Firm Description Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd., (“Global Alpha”) was founded in
2004.
Global Alpha provides investment management to individuals, pension and
profit sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, private
investment funds and businesses. Advice is provided through consultation
with the client and may include: determination of financial objectives and
investment management.
Global Alpha is strictly a fee-only investment management firm. The firm
does not sell annuities, insurance, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, limited
partnerships, or other commissioned products.
As of the date of this Brochure, the Adviser renders advisory services
primarily to clients outside of the United States. Accordingly, the description of
the Adviser’s advisory business contained herein relates primarily to its
business outside of the United States. However, consistent with prior SEC
precedent, the substantive provisions of the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of
1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”) generally will not apply to the
Adviser’s relationship with its non-U.S. clients, except to the extent otherwise
required by applicable law.
Principal Owners Global Alpha is owned 100% by the Global Alpha Capital Management
Partnership, which is itself owned by the management team at Global Alpha
and the Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group LP (“CC&LFG”). CC&LFG is
the only partner that holds greater than 25% of the Partnership.
Types of Advisory Services Global Alpha primarily provides investment advice and management on a
discretionary basis to a variety of clients, including individuals, pension and
profit sharing plans, trusts, limited partnerships, estates, charitable
organizations, businesses and private investment funds. The firm specializes
in small cap equity investments.
As of December 31, 2018, Global Alpha exercises discretion over
US$1.84billion in assets. All assets are managed on a discretionary basis.
Tailored Relationships Global Alpha acts as a discretionary investment adviser to one private
investment fund, the fund’s investment strategy is not customizable.
In addition to managing private funds (the ‘Global Alpha Funds”), Global
Alpha also offers discretionary advisory services to managed accounts (the
“Client Accounts”), which may be owned by private investment funds
sponsored by third party or affiliated advisers or other clients. The goals and
objectives for each client are documented in our client relationship
management system. The terms, nature and scope of such advisory services
may be negotiated by Global Alpha and the applicable client, based on the
client’s specific financial and investment objectives, risks and goals
Types of Agreements The following agreements define the typical client relationships.
Investment Management Agreement or Managed Account Agreement An
Investment Management Agreement or
Managed Account Agreement is
executed between Global Alpha and its clients. The annual fee for an
Investment Management Agreement or
Managed Account Agreement is
negotiable, and depends on the investment mandate for which Global Alpha
is retained.
Termination of Agreement A Client may terminate any of the aforementioned agreements at any time by
notifying Global Alpha in writing. If the client made an advance payment,
Global Alpha will refund any unearned portion of the advance payment.
Global Alpha may terminate any of the aforementioned agreements at any
time by notifying the client in writing. If the client made an advance payment,
Global Alpha will refund any unearned portion of the advance payment.
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Description Global Alpha bases its fees on a percentage of assets under management.
All client contracts will include a fee schedule agreed to by the client and
Global Alpha. Clients are charged according to the standard fee schedules for
standard client mandates. Clients with different mandates may have a
different fee schedule.
Fees are negotiable, but may be subject to contractual restrictions on Global
Alpha from existing clients.
Fee Billing Investment management fees are typically billed quarterly, in arrears. In a
limited number of cases, clients are billed monthly. In a limited number of
cases, clients are billed in advance. Payment in full is expected within 30
days of receipt of the invoice. Fees may be deducted from a client’s account
if the client has provided written instruction to their custodian to accept
invoices directly from Global Alpha.
Other Fees Custodians may charge transaction fees on purchases or sales of certain
securities and pooled fund units. Transactions are also subject to normal
brokerage commissions.
Past Due Accounts Global Alpha will charge interest on overdue accounts at a rate of 2% per
month (24% per annum).
6. Performance-Based Fees Performance-Based Fees Global Alpha does not currently have any performance based fee
arrangements with clients. Global Alpha may charge a fee on an “incentive”
basis whereby the fee charged will contain an ad valorem element together
with an incentive fee based on a percentage of assets under management
which will vary depending on the investment results. Global Alpha has no
scale for these since each arrangement has to reflect the differences between
the benchmarks chosen, the degree of outperformance versus the benchmark
and the time horizon of the measurement period. Any such arrangements will
be in compliance with Section 205 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or
Rule 205-3 promulgated hereunder.
