Colchis is a Delaware limited partnership that has been in business since March 2012. It serves
as the investment adviser to several investment funds (each referred to herein as a “fund” and
collectively as the “funds”). Colchis’s controlling owners are Robert J. Conrads and Edward M.
Conrads. As of December 31, 2019, Colchis had total discretionary net assets under
management of approximately $976,728,928 (calculated by summing the net assets held by
Colchis Income Fund, L.P., Colchis Income Fund, Ltd., Colchis/Marlette Income Fund, L.P. and
Colchis/Marlette Income Fund, Ltd., and the net assets plus uncalled capital commitments of
Colchis Opportunities Fund, L.P., Colchis Opportunities Offshore Fund, L.P., Colchis Real
Properties Income Fund, L.P., Colchis Real Properties Income Fund II, L.P. and Colchis Pacific
Advisors, LLC). Colchis only manages assets on a discretionary basis.
Income Funds
Colchis manages Colchis Income Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Colchis
Income Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands company, each of which invests substantially all of its
assets in Colchis Income Offshore Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership
(“Income Master,” and collectively with the other funds, the “Income Funds”). In turn,
Colchis invests or expects to invest substantially all of Income Master’s assets directly, and
indirectly through various special purpose vehicles (“SPVs”), in (a) notes, certificates and other
securities that derive their value from loans facilitated by a variety of financing platforms
(whether based in the U.S. or outside the U.S.) to consumers, small and medium sized enterprises
(“SMEs”) and other businesses, and owners of residential and commercial property, (b) future
receivables due to SMEs or medical providers, (c) bonds and structured notes, (d) collateralized
debt obligations, structured notes or equity interests (“Collateralized Obligations”) of
securitization vehicles (which may be structured as U.S. or non-U.S. trusts, partnerships, limited
liability companies or other pools of U.S. or non-U.S. denominated assets) that hold similar
fixed-income securities to those described above (“Securitization Vehicles”), and (e) certain
illiquid investments, which are held in side pockets only for electing investors. Income Master
also, directly or indirectly through SPVs, provides or may provide credit facilities or term loans
to certain borrowers.
Currently, Income Master holds certain investments indirectly through the following SPVs,
although Income Master may invest in other SPVs in the future: (a) Colchis/LC Income Offshore
Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“LC Master”); (b) various Delaware
business trusts for which Colchis is the administrator (each, a “Funding Trust” and together, the
“Funding Trusts”); (c) Series 2 of Marlette Funding Trust, a Delaware business trust for which
Colchis is the administrator (“Marlette Trust”); and (d) Pacific Financing, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
Marlette Trust, derives its value primarily from loans it purchases from Marlette Funding LLC
(“Marlette”), as well as other investments that the Marlette Trust acquires, including derivatives.
Certain SPVs also purchase loans from Marlette. Colchis has certain conflicts of interest with
respect to the operation of Marlette and the Income Funds described in Item 8 below.
Income Master also invests, directly and indirectly through the SPVs, in investments facilitated,
and in Collateralized Obligations issued by Securitization Vehicles sponsored or otherwise
facilitated, by some of the Opportunities’ Funds’ portfolio companies or other financing
platforms in which Colchis, Colchis’s principals and/or certain employees have invested. These
relationships create the conflicts of interest described in Item 8 below.
In the future, Colchis may invest Income Master’s assets in other consumer-related, SME-related,
commercial-related or real estate-related fixed-income investments as well as other types of
financial and income-generating investments in the U.S. and globally, including, but not limited
to, extensions of credit facilities to financing platforms or other borrowers.
Marlette Funds
Colchis manages Colchis/Marlette Income Fund, L.P. and Colchis/Marlette Income Fund, Ltd.
(together, the “Marlette Funds”), each of which invests or intends to invest principally, but not
solely, in Series 1 of the Marlette Trust,Series 1 of Pacific Funding Trust 1005, and in
Collateralized Obligations issued by various Securitization Vehicles, including Securitization
Vehicles sponsored or otherwise facilitated by Marlette. Colchis has certain conflicts of interest
with respect to the operation of Marlette and the Marlette Funds described in Item 8 below.
Opportunities Funds
Colchis manages Colchis Opportunities Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Colchis
Opportunities Offshore Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership, each of which invests
substantially all of its assets in Colchis Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands
limited partnership (“Opportunities Master,” and collectively with the other funds, the
“Opportunities Funds”). Colchis invests substantially all of Opportunities Master’s assets in
equity and debt securities issued by privately held companies, primarily in the financial
technology sector (whether based in the U.S. or outside of the U.S.).
Real Properties Funds
Colchis manages Colchis Real Properties Income Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“RP Fund I”) and Colchis Real Properties Income Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“RP Fund II,” and together with RP Fund I collectively, the “Real Properties Funds”).
Colchis invests substantially all of the Real Properties Funds’ assets in residential rental
properties (“Properties”), and aims to target Properties for purchase based on Colchis’s
projected cash flow expectations and potential for appreciation of the Properties. The Real
Properties Funds have engaged Colchis’s affiliate, Imagine Homes Management, LLC
(“Imagine Homes”), to act as the Real Properties Funds’ agent and property manager. Colchis
controls, and Colchis and certain of its or its Affiliates’ principals or employees directly or
indirectly have significant equity interests in, Imagine Homes, and thus Colchis has an incentive
to cause the Real Properties Funds to engage Imagine Homes.
