance Officer or an appropriate delegate. The Chief Compliance Officer or delegate, together with the appropriate members of the middle office, will forward the proxy to the appropriate portfolio manager(s). Compass Rose will vote proxies in the best interests of each particular Client. The portfolio managers will bring any identified potential conflicts of interest between the interests of Compass Rose and its Clients or between Clients in connection with a proxy vote to the attention of the Chief Compliance Officer or delegate, who will review them. If a material conflict exists, Compass Rose’s Operating Committee will determine how to vote, consistent with Compass Rose’s duty to act in the best interests of its clients. Clients may obtain a copy of Compass Rose’s complete proxy voting policies and procedures upon request. Clients may also obtain information from Compass Rose about how it voted any proxies on behalf of their account. please register to get more info
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Compass Rose is not required to include a balance sheet for its most recent fiscal year, is not aware of any financial condition reasonably likely to impair its ability to meet contractual commitments to clients, and has not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition at any time during the past ten years.
ITEM 19
REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE-REGISTERED ADVISERS
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