Who We Are
Pacific Harbor Holdings, Limited (“Pacific Harbor”) is a Hong Kong-based asset management firm that
specializes in non-traditional investment strategies in the private corporate debt and equity markets of
Asia and other emerging economies. Pacific Harbor was founded in 2006 by our Chief Executive Officer,
Warren D. Allderige (“CEO”) and members of our Investment Team (defined below) and is a limited
liability private company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong. We primarily focus on opportunities
in our core markets of Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and the People’s
Republic of China. Pacific Harbor or its Participating Affiliates (defined below) may also provide advisory
services on opportunities in emerging economies with economic growth characteristics similar to Asia.
Investment advice is provided under the terms of Participating Affiliate Agreements (the “PAAs”) by our
affiliates Pacific Harbor Advisers (Japan), G.K., Pacific Harbor Advisors Pte. Ltd., Pacific Harbor Advisors
Co., Ltd. and Pacific Harbor Investments Holdings Philippines, Inc.; together with Pacific Harbor Capital,
Ltd. and Pacific Harbor Capital II, Ltd., entities which may also provide advisory services to our clients,
these affiliated companies are the “Participating Affiliates”. The PAAs are structured according to the
provisions of No-Action letters issued by SEC staff. This arrangement is discussed further in Item 10.
Our Investment Team is led by the CEO and consists of managers and analysts employed by us and by the
Participating Affiliates. Our Investment Team provides what we think represents a key advantage of our
investment approach: “on-the-ground” investment intelligence, generally delivered by nationals of the
countries that make up our core markets. We believe the relationships and access our Investment Team
maintain allows us to obtain in-depth information from (1) financial market participants, (2) companies,
(3) creditors, and (4) governments that may not generally be available to other investors (especially for
investment firms that do not maintain an in-country presence).
We are regulated in Hong Kong by the Securities and Futures Commission and are authorized to conduct
Type 9 (Asset Management) regulated activity in Hong Kong.
Ownership
We are wholly owned by our CEO.
Types of Advisory Services
We offer professional advisory services on a discretionary basis, providing asset management according to
the stated investment objectives and policies of each client.
Our clients negotiate and enter into an investment management agreement (“IMA”) with one of our
affiliates, which then delegates its investment management responsibilities under the IMA to us. The IMA
will govern the relationship between the client and us as well as define the roles and responsibilities of
both parties. The negotiation with our clients of the terms of the IMAs allows us to tailor our advisory
services to their needs.
As of December 31, 2016, Pacific Harbor manages U.S.$70,000,000.00 of client assets on a discretionary
basis.
We provide our advisory services to separately-managed accounts (typically available to institutional
investors and family offices but also available to select high-net worth individuals) and to pooled
investment vehicles.
PHAFI (Pacific Harbor Asia Master Fund (Cayman), LP; Pacific Harbor Asia Fund I, Ltd.; and
Pacific Harbor
LP I)
Through a delegation agreement with a Participating Affiliate, Pacific Harbor Capital, Ltd., we are the
investment adviser to Pacific Harbor Asia Fund I, Ltd. (the “AFI Feeder”), a Cayman Islands exempted
company and Pacific Harbor LP I, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the “LPI Feeder”).
PHAFI is structured in a master-feeder arrangement with Pacific Harbor Asia Master Fund (Cayman), LP
(“the Master Fund”, and together with the AFI Feeder and LPI Feeder, “PHAFI”).
PHAFI is currently not undertaking any new investment activities as it is unwinding its investment
positions. It will not accept any new investors.
Pacific Harbor intends to organize and manage additional pooled investment vehicles in the future.
PHGRF (Pacific Harbor Global Reach Fund Limited)
Pacific Harbor Holdings, Limited is the investment adviser to Pacific Harbor Global Reach Fund Limited, a
company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liabilities (“PHGRF”).
PHGRF is only open to non-U.S. clients.
Managed Account
We are the investment manager to a separately managed account (the “Managed Account”). Advisory
services are provided by a Participating Affiliate.
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Our fees for providing advisory services to separately managed account clients are negotiable and can
vary depending on factors that include the investment objective and type of the account. The negotiation
of fees may result in similarly situated clients paying different fees for comparable advisory services. To
the extent different fee arrangements exist, they are always linked to increased investment risk taken by
the particular client involved.
The management fees we charge clients for our advisory services are generally based on the annual
percentage of the value or size of the assets under management, as determined by us in good faith or by a
client’s custodian or administrator. The specific manner in which fees are charged by us is established in a
client’s IMA. Under our standard IMA, we will generally bill our fees on a monthly basis, in arrears.