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Description Global Alpha generally provides investment advice to pension and profit
sharing plans, trusts and endowments, financial institutions, charitable
organizations, corporations, or business entities. Global Alpha also provides
investment advice to various comingled investment vehicles. These
investment vehicles issue units, shares or interests in comingled investment
vehicles to investors, and the units, shares or interests are not offered for sale
by way of a prospectus. The entities are not “reporting issuers” under the
securities laws of the jurisdictions where the investors are resident.
Client relationships vary in scope and length of service.
Account Minimums There is no minimum annual fee charged.
The minimum account size for clients managed on a segregated basis is
$5,000,000. For clients for whom the minimum investment is not attainable
there may be pooled vehicles available. Minimum investment amounts for the
Global Alpha Funds are disclosed in their offering documents.
Global Alpha has the discretion to waive the account minimum.
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Loss Methods of Analysis Security analysis methods used by Global Alpha may include fundamental
analysis, technical analysis, cyclical analysis and quantitative analysis.
The main sources of information include database providers of global
economic, market and security specific data, financial newspapers and
magazines, inspections of corporate activities, research materials prepared
by others, corporate rating services, annual reports, prospectuses, filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators and stock
exchanges, and company press releases. In addition to the portfolio
managers’ research based company analysis, the portfolio managers will
conduct meetings with representatives from companies in whom we have an
existing or prospective interest, and attend conferences and seminars.
Investment Strategies The investment strategies used are mainly long-term purchases (securities
held for more than a year) with some short-term purchases (securities held for
less than a year). The portfolio managers at Global Alpha believe that sales
and profit growth are key determinants of value creation. The team’s
fundamental approach is to identify companies with unrecognized and
accelerating earnings growth potential. Bottom-up stock picking is guided by
global themes within a concentrated portfolio. Key investment themes can be
exploited over the long term: emerging market consumers, health care,
technology, alternative energy, environment, outsourcing. Diversification at
multiple levels is critical to managing risk.
Risk of Loss The principal risks of holding investments in a managed account are identified
below. Each client account may be subject to additional risks other than those
described.
Although all securities investments involve the potential loss of capital, the
risks associated with certain investment strategies and techniques may
increase during periods of unusual speculative activity or market volatility.
The following may not include all the risks to which an account may be
subject.
Performance Risks: There can be no assurance that the investment approach will be successful
or that the investment objective will be attained. No assurance can be given
that the investment portfolio will generate any income or will appreciate in
value. While it is anticipated that the creation of a diverse portfolio and the
security selection process used by the Manager will minimize risks, an
account could realize substantial losses, rather than gains, from the
investments.
The Net Asset Value of an account will fluctuate with general conditions in
debt, equity or commodities markets, currency rates, political, economic or
social developments, instability in the relevant capital markets or the financial
performance of the issuers of securities that are, or underlie, investments in
the account.
The performance of the account is dependent on the investment management
skills of the Manager.
General Market Risk: An investment may be considered to be speculative.
The success of any investment activity is affected by general economic
conditions, which may affect the level and volatility of interest rates and the
extent and timing of investor participation in the equities and other markets.
Unexpected volatility or illiquidity in the markets in which Global Alpha holds
positions could impair the ability to carry out the objectives or cause them to
incur losses.
Despite the heavy volume of trading in securities and other financial
instruments, the markets for some instruments have limited liquidity and
depth. This could be a disadvantage to Global Alpha, both in the realization of
the prices which are quoted and in the execution of orders at desired prices.
Foreign Taxes: Dividends and other distributions, including deemed dispositions, from the
portfolio securities may be subject to taxes in respect of which investors may
not receive a full or any deduction from their local income nor a full or any
foreign tax credit against their local income tax liability.
Indebtedness: An account may borrow cash as a temporary measure to accommodate
requests for redemptions or to settle portfolio transactions. If the market
declines before securities can be sold to raise cash to pay off such temporary
borrowings, the net asset value of the account will decline.
