Firm Description
Chenavari Credit Partners LLP (“Chenavari”, the “Firm” or “Chenavari Investment Managers”) is a specialized
alternative asset-manager focused on fixed income credit products. The Firm is a company registered in
England and Wales and governed by the law under the UK Companies Act 2006. The Firm was incorporated on
20 May 2008 with principle place of business at 80 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JL, with registration number
OC33743.
The Firm is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (No. 484392) as an investment
adviser and discretionary portfolio manager, the US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (No.
0426351) as a commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor and registered with the US Securities
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (No. 801-72662) as an investment adviser. Please note that these
registrations do not imply a level of skill or training on behalf of the Firm.
For individual mandates, Chenavari works with clients to create investment guidelines mutually acceptable to
the client and Chenavari which may impose investment restrictions on certain individual or types of securities.
Clients who impose investment restrictions may limit the Firm’s ability to employ a strategy resulting in
investment performance that differs from the intended strategy and from other clients which do not have such
restrictions.
Chenavari provides discretionary investment management and advisory services to pooled investment funds
and separate account mandates for institutional investors, multi-managers and family offices globally. This
includes advisory services to US and non-US clients. The Firm’s mission statement is to deliver a stable
investment performance to our clients through active investment management focused 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 has investment allocations within asset classes, including but not limited to:
Investment Grade Corporate Credits
High Yield & Financial Corporate Credits
Leveraged Loans
Structured Finance securities
Real Estate Debt
Direct Corporate Loans
Equity
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Trade finance
Real Asset finance
Consumer finance
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 investment vehicles (semi-annual to 2-year liquidity)
Longer term investment vehicles (5+ years liquidity)
Chenavari manages several investment funds (“Funds”), including the following:
The Chenavari Multi-Strategy Credit Fund SPC, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Multi-
Strategy Fund”), which 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 Opportunistic Credit Master Fund LP, a limited partnership registered under the
laws of Delaware. This fund pursues strategies including, but not limited to: ABS, European Real Estate
Debt, Specialty Finance and Regulatory Capital.
Chenavari European Structured Credit Master Fund LP, a limited partnership registered under the
laws of Delaware. This fund pursues strategies including, but not limited to: ABS, long/short corporate
credit and European Real Estate Debt.
CIM SG European Opportunities Fund LP, an exempted Limited Partnership organized under the laws of
the Cayman Islands. This fund pursues strategies including, but not limited to: Regulatory Capital and
European Real Estate Debt.
Chenavari European Deleveraging Opportunities Fund (GP) Limited, an exempted Limited Partnership
organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. This fund pursues strategies including, but not limited
to: Regulatory Capital.
Chenavari European Deleveraging Opportunities Fund II (GP) Limited, an exempted Limited Partnership
organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. This fund pursues strategies including, but not limited
to: Regulatory Capital.
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Chenavari European Opportunistic Credit Master Fund (GP) II Limited, an exempted Limited Partnership
organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. This fund pursues strategies including, but not limited
to: ABS, European Real Estate Debt, Specialty Finance and Regulatory Capital.
Chenavari Real Estate Fund II (GP) S.a r.L, an exempted Limited Partnership organized under the laws of
Luxembourg. This fund 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 fund pursues strategies including, but not limited to:
Specialty Finance, Direct Lending (consumer finance, trade finance, receivables financing, leasing, SME
loans, real estate debt), Regulatory Capital.
Chenavari European Private Credit Opportunities Fund (GP) S.a r.L, a private limited liability company
organized under the laws of Luxembourg. This fund 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 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).
Chenavari Fixed Income Credit Opportunities Fund Limited, is an open-ended investment company
incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Island. This fund pursues strategies including, but not
limited to: fixed income arising from European banks’ deleveraging, specialty finance credit investments,
and private debt.
Tailored Relationships
Chenavari primarily manages pooled investment funds which are not tailored to any individual investors,
however (i) it has and may in the future agree to enter customized investment mandates with clients; and (ii)
may organize the investment funds it manages into sub-portfolios to address concerns that may be common to
one or more investors in the applicable fund, such as liquidity or regulatory concerns.
Wrap Fee Programs
Chenavari does not use a wrap fee program.
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Assets Under Discretionary and Non-Discretionary Management
As at 31 December 2018, Chenavari has assets under its discretionary management of approximately US$5.1
billion (including committed but undrawn capital of US$161 million). Total regulatory assets under
management are US$14.1 billion.
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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 pooled
investment fund 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.
Fee Billing
Each of the Funds 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 a Fund 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
In general, all administration, custody, brokerage, agent and similar fees, and all other operating, organisational
and offering expenses of a Fund, or account with respect to a client other than a Fund, are typically paid directly
by such Fund or account. In some instances, certain Fund costs and expenses may be limited to a level specified
in the Fund’s relevant offering documents.