Clients typically authorize us to debit fees from their accounts following the presentation of the invoice
detailing our fees to the client’s administrator for the administrator’s approval. Management fees are
prorated for each capital contribution and withdrawal made during the applicable calendar month (with
the exception of
de minimis contributions and withdrawals). Accounts initiated or terminated during a
calendar quarter are charged a prorated fee. Upon termination of any account, any earned, unpaid fees
are due and payable. Clients do not pay any fees in advance.
Our fees are exclusive of brokerage commissions, spreads, transaction fees, and other related costs and
expenses which are incurred by the client. Clients may incur certain charges imposed by custodians,
brokers and other third parties which can include fees charged by administrators, custodial fees, transfer
taxes, wire transfer and electronic fund fees, and other fees and taxes on brokerage accounts and
securities transactions. PHAFI and PHGRF bear the cost of their annual audit, with such expense being
passed on to the investor. Please see Item 12 below for a more detailed discussion regarding our
brokerage practices.
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We have in place performance or incentive fee arrangements with our clients. We structure any
performance or incentive fee arrangement relating to any U.S. clients according to the requirements of
the Advisers Act. In measuring clients' assets for the calculation of performance-based fees, we will
include realized and unrealized capital gains and losses.
While we believe that performance-based fee arrangements align our interests with the interests of our
clients who are subject to those fees, we also recognize that performance-based fee arrangements may
create an incentive for us to recommend investments which may be riskier or more speculative than
those which would be recommended under a different fee arrangement. Such fee arrangements also
create an incentive to favor higher fee paying accounts over other accounts in the allocation of
investment opportunities. We have adopted policies and procedures that seek to mitigate any such
conflicts presented by our performance-based fee arrangement and to ensure that all clients are treated
fairly and equally.
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Our clients currently include PHAFI, PHGRF, and the Managed Account (a charitable endowment). Our
services are available to qualified high-net worth individuals, family offices and to institutions.
We generally require separately managed account clients to have a minimum account size of
U.S.$25,000,000 to receive discretionary investment advisory services. However, we may consider waiving
the account minimums in our sole discretion after considering factors including the number of accounts
managed for a client, the nature of services rendered, any special requirements of the account(s)
managed and the totality of the relationship between us and the client.
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LOSS
Methods of Analysis
We make investment decisions on behalf of our clients from both a “top-down” and a “bottom-up”
approach to market analysis.
Using a “top-down” approach, we seek to identify countries, jurisdictions, industries, companies, and
asset categories where there is an opportunity for a nimble and thoughtful market participant. Political
change, government policy, industry dynamics, market conditions, company-specific events and/or
conditions, as well as company-driven relationships, are all factors that will allow us to identify
opportunities for investment in the asset categories which we pursue.
The analysis of these and other “top-down” parameters occur on both an ad-hoc and an organized basis.
Ad-hoc idea generation arise from our formal and informal network of business, finance, government and
commercial relationships across Asia. Organized idea generation takes place through periodic investment
meetings/call-ins where the Investment Team shares their ideas and collected market information. In
addition, the Investment Team will be organized by jurisdiction and has basic target calling lists that are
reviewed verbally on a regular basis. We believe that through these interchanges ideas and opportunities
arise through the collective processing of such information. Additionally, the Investment Team has access
to major data services that can assist them in understanding general market and economic information
and facilitate the identification of investment opportunities.
Our investment analysts are experienced in producing cash flow modeling as well as scenario analysis as
part of our “bottom up” approach. Additionally, our “country national” approach to sourcing allows us to
access information (both written and oral) that is difficult for others to obtain. Finally, the depth of
experience of the Investment Team in collecting and evaluating due diligence information facilitates the
identification of the fundamental reasons, beyond stated reports, for company performance (or lack of
performance) that will better permit us to assess the probability of company recovery through financial
restructuring. Our local knowledge and insights should allow us to identify on a first-hand basis the
probabilities of companies being able to implement management restructurings.
Additionally, our “bottom-up” approach extends to financial information that we believe will enable us to
create better analysis, models and projections than existing creditor data typically permits. We believe
that this method of investment analysis will give us an advantage in finding value in an asset (or in
identifying mistakes in conventional market analysis).
In private debt, private equity and real estate situations, our in-country networks and the positive profile
of the Investment Team’s country nationals within the given jurisdiction’s financial and general business
community often allow access to management interviews and insights that are veiled or otherwise
unavailable to foreign investment managers or managers with less positive profiles or less in-country
presence.