General Matters
The investors in the funds that Colchis manages have no opportunity to select or evaluate any
fund investments or strategies. Colchis selects all fund investments and strategies. Colchis may
maintain idle cash or other short-term investments and is authorized to enter into any type of
investment transaction that it deems appropriate under the terms of the funds’ governing
documents.
Colchis does not participate in wrap fee programs.
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Colchis is an SEC-registered adviser that delivers this brochure to prospective investors in the
Income Funds, the Marlette Funds and the Opportunities Funds that are qualified purchasers as
defined in section 2(a)(51)(A) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Therefore,
information on how Colchis is compensated for its advisory services and its fee schedule with
respect to those funds are not included here.
With respect to the Real Properties Funds, Colchis’s charges a management fee with respect to
each investor equal to 0.25% (RP Fund I) and 0.375% (RP Fund II) per calendar quarter
(approximately 1% to 1.5% per year) of such investor’s capital commitment or remaining
invested capital, as described in each Real Properties Fund’s offering documents. Colchis also
receives from each investor a carried interest distribution of up to 20% of distributions from each
Real Properties Fund (subject to certain adjustments as described in detail in each Real
Properties Fund’s offering documents). Carried interest distributions may create an incentive for
Colchis to make more risky and speculative investments than it would otherwise make.
Colchis deducts management fees, performance-based special profit allocations and carried
interest distributions, if any, directly from the applicable fund.
Colchis complies with Rule 205-3 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, to
the extent required by applicable law. Colchis believes that its fees are competitive with fees
charged by other investment advisers for comparable services. Comparable services may be
available, however, from other sources for lower fees.
The disclosure in this Item 5, together with the disclosure in Item 12, allow a plan that is subject
to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and that invests in a Colchis fund, to
use the “alternative reporting option” to report Colchis’s and its affiliates’ compensation as
“eligible indirect compensation” on the Schedule C of the plan’s Form 5500 Annual
Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan.
Relationships with Colchis’s investment funds, other than the Real Properties Funds and the
Opportunities Funds (which are fixed term funds), are terminable on specified prior written
notice.
In all cases, expenses and the performance-based special profit allocation or carried interest
distributions through the date of termination are charged to the applicable investor. An investor
who withdraws from a fund on a date other than the last day of a quarter does not receive a
refund of the management fee previously paid. Investors may not withdraw from the
Opportunities Funds or the Real Properties Funds.
Each fund is responsible for its own costs and expenses, including trading costs and expenses
(such as brokerage commissions, expenses related to short sales or derivative positions, and
clearing and settlement charges), ongoing legal, accounting and bookkeeping fees and expenses,
and the fees and expenses charged by any fund administrator for its accounting, bookkeeping and
other services. Colchis bears its own operating, general, administrative and overhead costs and
expenses, other than the expenses described above. All or part of these costs and expenses may
be paid, however, by securities brokerage firms and futures commission merchants that execute
clients’ securities trades, as discussed in Item 12 below.
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Colchis currently manages investment funds (the Income Funds, the Opportunities Funds and the
Real Properties Funds) that charge performance-based special profit allocations or carried
interest distributions and other investment funds (the Marlette Funds) that do not charge
performance-based special profit allocations or carried interest distributions. The Income Funds
and Marlette Funds may invest in similar instruments and Colchis has an incentive to allocate
investments to whatever funds will pay the highest fees, including performance-based special
profit allocations or higher management fees. Colchis attempts to address this conflict by
reviewing its investment allocations on a regular basis to attempt to ensure that no such
disproportionate allocation occurs.
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Colchis provides investment advice to investment funds. Investors must invest a minimum of
$1,000,000 in the Income Funds and Marlette Funds. Investors must invest a minimum of
$500,000 in RP Fund II. Colchis may and sometimes does waive these minimums. The
Opportunities Funds and RP Fund I are closed to new investors.
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Investment Strategies
Colchis is the investment adviser to several investment funds that follow different investment
strategies, although some funds may follow the same strategy as another fund and may invest
collectively through a master-feeder structure. Colchis provides to every prospective investor a
copy of the applicable fund’s offering documents containing a complete description of its
investment strategy.
The investment strategies summarized in the applicable offering documents represent Colchis’s
intentions as of the date of such documents, are general in nature and are not exhaustive. There
are no limits on the types of securities or Properties, as applicable, in which Colchis may take
positions on behalf of the funds, the types of positions that it may take, the concentration of its
investments or the amount of leverage that it may use. Colchis may use any trading or
investment techniques, whether or not contemplated by the expected investment strategies
described in its offering documents. In addition, there are limitations in describing any
investment strategy due to its complexity, confidentiality and indefinite nature. Depending on
conditions and trends in securities, commodities and properties markets and the economy
generally, Colchis may pursue any objectives or use any techniques that it considers appropriate
and in the funds’ interests. A potential investor should discuss with Colchis’s representatives
any questions that such person may have before investing in a fund.