Illiquidity: There can be no assurance that a portfolio will be able to dispose of its
investments in order to permit the portfolio to honor requests to redeem.
Investment and Trading Risks in General: All securities investments present a risk of loss of capital. Equity securities
can be subject to a high degree of volatility and the price of such securities
can change, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may change in
value due to general market conditions, such as actual or anticipated changes
in interest rates, inflationary expectations and other factors in addition to
factors specific to the industry or the issuer. Some securities may be illiquid
because they are thinly traded. If allowed under the terms of your mandate,
investment strategies may, however, utilize such investment techniques and
instruments, such as futures and option transactions, margin transactions and
short sales, which practices can, in certain circumstances, maximize any
losses. To the extent that any counterparties with or through whom an
account engages in trading and maintains accounts that do not segregate an
account’s assets, the account will be subject to a risk of loss in the event of
the insolvency of such person. Even where the account’s assets are
segregated, there is no guarantee that, in the event of such insolvency, they
will be able to recover all of their assets.
Currency: Portfolios will invest all or substantially all of its assets in accordance with
their investment objectives and strategies. If allowed under the terms of your
mandate, forward currency contracts and options may be utilized on behalf of
the portfolio by Global Alpha to hedge against currency fluctuations, however
Global Alpha is not required to hedge and there can be no assurance that
such hedging transactions, even if undertaken, will be effective.
Margin and Counterparty Risks: An account may be subject to the risk of the failure of the counterparties with
whom trades are carried out. Should the securities pledged to brokers to
secure the account’s margin accounts decline in value, the account could be
subject to a “margin call” and need to deposit additional funds with the broker
or another counterparty or suffer mandatory liquidation of the pledged
securities to compensate for the decline in value. In the event of a sudden
drop in the value of the account’s assets, the account might not be able to
liquidate assets quickly enough to pay off their margin debt.
Short Sales: If allowed under the terms of your mandate, short sales may be used in the
management of your account. A short sale involves the sale of an asset that
the account does not own in the expectation of purchasing the same security
(or a security exchangeable therefore) at a later date at a lower price. To
make delivery to the buyer, the account must borrow the security and later
purchase the security to return to the lender. A short sale involves a risk of a
theoretically unlimited increase in the market price of the security.
Suspension of Trading: Securities exchanges typically have the right to suspend or limit trading in any
instrument traded on the exchange. A suspension would render it impossible
to liquidate positions and could thereby expose the account to losses.
Hedging Transactions: If allowed under the terms of your mandate, the account may utilize
derivatives both for investment purposes and to seek to hedge against
fluctuations in the relative values of the account’s portfolio positions as a
result of changes in currency exchange rates and market movements.
Hedging against a decline in the value of portfolio positions does not eliminate
fluctuations in the values of portfolio positions nor prevent losses if the values
of such positions decline, but establishes other positions designed to gain
from those same developments, thus moderating the decline in the portfolio
positions’ value. Such hedging transactions also limit the opportunity for gain
if the value of the portfolio position should increase. Moreover, it may not
always be possible for the account to hedge against an exchange rate or
market fluctuation.
While the account may enter into such transactions to seek to reduce
currency, interest rate and market risks, unanticipated changes in currency or
interest rates and debt markets may result in a poorer overall performance of
an account. For a variety of reasons, Global Alpha may not seek to establish
(or may not otherwise obtain) a perfect correlation between such hedging
instruments and the portfolio holdings being hedged. Such imperfect
correlation may prevent the account from achieving the intended hedge or
expose the account to risk of loss.
Use of Leverage: If allowed under the terms of your mandate, leverage may be used in the
management of your account. The account will, pursuant to its investment
objectives and strategies, make use of leverage. Although the use of leverage
increases the opportunity for a higher return on an investment, it also
increases the risk of loss.
In addition, there are risks to investors who are considering borrowing to buy
securities, including units of investment funds (“leveraged investing”).
It is important that an investor proposing to borrow for the purchase of
securities be aware that a leveraged purchase involves greater risk than a
purchase using cash resources only. The extent to which a leveraged
purchase involves risk varies for each purchaser depending on the individual
purchaser’s particular circumstances as well as the securities purchased.