We believe that our capacity to combine top-down and bottom-up approaches will results in accurate,
and sometimes unique, insights into target company financial situations and company prospects. Ideally,
these insights, when applied to market opportunities, create “first-mover” investment advantages that
locate upside value ahead of the general debt markets, as well as private equity and real estate
opportunities. This capacity facilitates liquidity and profitable exits from investments. Our access to these
insights (both with respect to in-country valuation and in making pan-regional value comparisons),
generally helps us to minimize the downside of any particular investment.
Investment Strategies
In managing our client portfolios, we primarily seek to identify candidate companies which require
lending to fund business prospects. We pursue four core strategies in structuring such transactions.
First, we may invest in short-term private debt placements in candidate firms which borrow in advance of
bank lending where we perceive low price volatility. Second, we may take long credit positions where we
see a credit that will either recover or be restructured intelligently. Third, we may take long credit
positions by investing in high yield bonds or private placements with low price volatility and which exhibit
good risk characteristics. We may also invest in private or public equity instruments or real estate in
certain circumstances. Finally, we may seek co-investments in larger transactions of similar strategies in
the Asia region as well as in other emerging economies.
Where permitted by an IMA, we may use leverage in limited circumstances when we believe this may
enhance returns or to meet certain expenses.
Our investment process generally begins with idea generation and Investment sourcing. This involves
industry research. Following research, our process largely depends on Pacific Harbor’s office network and
the Participating Affiliates’ professional network. We are regularly in contact with the sources of these
investments throughout Asia and other emerging economies, and have substantial recent experience in
closing transactions involving our target assets. The potential investments that pass this level of scrutiny
are reviewed with the CEO. The overwhelming majority of possible investments that we review will not
progress beyond these stages. Investments which are viewed as promising after this step are considered
by our Investment Committee (the “IC”). The IC is chaired by our CEO or a senior in-country sourcing and
origination professional and consists of the senior investment personnel at Pacific Harbor and our
Participating Affiliates. We will not proceed with an investment unless the IC votes to approve it.
Investment Instruments
We make investments primarily in (1) debt private placements and private lending to emerging market
borrowers, (2) bank loans and bonds from stressed issuers, (3) distressed bank loans and bonds, (4) high
yield bonds and loans generally, and (5) private equity and real estate direct investments. In certain
circumstances we may receive private or public equity instruments as a result of initial lending. We may
have recourse against a wide variety of assets where collateral is enforced against non-performing loans.
These assets may include debt and equity as well as real estate and other physical property.
Principal Risks
RISKS OF INVESTING IN EMERGING MARKETS
A significant proportion of the investments we make on behalf of client accounts are made in “emerging”
markets. Investing in the securities or obligations of emerging market issuers has certain unique risks that
can make it riskier than investing in U.S. securities or obligations. These risks include exposure to
potentially adverse political, social and economic events in Asian markets; limited availability of public
information about a company; less developed trading markets and legal and regulatory practices; and a
lack of uniform financial reporting, accounting, audit, legal and regulatory practices similar to those that
are available in developed markets. Securities of and other investments in foreign issuers may be less
liquid, more volatile and harder to value than U.S. securities.
FIXED INCOME RISKS
There are risks of investing in bonds and other fixed income instruments. Bond prices may go up or down
in response to interest rates with increases in interest rates leading to falling bond prices. The bonds and
other fixed income instruments in which we invest on behalf of clients are subject to credit risks, such as
risk of default by issuers. As our investing is generally focused on issuers which may have a lower credit
quality--including issuers that are in financial difficulty and may be in or emerging from bankruptcy
proceedings--the risk of default and other counterparty risk is correspondingly higher than would be the
case with the securities and obligations of issuers with higher credit quality.
LEGAL AND REGULATORY RISKS
Investments in emerging markets may be particularly prone to regulatory risks; for example, the
introduction of new laws, the imposition of exchange controls, the adoption of restrictive provisions by
individual companies or where a limit on the holding of the portfolio in a particular company, sector or
country by non-residents (individually or collectively) has been imposed. Regulatory changes may be
imposed on one or more of the markets in which we invest in the future and any such regulations could
significantly restrict our ability to access markets and/or may negatively impact the value of portfolio
holdings. The legal environment may also compromise the value of collateral we obtain to secure
portfolio holdings.
NON-DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO RISK
All our strategies may be subject to the risks inherent to concentrated or non-diversified positions.