Risk Factors
Investing in securities or Properties involves risk of loss that investors should be prepared to bear.
Below are some of the risks that investors should consider before investing in any fund that
Colchis manages. Any or all of such risks could materially and adversely affect investment
performance, the value of any fund or any investment held in a fund, and could cause investors
to lose substantial amounts of money. Below is only a brief summary of some of the risks that
an investor may encounter. Potential investors in a fund should review such fund’s offering
circular or private offering memorandum carefully and in its entirety, and consult with their
professional advisers before deciding whether to invest.
Risks Specific to the Income and Marlette Funds The funds’ investments may be concentrated in loans, certificates, notes or beneficial
interests related to underlying debt obligations. Those funds may be subject to more risk
than would be the case in a diversified securities portfolio. Markets for such loans,
certificates, notes or beneficial interests fluctuate and the market value of any particular
underlying debt obligation may vary substantially over time.
The loans, certificates, notes and beneficial interests in which the funds invest generally
represent only the right to receive payments received with respect to the loans
corresponding to those loans, certificates or notes or the loans to which the value of the
beneficial interests are substantially tied. Such securities are not obligations of the
underlying borrowers, the applicable financing platform, the banks involved in the
transactions or any other party. None of the loans, certificates, notes, beneficial interests
or underlying loans is (a) secured by any collateral or (b) guaranteed or insured by any
governmental agency or instrumentality or any third party. The funds must rely on the
applicable financing platform and its designated third-party collection agency to pursue
collection against any borrower.
The funds invest in Collateralized Obligations, which have unique risks, including:
limited recourse if assets or collateral of the applicable Securitization Vehicles are
insufficient to meet obligations in accordance with the Securitization Vehicles’ priorities
of payment; subordination of each class of Collateralized Obligations to higher-ranking
classes and to payment of certain fees and expenses to the extent provided under the
priorities of payment of the applicable Securitization Vehicle; levered nature of
subordinated Collateralized Obligations; exposure to the skill of the Securitization
Vehicle’s collateral manager to analyze, acquire and manage such Securitization
Vehicle’s assets and structure; limited liquidity of Collateralized Obligations; many of
the Collateralized Obligations will be below investment grade or may be unrated (such
securities are commonly known as “junk bonds” or high/yield/high risk”), which
generally indicates a higher risk of default or bankruptcy; risks associated with an
inaccurate credit rating, including higher default or bankruptcy risks than expected; and
limited available information concerning the applicable Collateralized Obligations.
The Income Funds directly provide credit facilities or term loans to financing platforms
or other borrowers. The risks of direct lending include, in addition to the risks associated
with investing in fixed-income instruments generally as described herein, the heightened
risks of lender liability or other claims against the funds themselves, increased regulatory
burden for the funds to comply with applicable lending laws and obligations, costs and
expenses of directly enforcing defaults or collecting collateral, and potential adverse tax
consequences for investors in the funds. Additionally, in the event of a borrower’s
bankruptcy and depending on the subordination of the credit facility or the loan
arrangement, Colchis may not receive all the loan repayments, which may cause the
funds and their investors to lose some or all of their investments.
Colchis relies on proprietary technology that may be adversely affected by technological
errors and intellectual property infringement, whether by or against Colchis. Colchis’s
technology may also be found to infringe a third party’s intellectual property.
Colchis relies on receiving information directly from the financing platforms. Any
disruption in the flow of information or inaccuracies may adversely affect Colchis’s
ability to make investment decisions.
Colchis makes a significant portion of the funds’ investments through the financing
platforms’ passive allocation programs. Before purchasing or agreeing to a passive
allocation on a financing platform, Colchis evaluates the general credit and other criteria
that all loans must meet. In certain instances, some financing platforms must allocate a
portion of such loans to other investors accepting similar criteria. Thus, Colchis’s ability
to make investments may be limited by the demand for those investments.
Colchis will be competing for investments through financing platforms (whether by
actively selecting investments or through the passive allocation programs described
above) with institutional investors, investment managers, industrial groups and merchant
banks owned by larger and well-capitalized investors, and may not be able to select
attractive investments.
In the event of a financing platform’s bankruptcy various legal and administrative
restrictions may limit or entirely prohibit Colchis from receiving funds invested in the
notes or certificates related to that platform, which may cause the funds and their
investors to lose some or all of their investments.
The Income Funds have the ability to place, and have placed, certain illiquid securities in
accounts (via side pockets) that may not be withdrawn or redeemed from the Income
Funds. As a result, the investors who elect to participate in side pockets will have more
limited liquidity with respect to their investments in such side pockets of the Income
Funds.
Colchis, its affiliates and personnel sponsor, manage and participate in other activities in
addition to managing the Colchis funds, and they intend in the future to be engaged in
these and other investment activities. Colchis’s, its affiliates’ and its employees’
engagement in these activities may cause various conflicts of interest. For example,
Colchis’s principals and its employees control, and have, directly and indirectly,
significant equity interests in, Marlette, and Colchis, Colchis’s principals and employees
also hold investments in a variety of other privately-held financing platforms, including,
but not limited to SoFi. Colchis also manages the Colchis Opportunities Funds, which
have made and expect to continue to make equity investments in various financing
platforms through which the Income Funds invest. Colchis, its principals and employees
and the funds it manages may in the future make additional investments in or enter into
additional arrangements with those financing platforms or other platforms. Due to the
Income Funds’ and Marlette Funds’ investments through these platforms, Colchis, its
principals and employees and certain funds may receive preferential investment terms or
other economic or other rights with respect to their equity investments, none of which
benefit the Income Funds or the Marlette Funds. For these purposes, those financing
platforms in which such persons have direct or indirect equity interests are called
“Portfolio Companies.”