Global Alpha is not a lending institution, and hence, does not provide loans to
its clients to buy units of investment funds or for any other purpose.
Risks of Investing in Non-U.S. Securities Securities of non-U.S. issuers, securities traded principally in securities
markets outside the United States and/or securities denominated in non-U.S.
currencies, may involve certain special risks due to country or region specific
economic, political and legal developments, including favorable or
unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates, exchange control
regulations (including currency blockage), expropriation of assets or
nationalization, imposition of withholding taxes on dividend or interest
payments, imposition of required holding periods, and possible difficulty in
obtaining and enforcing judgments against non-U.S. entities. Furthermore,
non-U.S. issuers may be subject to different accounting, reporting, and
disclosure requirements than domestic issuers. The securities of some non-
U.S. companies and non-U.S. securities markets are less liquid and at times
more volatile than securities of comparable US companies and US securities
markets. Non-U.S. brokerage commissions and other fees may be higher
than in the United States.
Trading on Exchanges in Non-U.S. Jurisdictions Global Alpha may engage in trading on exchanges outside the United States.
Trading on such exchanges is not regulated by any United States
governmental agency and may involve certain risks not applicable to trading
on U.S. exchanges. For example, some foreign exchanges are “principals
markets” in which performance is the responsibility only of the individual
member with whom the trader has entered into a trade and not of an
exchange or clearing organization. Moreover, such trading may be subject to
whatever regulatory provisions are applicable to transactions effected outside
the United States, whether on foreign exchanges or otherwise. Trading on
foreign exchanges involves the additional risks of expropriation, burdensome
or confiscatory taxation, moratoriums and investment controls, or political or
diplomatic events that might adversely affect the Fund’s trading activities.
The risks of investing in non-U.S. securities and other financial instruments
may also include reduced and less reliable information about issuers and
markets, less stringent accounting standards, illiquidity of securities and
markets and higher brokerage commissions and custody fees. Furthermore,
foreign trading is also subject to the risk of changes in the exchange rate
between U.S. dollars and the currencies in which exchange-traded products
are settled.
Changes in Laws There can be no assurance that laws, including Canadian and foreign laws,
and including securities, investment and tax laws, and the administrative
policies and practices of governments or regulators, will not be changed in a
manner that may adversely affect a client account.
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Legal and Disciplinary Neither the firm nor any of its employees have been involved in legal or
disciplinary events related to past or present investment clients.
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Global Alpha is registered in Canada as follows
PROVINCE REGISTRATION CATEGORY British Columbia Portfolio Manager
Ontario Portfolio Manager
Quebec (Principal) Portfolio Manager
Global Alpha does not have any arrangements that are material to its
advisory services or its clients with a related person who is a broker-dealer,
investment company, other investment advisor, financial planning firm,
commodity pool operator, commodity trading adviser or futures commission
merchant, banking or thrift institution, accounting firm, law firm, insurance
company or agency, pension consultant, real estate broker or dealer, or an
entity that creates or packages limited partnerships.
Through its relationship with CC&LFG, Global Alpha has direct relationships
with the following entities:
Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. provides non-investment
management related functions to the SEC registrant, including legal,
compliance, accounting, back office, IT, sales and marketing as
discussed in section 14 of this brochure. The depth and breadth of the
skills that flows from the centralization of resources enables the SEC
registrant to benefit from high quality operational support that is
structured into functional teams made up of over 200 employees
Connor, Clark & Lunn Funds Inc., partners with leading Canadian
financial institutions and their investment advisors to bring select
institutional investment strategies to private investors in Canada.
Connor, Clark & Lunn Private Capital Ltd., a firm offering investment
management advisory services to Canadian clients.
Global Alpha International Small Cap Fund GP LLC a general partner
of a pooled investment vehicle.
Global Alpha is investment adviser and/or sub-advisor for certain Canadian
trusts and/or funds. These Canadian trusts/funds are pooled investment
vehicles through which various types of Canadian clients may commingle
their assets for investment purposes. Global Alpha receives investment
management fees based upon total assets under management.
Global Alpha does not receive compensation directly or indirectly from any
other business relationship that could create a potential conflict of interest.
11. Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading Code of Ethics The directors, officers and employees of Global Alpha have committed to a
Code of Ethics that is available for review by clients and prospective clients
upon request. The firm will provide a copy of the Code of Ethics to any client
or prospective client upon request.
Global Alpha does not trade for its own account and so does not engage in
principal transactions. Global Alpha is not registered as a broker-dealer and
is not affiliated with a broker-dealer and so does not engage in agency cross
transactions.
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions Global Alpha and its directors, officers and employees may buy or sell
securities that are also held by clients. Directors, officers and employees may
not trade their own securities ahead of client trades. Directors, officers and
employees comply with the provisions of the Global Alpha Policies and
Procedures Manual.
Personal Trading The Chief Compliance Officer of Global Alpha is David Savignac. The Chief
Compliance Officer reviews all trades by directors, officers and employees.
Mr. Savignac’s trades are reviewed by Robert Beauregard, the Ultimate
Designated Person. The personal trading reviews ensure that the personal
trading of directors, officers and employees does not affect the markets, and
that clients of the firm receive preferential treatment. Since most director,
officer and employee trades are small, the trades do not affect the securities
markets.
Gifts and Entertainment In general, personnel should not accept any gift or gratuity from an issuer of
securities, a broker or anyone doing business with Global Alpha or any of the
affiliates or associates of Global Alpha. This standard does not preclude
customary, ordinary, business-related entertainment. In keeping with the duty
of loyalty to clients, this restriction preserves independence and objectivity
when making decisions that affect investment portfolios.
Global Alpha may provide gifts or entertainment to clients, service providers,
brokers, etc., as long as the value is reasonable, and such gift or entertainment
does not give rise to an actual or perceived material conflict of interest. It should
also be noted that Global Alpha prohibits the offering, giving, soliciting or the
acceptance of any bribe in whatever form to or from any person or company by
any employee, contractor, consultant, agent or other person for whatever reason.
Personnel should obtain pre-approval in advance of providing any gift or
entertainment, including meals, to any domestic or foreign public official or
representative, representing an entity which is not an existing client.
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Selecting Brokerage Firms Global Alpha acts in good faith and with due diligence in its choice and use of
brokers. Global Alpha does not have any affiliation with product sales firms.
Specific custodian recommendations are made to Clients based on their need
for such services. Global Alpha recommends custodians based on the
proven integrity and financial responsibility of the firm and the best execution
of orders at reasonable commission rates.
Global Alpha:
Selects brokers and dealers taking all factors into consideration.
Does not use brokerage from other clients to pay for individual client-
directed obligations. Clients invested in Global Alpha’s pooled funds
may not direct soft dollar commissions.
Global Alpha does not receive fees or commissions from any of these
arrangements.
Under certain circumstances consistent with applicable law and regulation
Global Alpha may select dealers that furnish Global Alpha with proprietary
brokerage and research services in connection with commissions paid on
transactions it places for client accounts. In such circumstances, Global
Alpha may cause client accounts to pay brokers a commission in excess of
the amount of commission another broker would have charged for the same
transactions absent the research and brokerage services. Global Alpha will
do so only where it makes a determination in good faith that such commission
is reasonable in relation to the brokerage and research services provided by
such broker. Currently, Global Alpha does not generate commissions at
broker-dealers to pay for third party research services. The availability of
these proprietary research and brokerage services may create a conflict
between the interests of the client in obtaining the lowest cost execution and
Global Alpha's interest in obtaining such services. When client brokerage
commissions are used to obtain such research Global Alpha receives a
benefit because it does not have to produce or pay for the research, products
or services.
Any brokerage and research services that Global Alpha receives will be in
compliance with the CFA Institute Soft Dollar Standards and the provisions of
Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Upon request Global Alpha will report to a client on a quarterly basis, the
commissions generated on a broker-by-broker basis.
Best Execution Global Alpha has written policies for best execution. In buying and selling
securities, Global Alpha will always seek the best price and terms of
execution available, taking into account such factors as price (including the
applicable brokerage commission or dealer spread), size of order, difficulty of
execution and operational facilities of the firm involved, and the firm’s risk in
positioning a block of securities.