Trading markets in Asia as well as in other emerging economics in general and the corporate debt markets
in particular are substantially smaller (on the basis of market capitalization, value of securities traded and
number of issuers) than those of the U.S. and other nations with developed securities markets. As a
consequence, we may invest in a relatively limited number of issuers, some or many of which may
operate in the same industry or economic sector. Trading markets in Asia and other emerging economies
may be subject to greater price volatility and less liquidity than is usually the case in the U.S. and other
developed securities markets globally. Concentration and non-diversification pose increased risk of loss
to the extent the account is more susceptible to adverse events affecting the region, country, industry or
issuer in which the account is focused. Generally, similar market conditions also impact portfolio risk in
private equity and real estate investments.
ILLIQUID INVESTMENTS
The investments we make on behalf of clients are often in illiquid instruments, which means that there
may be legal or contractual restrictions on their disposition, or that there are no readily available market
quotations for such securities. Illiquid instruments present the risks that there may be difficulty valuing
these holdings and that we may be unable to sell these holdings at the time or price desired.
Risk of Loss
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear.
We use the investment strategies and methods of analysis discussed above to seek to achieve each
portfolio’s investment objective. The investment decisions we make may not produce the expected
returns, may cause the portfolio to lose value or may cause the portfolio to underperform other portfolios
with similar investment objectives. There is no assurance that a portfolio’s objective will be achieved.
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There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of
Pacific Harbor or the integrity of our management.
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As discussed above, we are related to various advisory entities which are “related persons” and affiliates
of Pacific Harbor. These entities are under our “control” as that term is defined in Form ADV.
The Participating Affiliates assist Pacific Harbor in the provision of investment services under the terms of
the PAA. Employees of the Participating Affiliates who are involved in United States advisory activities are
deemed to be “associated persons” of Pacific Harbor.
Under the PAA, the Participating Affiliates are subject to compliance with certain controls, including
record retention, ensuring personal account trading clearance for associated persons and the provision of
records to the SEC when and as required by the participating affiliate SEC No-Action letters and the PAA.
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TRANSACTIONS AND PERSONAL TRADING
Our Code of Ethics (the “Code”) applies to all of our officers, executive directors and employees (“Staff”)
and requires that Staff conduct themselves honestly and ethically and in full compliance with the
securities laws at all times. Staff must put the interests of our clients before their own interests. A copy
of the Code is available to clients and prospective clients upon request.
Under unusual circumstances, a member of our Staff may purchase or sell for his or her own account
securities which we purchase or sell on behalf of our clients.
All such transactions must be conducted in accordance with our Code. The Code is designed to ensure
that our Staff do not take actions which are adverse or appear to be adverse to the interests of our
clients. To manage the potential conflicts of interest with respect to personal securities trading by our
personnel, the Code contains the following provisions, among others:
i. A requirement that proposed personal securities transactions in initial public offerings and
private placements (including accounts in which Staff have a personal interest) be cleared by our
Chief Compliance Officer or his delegate to address the conflict of interest.
ii. Periodic reporting of all activity in personal securities accounts. This includes reporting of all
securities positions.
iii. The associated persons of the Participating Affiliates are subject to the personal trading
conditions of the Code.
Our Code also limits the type and amount of gifts and entertainment that our personnel are permitted to
give or accept.
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It should be recognized that a relatively insignificant component of our investment program consists of
trading securities through a broker-dealer or other institutional counterparty for which a commission or
“spread” is charged to our clients. Nonetheless, we maintain standards for the selection of counterparties
and for the evaluation of the execution quality we receive.
We select brokers and counterparties based on a set of qualitative and quantitative criteria. Execution of
client transactions is in accordance with our best execution policy. Our objective is to obtain the most
favorable execution and price reasonably available over time for our clients.
Selection of Brokers/Counterparties and Best Execution The factors that we consider in selecting the brokers with which we place our client orders for execution
include, but are not limited to: the broker’s reliability, reputation in the industry, financial stability,
infrastructure, research and execution services and ability to accommodate special transaction needs.
Accordingly, transactions may not always be executed at the best available price or commission.
We monitor the current level of the commissions of eligible broker-dealers and strive to minimize the
expenses incurred for effecting client transactions to the extent consistent with the interests and policies
of the accounts. Although we seek competitive commission rates, we will not necessarily pay the lowest
commission. The execution of certain transactions or strategies for clients may require specialized
services from the broker-dealer involved and thus may entail higher commissions than would be the case
with other transactions requiring more routine services.
We do not employ soft dollars/soft commissions.