The Income Funds’ and Marlette Funds’ economic interests conflict with the economic
interests of Colchis, its affiliates, its principals, its employees or other funds. Colchis
may have an incentive to cause the Income Funds and the Marlette Funds to make
investments that protect or enhance the value of the Portfolio Companies. There are
cases, however, in which the Income Funds have not invested in loans or other
instruments facilitated by Portfolio Companies when those instruments do not meet the
Funds’ risk-adjusted return targets or for other reasons.
Colchis and other invested persons will benefit if a Portfolio Company charges the
Income Funds or the Marlette Funds high servicing fees or if the Income Funds or the
Marlette Funds engage in a high volume of transactions, regardless of the quality of the
loans that the Portfolio Company issues or facilitates. The Income Funds and Marlette
Funds may be adversely affected if Colchis perceives that it will receive better overall
compensation and benefits due to its other arrangements with the Portfolio Companies,
and favors itself or its other funds in connection with the Income Funds’ or Marlette
Funds’ negotiations with a Portfolio Company. Colchis addresses the potential conflicts
by adhering to its fiduciary duties for all the funds it manages.
Marlette’s management team determines the terms and conditions on which Marlette sells
loans to Marlette Trust or the other Marlette SPVs, which form a substantial basis for the
value of the indirect interests held by the Marlette Funds and Income Master. Because
Colchis’s principals and its employees control, and have, directly and indirectly
significant equity interests in, Marlette there may be a substantial conflict of interest in
the operations of Marlette, on the one hand, and the Marlette Funds or Income Master, as
applicable, on the other hand, regarding the negotiation, administration and enforcement
of the various loans and agreements between Marlette, the Marlette Trust, the other
Marlette SPVs, the Marlette Funds or Income Master, as applicable.
Conflicts could arise if Marlette defaults on any obligations related to the Marlette Funds
or Income Master. For example, the timing or election of certain remedies by Marlette
Trust or the Marlette SPVs, the Marlette Funds or Income Master could be affected by
considerations other than the best interests of the investors in the Marlette Funds or
Income Master. In addition, certain circumstances about the Marlette loans underlying a
portion of the indirect value of the Marlette Funds and Income Master could exist which
could violate the terms of the applicable agreements and instruments, but Colchis and its
affiliates may decide that such circumstances do not warrant any action on the grounds
that similar circumstances on loans made by unaffiliated third-party lenders do not
generally result in any default notice or enforcement activity. Marlette Trust, the
Marlette SPVs, Marlette Funds and Income Master intend to comply with industry
standards for enforcement of the loans held by Marlette Trust and the Marlette SPVs.
Risks Specific to the Opportunities Funds The Opportunities Funds invested substantially all of their assets in securities issued by a
small number of Portfolio Companies that are primarily in the financial technology sector.
Accordingly, their portfolios will not be diversified beyond those investments, idle cash,
money market instruments or other short-term investments.
Colchis is not in a position to confirm the completeness, genuineness or accuracy of the
information and data provided by potential Portfolio Companies during its due diligence,
and such due diligence may not reveal or highlight all relevant facts that may be
necessary or helpful in evaluating such investment opportunity.
Venture capital investments involve special risks, including, but not limited to: (i) no
liquidity; (ii) extraordinarily high degree of business and financial risk and potential need
for additional capital; (iii) substantial variation in operating results from period to period;
(iv) additional funding requirements (which may not be available) and potential dilution;
and (v) significant time required for investments to mature and profits (if any) to be
realized.
Colchis does not intend to seek control over the management of any of its Portfolio
Companies and therefore will have no control over the conduct of its Portfolio
Companies.
The Opportunities Funds will be subject to a variety of litigation risks, particularly in consequence of the substantial likelihood that one or more Portfolio Companies will face
financial or other difficulties during the term of the funds’ investment and may be
required to indemnify Colchis and its personnel for their losses and defense costs and
expenses in connection with such litigation.
Colchis’s management of the Income and Marlette Funds may cause conflicts of interest
in relation to the Opportunities Funds. Colchis may use the Opportunities Funds’
investments in Portfolio Companies to secure better terms for the investments made by
the Income Funds and Marlette Funds in loans facilitated by those Portfolio Companies,
or to support previous investments made by Colchis or its personnel or affiliates in those
Portfolio Companies. In addition, the Opportunities Funds’ economic interests conflict
with the economic interests of the other Colchis funds (e.g., lower servicing fees
negotiated by Portfolio Companies may benefit the other Colchis funds at the expense of
the Opportunities Funds).