Trade Allocations Each account with a similar mandate is managed in line with similar models.
All transactions are allocated on a pro rata basis at an average price after
transaction costs (subject to practical constraints, e.g. transaction costs vs.
transaction size, odd lots, etc.) in order to achieve the target model weight for
the specific security in each account. IPO’s, private placements and/or “hot
issues” are allocated in the same manner as any other trades, taking into
consideration the foregoing factors. Allocations are reviewed and approved by
a senior portfolio manager.
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Periodic Reviews Global Alpha conducts the following periodic reviews:
Continual monitoring of investment returns and extensive analysis of
performance attribution.
Daily constraint monitoring with automated reports showing any
violation with respect to client mandates.
Reviewers:
The lead portfolio managers are collectively responsible for all accounts.
Review Triggers Other conditions that may trigger a review are changes in the tax laws, new
investment information, and changes in a client's own situation.
Regular Reports Reports to clients are reviewed by the client servicing manager responsible
for the account. Client servicing managers are members of the firm's
Investment Committee. The nature and frequency of regular reports to clients
is as follows:
Client Meetings - designated portfolio manager meets with client on a
regular basis and reviews past economic and financial market
developments.
Quarterly Reports - performance, portfolio statements and commentary
are sent within 4 weeks of quarter-end.
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As part of its partnership with the CC&LFG, Global Alpha has access to, and
utilizes, the resources of the CC&LFG Institutional Sales Team. CC&LFG will
provide certain services and introduce prospective investment management
clients, to Global Alpha. In the event a new client retains Global Alpha as a
result of the efforts of the CC&LFG Institutional Sales Team, Global Alpha will
pay a cash referral to CC&LFG where permissible under applicable law.
Referred clients will not be charged any amount for the cost of obtaining the
account in addition to the fee charged by Global Alpha for advisory services.
Additionally, a referred client will not be charged an amount in excess of
Global Alpha’s standard advisory fees solely because of the agreement.
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Account Statements All assets are held by qualified custodians, which means the custodians
provide account statements directly to clients at their address of record at
least quarterly.
Clients with segregated portfolios will receive account statements directly
from their global custodian. Global Alpha provides monthly valuations which
will have been reconciled to the custodian’s monthly statements but we would
urge clients to compare both sets of statements.
Any collective investment vehicle for which Global Alpha acts as sub-adviser,
including the Global Alpha Funds, will have an independent global custodian.
Audited financial statements for the Global Alpha Funds will be prepared on
an annual basis and delivered to investors in the Global Alpha Funds within
120 days of the Global Alpha Funds’ year end.
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Discretionary Authority for Trading Global Alpha has discretionary authority to manage securities accounts on
behalf of clients. Global Alpha works with the custodian selected by the
client.
Global Alpha usually receives discretionary authority from the client at the
outset of an advisory relationship to select the identity and amount of
securities to be bought or sold. In all cases, however, such discretion is to be
exercised in a manner consistent with the stated investment objectives for the
particular client account.
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Proxy Votes Unless the client designates otherwise, Global Alpha votes proxies for
securities over which it maintains discretionary authority consistent with its
proxy voting policy. A copy of Global Alpha‘s proxy voting policy is available
upon request. The proxy voting record is provided to clients quarterly.
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Financial Condition Global Alpha is required to provide certain financial information or disclosures
about its financial condition. Global Alpha has no financial commitment that
impairs its ability to meet contractual and fiduciary commitments to its clients,
and has not been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
19. Business Continuity Plan General Global Alpha and CC&LFG have a Business Continuity Plan in place that
provides detailed steps to mitigate and recover from the loss of office space,
communications, services or key people.
Disasters The Business Continuity Plan covers natural disasters such as snow storms,
hurricanes, tornados, and flooding. The Plan covers man-made disasters
such as loss of electrical power, loss of water pressure, fire, bomb threat,
nuclear emergency, chemical event, biological event, T-1 communications
line outage, Internet outage, cyber-attacks, railway accident and aircraft
accident. Electronic files are backed up daily and archived offsite.