Trade Allocations, Aggregated Trades and Trade Errors When considering which client accounts will participate in a given transaction, we employ procedures
designed to ensure that clients will be treated in a fair and equitable manner and to achieve best
execution. No account will be favored over any other client; however, a variety of factors can determine
whether a particular client may participate in a particular transaction. These factors include investment
objectives and strategies, position weightings, cash availability, and risk tolerance, among others.
Because of such differences, there may be differences in invested positions and securities held in client
accounts managed according to similar strategies.
When trading securities, we may execute transactions on an aggregated basis—that is, we “bunch” orders
from several accounts--when we believe this will allow us to obtain best execution and to obtain more
favorable commission rates or other transaction costs. In these cases, we will use procedures and make
similar considerations to those discussed in the preceding paragraph. Aggregated orders filled partially
will be allocated within strategy among the participating accounts pro-rata by original order size.
We make and implement investment decisions for our client accounts consistent with our fiduciary duty.
To the extent trading errors occur, we seek to ensure that clients’ best interests are served. Our policy is
to resolve all trade errors within a reasonable time period and in manner that does not disadvantage the
client. We reimburse client accounts for their actual losses suffered as a result of a trade error caused by
us. We do not compensate clients for lost investment opportunities (e.g., failure to take advantage of
investment or market improvements).
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Account Reviews We have implemented continuous monitoring and control procedures for client accounts that are
complemented by daily reviews by our CEO. These reviews are intended to determine, among other
things, whether each account is appropriately positioned and in-line with the client-specific investment
goals, objectives and policies. The manner and frequency of reviews may be established in the client’s
IMA.
Written Reports We provide reports to our clients regarding their accounts in accordance with instructions they provide
us. On a monthly or quarterly basis, we may provide our clients with a written report that includes
information such as current portfolio holdings, transaction activity, and portfolio manager commentary
on sources of return within the portfolio and recent market conditions. More information about client
account reports is in Item 15.
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Although such an arrangement is not currently in place, we have in the past entered into written
solicitation arrangements with non-affiliated third parties, pursuant to which we agree to compensate
them for the solicitation of clients and client referrals. Solicitations and referrals of any U.S. clients are
made in accordance with the requirements of Rule 206(4)-3 under the Advisers Act.
We may consider instituting solicitation arrangements again in the future.
A conflict of interest may arise from compensating third parties to solicit and refer clients.
Recommendations being made to clients may be influenced by the compensation to be paid to a solicitor.
Clients and prospective clients should refer to the disclosure document that solicitors are required to
provide under Rule 206(4)-3 prior to making any investment decision. These disclosures include the
nature of the solicitation arrangement and the details of the compensation arrangement accorded to the
solicitor.
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We do not have actual custody of our clients’ funds or public securities. Rather, all funds and securities
will be held at a qualified custodian. In the case of a managed account, the custodian is typically
appointed by the client.
Management fees due to us may be paid by the client custodian from the custodial account that holds
client funds. Written authorization allowing the payment of fees directly from the custodian will be
provided by any U.S. client before carrying out the debit of fees. The client and custodian will each receive
a statement from us detailing the amount of fees and the method of calculation.
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We exercise investment discretion over some of our client accounts, subject to investment policies and
guidelines that are established between our clients and us (and which may be amended from time to time
in writing). Within a client's specified investment objectives and guidelines, we are generally authorized
to determine which securities are bought or sold, the total amount of securities to be bought or sold, the
broker-dealer (or counterparty) through which securities are to be bought or sold, and the commission
rates to be paid, all without further client consultation or consent.
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As we primarily invest in debt securities and other assets for which proxy voting is generally not a feature,
we are seldom called upon to vote proxies.
Nevertheless, our proxy voting policies and procedures establish a framework to vote proxies consistent
with our fiduciary duty to our clients should we be called upon to vote securities on behalf of clients.
When vested with proxy voting authority, it is our policy to vote all proxies on securities held in client’s
account, unless we determine in accordance with our policies to refrain from voting. In the event a client
believes that its interests require a different vote, the client may direct how we vote shares held in its
account by providing us with written voting instructions, provided that we receive such instructions in
time to act accordingly.
When we determine that voting a proxy presents a conflict of interest, we will resolve such conflicts in the
best interest of the client as determined by us in good faith.
We maintain proxy voting records and related records designed to meet our obligations under applicable
law. Clients may obtain a complete copy of our proxy voting policies and other information regarding how
their proxies were voted upon request by writing to us at the address set forth in the first page of this
brochure.
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We do not have any financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair our ability to meet our
contractual commitment and fiduciary responsibilities to our clients.
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