Risks Specific to the Real Properties Funds The Real Properties Funds will invest substantially all of their available capital in
residential rental Properties. Identifying, purchasing, renovating, renting, maintaining,
improving and disposing of Properties are all difficult tasks. Many competent investors
in Properties have been unsuccessful. The Real Properties Funds’ investment portfolios
may not generate any income or appreciate in value.
Colchis, with the assistance of the Imagine Homes, conducts such due diligence as it
deems relevant before investing in a Property. Colchis and Imagine Homes may not
inspect each prospective Property and may not uncover all relevant facts that may be
helpful or necessary in evaluating each Property (such as changing neighborhood profiles,
the degree of competition for Properties, defects in Properties and other relevant facts).
Any failure to learn all relevant information concerning an investment could result in
losses for the applicable Real Properties Fund.
Colchis and Imagine Homes may use algorithms and other data systems to help identify
and analyze potential Properties. Any inaccuracies in such systems or data could lead to
losses for the applicable Real Properties Fund.
The Real Properties Funds are likely to be limited in terms of the number and types of
Properties purchased and the geographic location of the Properties. The Real Properties
Funds’ concentration in a single class of property or particular geographic region may
increase the risk of loss to the Real Properties Funds if that class of properties or region
suffers economic reversals or other material adverse conditions occur.
Ownership of rental Properties involves unique risks, including: (i) competition for
tenants; (ii) difficulties maintaining rental rates and occupancy levels in highly
competitive markets; (iii) rental income that is insufficient to meet operating expenses;
(iv) risks associated with applicable tenancy laws (such as rent control and other
regulations) and other applicable regulatory laws and requirements; (v) risks of uninsured
losses with respect to the Properties; (vi) unexpected costs in maintenance, improvements
or other renovations for the Properties; (vii) limited availability of financing for the
Properties; (viii) liabilities associated with hazardous waste and other environmental
matters; and (ix) changes in governmental factors, such as zoning ordinances, school
districting, property taxes or other changes in local housing policy. Any one of the above
risks could lead to substantial losses for the applicable Real Properties Fund.
Imagine Homes is an affiliate of Colchis. Colchis controls, and Colchis and certain of its
or its Affiliates’ principals or employees directly or indirectly have significant equity
interests in, Imagine Homes. Accordingly, Colchis has a conflict of interest in the
appointment of and continuing relationship with Imagine Homes. Imagine Homes
charges the Real Properties Funds (a) an acquisition fee, (b) a fee with respect to each
newly occupying tenant, (c) a monthly property management fee and fees for renovation
and construction, and (d) a disposition fee with respect to any Property for which Imagine
acts as the broker, all described in more detail in the offering materials for the Real
Properties Funds. These fees may be higher than the fees that would be charged by other
third parties. Subject to restrictions in its agreement with each Real Properties Fund,
Imagine Homes may spend time advising other funds and investors that may compete
with the Real Properties Funds. Imagine Homes has discretion to determine how to
allocate Properties in such circumstances, and shall have no obligation to present any
opportunity to the Real Properties Funds.
Other Material Risks Applicable to All Funds
The funds typically use leverage by borrowing capital to invest in securities or Properties.
Any violation of the related credit agreements could result in the acceleration of the
maturity date of the applicable loans and the seizure and liquidation of the funds’ assets
pledged as collateral for those loans. Any such action could cause investors to lose some
or all of their investment in the applicable fund. Certain funds also may have exposure to
leverage and risk of loss through derivatives or Collateralized Obligations.
Certain funds are exposed directly and indirectly to hedging and positions in derivatives,
which may reduce profits, increase expenses and cause losses. Price movement in a
hedging instrument and the security hedged do not always correlate, resulting in losses on
both the hedged security and the hedging instrument. Colchis is not obligated to hedge a
fund’s portfolio positions, and it frequently may not do so.
Changes in economic conditions can adversely affect investment performance. At times,
economic conditions in the U.S. and elsewhere have deteriorated significantly, resulting
in volatile securities and properties markets and large investment losses. Government
actions responding to these conditions could lead to inflation and other negative
consequences to investors.
Counterparties such as brokers, dealers, futures commission merchants, custodians and
administrators with which Colchis does business on behalf of the funds may default on
their obligations. For example, a fund may lose its assets on deposit with a broker if the
broker, its clearing broker or an exchange clearing house becomes bankrupt.
The funds hold investments that are illiquid, are difficult or impossible to sell and may
never become publicly traded.
The funds may not achieve their investment objectives. A strategy may not be successful
and investors may lose some or all of their investment.
Certain investment funds that Colchis manages have only a limited operating history on
which prospective investors may evaluate their performance.
Investor sentiment on the “marketplace lending” sector, fixed-income investments
generally, real estate or particular segments of those sectors is not predictable and can
adversely affect a fund’s investments.
Colchis determines the values of the funds’ investments in good faith, whether or not a
public market exists for such investments. Colchis generally intends to engage various
third party valuation firms to assist in Colchis’s valuation of each fund’s investments. If
Colchis’s or such firm’s valuation is inaccurate, Colchis and its affiliates might receive
more compensation in certain funds than that to which they are entitled, a new investor in
such funds might receive an interest that is worth less than the investor paid and an
investor that is withdrawing assets might receive more than the amount to which the
investor is entitled, to the detriment of other investors.