Each of the Funds 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
- 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
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- 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 (see further below)
Since 3 January 2018, the provision of investment research has been considered an inducement in the United
Kingdom due to the introduction of Directive on markets in financial instruments commonly referred to as
“MiFID II”. Subsequently, the Firm is permitted to receive investment research if certain conditions are met,
that is, research can only be received if it is explicitly paid for in one (or a combination) of the following defined
ways:
1) Direct payments by the Firm from its own resources; or
2) Direct payments from a Research Payment Account (“RPA”), controlled by the Firm and funded by the client.
The Firm’s policy is to pay for all eligible research through a combination of payments from its own resources
and through a RPA arrangement funded by direct charges to the client.
In order for a RPA to be used, a research budget is set in advance. This is based a reasonable assessment of the
investment needs of the portfolios in question, and is not be linked to the volume or value of transactions
executed or to historical levels of dealing commissions.
The research budget is based on the assets under management of the strategies concerned, but is adjusted to
take into account the nature of the strategies being employed and the extent to which these can benefit from
research available in the market.
The Firm’s policy is to set the research budget for each RPA based on a rolling one-year period. This budget will
be reassessed at least annually as at the year-end of the fund, and any proposed changes will be communicated
at least one month before taking effect.
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. Relating to the CLO vehicles,
performance fees are payable when calling a deal subject to a threshold, and management fees are split
between senior and junior and paid quarterly.
The Firm may simultaneously manage multiple types of mandates or 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 discretionary investment management services to US and non-US pooled
investment funds, including as a sub-advisor to manage a portion of the portfolio of a fund managed by other
investment advisers, as well as separate account mandates on behalf of institutional investors, multi-managers
and family offices globally.
In addition, with respect to CLO mandates, Chenavari provides discretionary investment management services
to the benefit of noteholders subscribing for notes issued by the special purpose vehicles.
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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.
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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.
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:
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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.
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.
- 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.
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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.
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 Fund. 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 Funds 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 Funds
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 Fund to the counterparty if certain events occur, and
those events are not limited to an event of default under the reference obligation. Any Fund typically will be
required to post collateral with the counterparty to secure the Fund’s obligation under the credit derivative
transaction, and the Fund’s obligation to the counterparty will be senior in priority to any distributions on shares
of the Fund.
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.
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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
Availability of Investment Strategies The success of the Funds’ 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 Fund’s investment and the appointment of
its service providers create its own restrictions. In addition, the Funds’ 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 Funds.
Potential Illiquidity of the Fund’s Investments. The lack of an established, liquid secondary market for many of the Funds’ investments and transfer restrictions
typical to such Investments may have an adverse effect on the market value of such investments and on each
Fund’s ability to dispose of them. Any Fund 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 a Fund 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 Fund, the Fund will be required to liquidate such Investments and may
incur significant loss due to their illiquidity. The size of each Fund’s positions may magnify the effect of a
decrease in market liquidity for such instruments. An investment in any Fund 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 A Fund 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 a Fund. In addition, the Fund 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, a Fund 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 a Fund 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 a Fund 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
Chenavari is registered as a Commodity Pool Operator and a Commodity Trading Advisor (0426351)
Arrangements With Other Investment Advisers
Chenavari has been delegated portfolio management and advisory services of the several Funds identified as
Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) from an affiliated investment adviser, Chenavari Investment Managers
(Luxembourg) S.a r.l.
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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
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D) Fiduciary Duty and Conflicts of Interest
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;
• 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
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• 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. For more information relating to Research costs, please see Item
5: Fees and Compensation.
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 selects the 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 a
Fund order with that of its own account.
Chenavari may, at its reasonable discretion:
• aggregate orders for a particular Fund with orders for other Funds and allocate the investments or proceeds
acquired among the participating Funds 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 Funds 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 a fund
level.
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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 can also 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 MIFID II, Chenavari 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 Fund.
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 a Fund in the period from 13 -24 months following the 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 funds.
If there is a subsequent investment by a referred investor within 12 months of such investor’s initial investment
in a Fund, 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.
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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 Private Funds
by virtue of their status as an investment manager, manager or general partner of the Private Funds.
To ensure compliance with Rule 206(4)-2 under the Advisers Act, the Funds 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 Administrator within 120 days of the Funds’ fiscal year-end.
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Chenavari exercises discretionary authority over all client accounts that it manages. Each strategy employed
by the Funds and other client mandates employs a defined risk framework. In addition, with respect to any
separate account mandate, such authority is generally subject to the oversight of the client.
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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 Fund.
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 clients to vote in a manner which may
differ to the general consensus of the market or industry convention at the time.
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,
Chenavari will address matters involving such conflicts of interest as follows:
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A) If a proposal is addressed by the specific principles herein, the 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 Clients, 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 Chenavari 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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