Alternate Offices Alternate offices are identified to support ongoing operations in the event the
main office is unavailable. It is our intention to contact all clients in the event
of a disaster that dictates moving our office to an alternate location.
Loss of Key Personnel The investment professionals at Global Alpha work in an integrated team
environment using a highly structured investment process. As a result, the
loss of any individual team member would have little material impact on
investment strategies and outcomes. The team takes responsibility for
ensuring that important functions and expertise are protected and shared.
20. Information Security Program Information Security Global Alpha and CC&LFG maintain an information security program to
reduce the risk that your personal and confidential information may be
breached.
Privacy Notice Global Alpha is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and
security of the personal information that is entrusted to us.
Global Alpha handles the private details of our clients’ business affairs with
discretion and in accordance with the applicable privacy legislation and
Global Alpha privacy practices. Confidentiality is essential to the long-term
success of our business. We obtain permission from the client (usually in the
contract or MAA), to collect, use and disclose confidential information in
accordance with our policies.
Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd.
Brochure Supplement (Part 2B of Form ADV) Education and Business Standards Global Alpha requires that advisors in its employ must have either C.F.A.
designations or have at least 10 years’ experience in fund management and
investment/financial analysis, with a proven performance record.
The investment team members all meet the proficiency requirements
prescribed under Canadian National Instrument 31-103 for “Advising
Representatives”.
Biographies of Directors and Officers NAME/TITLE D.O.B. YY/MM/DD FORMAL EDUCATION BUSINESS ACTIVITY FOR PAST 5 YEARS DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION OTHER ACTIVITIES & COMPEN- SATION SUPERVISION Robert
Beauregard,
Director,
President and
Ultimate
Designated
Person
1964 MBA, McGill
University: 1988
BSc, Royal
Military College:
1986
CFA: 1996
CMC: 1991
CMA: 1990
Investment
Management,
Asset
Allocation
and Risk
Management
N/A N/A David Savignac
dSavignac@glo
balalphacapital.
com
514-490-2790
Mike Freund,
Director
1959 CA, Canada and
South Africa
BBusSc,
University of
Cape Town.
Investment
Management
and
Operations
N/A N/A Warren
Stoddart
wstoddart@ccl
group.com
416-862-2020
J. Warren 1963 University of Investment N/A N/A Mike Freund
mfreund@cclgr
oup.com
416-862-2020
Stoddart Toronto, BA Management
Director & Canadian and
Vice Securities Course Operations
President Examination
based on Manual
for Registered
Representatives
David
Savignac,
Vice
President
and Chief
Compliance
Officer
1978 CFA: 2016
McGill University,
Treasury-Finance
Classes
BSc, HEC
Montreal: 2001
Canadian
Securities Course
Investment
Management,
Asset
Allocation,
Risk
Management,
Client
Solutions
N/A N/A Robert
Beauregard
rbeauregard@g
lobalalphacapit
al.com
514-490-2788
Qing Ji 1972 MBA, McGill
University: 2007
MA, Shanghai
University of
Finance and
Economics:
Investment
Management,
Asset
Allocation,
Risk
Management
N/A N/A Robert
Beauregard
rbeauregard@g
lobalalphacapit
al.com
514-490-2788
BA, Xiamen
University
(China): 1993
CFA: 2011
Sain Godil 1978 B.Comm, GOA
University India:
1999
B.Comm.
Concordia
University: 2011
Associate
Portfolio
Manager
North
America
N/A N/A Robert
Beauregard
rbeauregard@g
lobalalphacapit
al.com
514-490-2788
MSc. Concordia
University: 2013
CFA Level III
Candidate
Janine Tran
Lam
1976 CFA: 2009
BA, Political
Science,
University of
Montreal: 1997
Portfolio
Management
N/A N/A Robert
Beauregard
rbeauregard@g
lobalalphacapit
al.com
514-490-2788
Depatie,
Serge
1968 CFA Level 1:
2006
BEng: McGill
University
Portfolio
Manager,
North
America
N/A N/A Robert
Beauregard
rbeauregard@g
lobalalphacapit
al.com
MBA. Concordia
University
514-490-2788
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