Each fund, and not Colchis, is responsible for any trade errors that Colchis makes in a
fund, even when the error hurts the fund.
Subject to limited exceptions, (i) Colchis and its affiliates and agents generally are not
responsible to any investor for losses incurred in a fund, and (ii) the funds indemnify
Colchis and its affiliates broadly for their activities on behalf of the funds.
With respect to funds that allow withdrawals/redemptions:
o Such a fund may not be able to generate cash necessary to satisfy investor
withdrawals and redemptions. Substantial withdrawals and redemptions in a short
period could force Colchis to liquidate investments too rapidly, and may so
reduce the size of such a fund that it cannot generate returns or reduce losses.
o Such a fund may limit or suspend withdrawals or redemptions of an investor’s
assets.
o Such a fund may establish a reserve for contingencies if Colchis considers it
appropriate. Investors may not withdraw or redeem assets covered by that reserve
until it is lifted.
If the assets that Colchis and its affiliates manage grow too large, it may adversely affect
performance, because it is more difficult for Colchis to find attractive investments as the
amount of assets that it must invest increases.
No fund or investor has been represented by separate counsel. The attorneys who
represent Colchis do not represent the funds or the investors. Investors should hire their
own counsel for legal advice and representation.
A fund may dissolve or expel any investor at any time, even if such actions adversely
affect one or more investors.
Colchis, an administrator or any government agency may freeze assets that any of them
believes a fund holds in violation of anti-money laundering laws or rules or on behalf of a
suspected terrorist, and may transfer such assets to a government agency. None of
Colchis, a fund or an administrator will be liable for losses related to actions taken in an
effort to comply with anti-money laundering regulations.
The business models employed by the financing platforms in or through which the
Income, Marlette and Opportunities Funds invest are fairly new, and their compliance
with various aspects of regulatory regimes applicable to consumer or commercial credit
transactions is untested. A federal or state regulator or private plaintiff could take a
position that any such financing platform’s activities (and perhaps any investors in it,
such as the Colchis funds) do not comply with applicable law, and any such action could
adversely affect the funds and their investors.
For example, some federal and state courts have held that non-bank assignees of loans
originated by national banks are not entitled to preemption of state usury laws or
otherwise may be required to obtain state credit services or other lending licenses. In
addition, the Colorado Attorney General initiated litigation (which remains ongoing)
against Marlette, another financing platform and various purchasing entities of loans
facilitated by those platforms (including the trustee of Pacific Funding Trust 1005)
regarding alleged violations of Colorado’s Uniform Commercial Credit Code citing the
court decisions described above. The above actions, or similar complaints, court
decisions or regulatory actions in other states, could adversely affect the funds.
In addition, various U.S. federal and state and international regulators have indicated an
increased interest in the marketplace lending industry. These developments could have a
variety of implications for the yields, availability and liquidity of loans through financing
platforms, as well as the servicing and other fees associated with investments in those
loans and the profitability of the financing platforms themselves. The U.S. Supreme
Court recently declined to hear an appeal of one of those court decisions, and thus the law
applicable to some of the funds’ investments likely will be unfavorable in the
jurisdictions subject to that decision, and will be unsettled in other jurisdictions and
conflicting between jurisdictions for a significant period of time.
Some financing platforms in or through which Income Master and the Opportunities
Funds invest may facilitate subprime loans. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
(“CFPB”) has broad authority over lending activities. The CFPB or other regulatory
agencies could impose regulations with respect to subprime lending, examine subprime
lending arrangements more closely than other types of lending activities or prioritize
enforcement of its regulations with respect to subprime lending. Any such actions could
adversely affect those financing platforms and therefore the funds and their investors.
Federal, state and international governments may increase regulation of investment
advisers, private investment funds, derivative securities or participants in the real estate
market, which may increase the time and resources that Colchis must devote to regulatory
compliance, to the detriment of investment activities.
Colchis is not registered as a finance lender or broker-dealer with any federal or state
regulatory authority, with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a commodity
pool operator or as a real estate agent or broker. The equity interests in the funds are not
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and the funds are not registered investment
companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Colchis believes that none of
these registrations is required. If a regulatory authority deems that any of these
registrations is required, Colchis and any fund could be subject to expensive legal action
and potential termination. In addition, investors in the funds do not have certain
regulatory protection that they would have if these registrations were in place.
Colchis’s activities could cause adverse tax consequences to the funds and investors,
including liability for interest and penalties.
Colchis’s activities may cause a fund that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 to engage in a prohibited transaction under that Act.
If a fund becomes insolvent, investors may be required to return with interest any
distributions and forfeit any undistributed profits.
Colchis and its affiliates may spend time on activities that compete with a fund without
accountability to investors, including investing for other clients and their own accounts.
If Colchis receives better compensation and other benefits from managing other assets or
client accounts compared to managing a fund, it has incentive to allocate more time to
those other activities. These factors could influence Colchis not to make investments on
a fund’s behalf even if such investments would benefit the fund.
Colchis may provide certain investors or clients more frequent or detailed reports, special
compensation arrangements and withdrawal or redemption rights that it does not provide
to other investors or clients.
The above is only a brief summary of some of the important risks that an investor may encounter.
Before deciding to invest in a fund that Colchis manages, you should consider carefully all of the
risk factors and other information in the applicable fund’s offering circular or private offering
memorandum.
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Robert J. Conrads and Edward M. Conrads indirectly wholly own (i) Colchis Income Advisors I,
LLC, which is the general partner of Colchis Income Fund, L.P., Income Master and LC Master,
(ii) Colchis Income Advisors II, LLC, which is the general partner of Colchis/Marlette Income
Fund, L.P. and (iii) Colchis Pacific Advisors, LLC, which is the managing member of Pacific
Financing, LLC. Robert J. Conrads, Edward M. Conrads and certain employees of Colchis
directly or indirectly wholly own Colchis Opportunities GP, LLC, which is the general partner of
each of the Opportunities Funds. Colchis and certain of its or its Affiliates’ principals or
employees directly or indirectly own Colchis RP GP, LLC, which is the general partner of the
Real Properties Funds.
Robert J. Conrads and Edward M. Conrads currently are directors of Colchis Income Offshore
Fund, Ltd. and Colchis/Marlette Income Fund, Ltd. Colchis’s principals and its employees also
control and have, directly and indirectly, significant equity interests in, Marlette. Colchis
controls, and Colchis and certain of its or its Affiliates’ principals or employees directly or
indirectly have significant equity interests in, Imagine Homes.
Colchis’s personnel attempt to address the conflicts in the above described relationships by
adhering to their fiduciary duties as directors (in the case of Robert J. Conrads and Edward M.
Conrads) of the funds mentioned above and causing Colchis to adhere to its fiduciary duties to
the funds it manages.
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Trading Colchis has adopted a Code of Ethics in compliance with Rule 204A-1 under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, which establishes standards of conduct for Colchis’s supervised persons.
The Code of Ethics includes general requirements that Colchis’s supervised persons comply with
their fiduciary obligations to the funds that Colchis manages and applicable securities laws, and
specific requirements relating to, among other things, personal trading, insider trading, conflicts
of interest and confidentiality of client information. It requires supervised persons to comply
with the personal trading restrictions described below and periodically to report their personal
securities transactions and holdings to Andrea Peters, Colchis’s Chief Compliance Officer (the
“CCO”), and requires the CCO to review those reports. It also requires supervised persons to
report any violations of the Code of Ethics promptly to the CCO. Each supervised person of
Colchis receives a copy of the Code of Ethics and any amendments to it and must acknowledge
in writing having received those materials. Quarterly, each supervised person must certify that
he or she complied with the Code of Ethics during the preceding quarter. Clients and
prospective clients may obtain a copy of Colchis’s Code of Ethics by contacting Andrea Peters at
[email protected].
Under Colchis’s Code of Ethics, except in specified limited circumstances, Colchis and its
partners, officers and employees generally may not invest in securities in which the Income and
Marlette Funds have invested that are issued or sold by financing platforms. Colchis and its
partners, officers and employees may, however, buy or sell other types of securities and any
types of Properties for their own accounts, even if those securities or Properties may be
appropriate for the funds. Colchis’s affiliates may choose not to purchase those investments on
behalf of the Colchis-managed funds even if those investments might be appropriate for those
funds.
Because Colchis manages more than one fund, there may be conflicts of interest over its time
devoted to managing any one fund and allocating investment opportunities among all funds that
it manages. For example, Colchis selects investments for each fund based solely on that fund’s
investment strategy. Different clients may have differing investment strategies and expected
levels of trading. Colchis may buy or sell a security or Property for one type of fund but not for
another, or may buy (or sell) a security or Property for one type of fund while simultaneously
selling (or buying) the same security or a similar Property for another type of fund. Colchis
attempts to resolve all such conflicts in a manner that is generally fair to all of the funds. Colchis
may give advice to, and take action on behalf of, any fund that differs from the advice that it
gives or the timing or nature of action that it takes on behalf of any other fund so long as it is
Colchis’s policy, to the extent practicable, to allocate investment opportunities among the funds
fairly over time in a manner consistent with each fund’ investment strategy. Colchis is not
obligated to acquire for any fund any security or type of Property that Colchis or its partners,
officers or employees may acquire for its or their own accounts or for any other fund, if in
Colchis’s absolute discretion, it is not practical or desirable to acquire a position in such security
or type of Property for that fund.
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Income Master and the Marlette Funds invest directly, and indirectly through various SPVs, in
notes, certificates and other securities that derive their value from loans facilitated by a variety of
financing platforms, future receivables, structured notes and Collateralized Obligations of
Securitization Vehicles or providing credit facilities or term loans. The Real Properties Funds
use licensed real estate brokers to purchase and sell Properties, as described in their offering
documents. Potential investors should review the applicable offering documents for brokerage or
similar practices that relate to the applicable fund.
If Colchis chooses to use brokers (which term includes futures commission merchants), Colchis
has complete discretion in selecting the broker that it uses for fund transactions and the
commission rates that funds pay such brokers. In selecting a broker for any transaction or series
of transactions, Colchis may consider a number of factors, including, for example:
net price, clearance, settlement and reputation;
financial strength and stability;
efficiency of execution and error resolution;
block trading and block positioning capabilities;
willingness to execute related or unrelated difficult transactions in the future;
special execution capabilities;
order of call;
offering to Colchis on-line access to computerized data regarding clients’ accounts;
computer trading systems; and
the availability of stocks to borrow for short trades.
If Colchis chooses to use a broker for fund transactions in the future, Colchis may also purchase
from a broker or allow a broker to pay for the following (each a “soft dollar” relationship):
research reports, services and conferences, including third-party research fees;
technical data;
periodical
subscription fees;
consultations;
performance
measurement data;
on-line
pricing;
news wire and data processing charges; and
quotation
services.
Colchis may receive soft dollar credits based on principal, as well as agency, securities
transactions with brokers or direct a broker that executes transactions to share some of its
commissions with a broker that provides soft dollar benefits to Colchis.
Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides a “safe harbor” to investment
advisers who use commission dollars of their advised accounts to obtain investment research and
brokerage services that provide lawful and appropriate assistance to the adviser in performing
investment decision-making responsibilities. Conduct outside of the safe harbor of section 28(e)
is subject to the traditional standards of fiduciary duty under state and federal law. If Colchis
uses commission dollars to pay for products or services that provide administrative or other
nonresearch assistance to itself or its affiliates, such payments may not fall within the section
28(e) safe harbor.
If Colchis chooses to use a broker for fund transactions in the future, Colchis may pay to a
broker commissions and mark-ups that exceed those that another broker might charge for
effecting the same transaction because of the value of the brokerage, research, other services and
soft dollar relationships that such broker provides. Colchis determines in good faith that such
compensation is reasonable in relation to the value of such brokerage, research, other services
and soft dollar relationships, in terms of either the specific transaction or Colchis’s overall
fiduciary duty to the funds. A fund may, however, pay higher commissions and mark-ups than
are otherwise available or may pay more commissions or mark-ups based on account trading
activity. The research and other benefits resulting from Colchis’s brokerage relationships benefit
Colchis’s operations as a whole and all funds that it manages, including those that do not
generate the soft dollars that pay for such research and other benefits. Colchis does not allocate
soft dollar benefits to funds proportionately to the soft dollar credits that the funds generate.
If Colchis chooses to use a broker for fund transactions in the future, Colchis’s relationships with
any such broker that provides soft dollar services influence Colchis’s judgment and create
conflicts of interest in allocating brokerage business between firms that provide soft dollar
services and firms that do not. Colchis will have an incentive to select or recommend a broker
based on Colchis’s interest in receiving soft dollar services rather than clients’ interest in
receiving the most favorable execution. These conflicts of interest are particularly influential to
the extent that Colchis uses soft dollars to pay expenses it would otherwise be required to pay
itself.
Colchis will address any such conflicts of interest by annually evaluating the trade execution
services that Colchis receives, if any, from the brokers that it uses to execute trades for the funds.
Such evaluation will include comparing those services to the services available from other
brokers. Colchis will consider, among other things, alternative market makers and market
centers, the quality of execution services, the value of continuing with various soft dollar
services and adding or removing brokers, increasing or decreasing targets for each broker and the
appropriate level of commission rates.
Colchis may aggregate orders for one fund with similar orders being made contemporaneously
for other funds that Colchis manages or with accounts of its affiliates. In such event, Colchis
may charge or credit a fund the average transaction price of all securities purchased or sold in
such transactions. As a result, however, the price may be less favorable to the fund than it would
be if Colchis were not executing similar transactions concurrently for other funds. Colchis may
also cause a fund to buy or sell securities directly from or to another fund, if such a cross-
transaction is in the interests of both funds.
Colchis may direct a certain amount of brokerage to a broker in return for the broker’s referral of
prospective clients or investors. Directing brokerage in exchange for client or investor referrals
creates a conflict of interest in that Colchis has an incentive to refer its clients’ brokerage
business to brokers to which it might not otherwise direct transactions. During its last fiscal year,
Colchis did not direct client transactions to a particular broker in return for client referrals.
Colchis has policies and procedures to review its brokerage practices regularly, including its use
of brokers from which Colchis receives client or investor introductions.
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The Colchis Income Funds, Marlette Funds and Opportunities Funds receive ongoing and
continuous investment management and are overseen by Robert J. Conrads, Colchis’s Chief
Investment Officer. Matthew C. Pry directs the Real Properties Funds’ day-to-day investment
activities, subject to the oversight of Robert J. Conrads and Edward M. Conrads. Matters
generally reviewed include adherence to guidelines established by Colchis relating to specific
securities or Properties held. Investors receive a monthly or quarterly statement with the
applicable investor account’s performance and the investor’s capital account balance or the net
asset value of the investor’s investment, as applicable.
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Colchis engages solicitors to whom it pays cash or a portion of the advisory fees paid by
investors referred to it by those solicitors. In such cases, this practice is disclosed in writing to
the investor and Colchis complies with the other requirements of Rule 206(4)-3 under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, to the extent required by applicable law.
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This Item is not applicable, as Colchis complies with the exceptions to the account statement
delivery requirements as provided in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Rule 206(4)-2 and
related SEC guidance.
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Colchis has discretionary authority to manage the investment funds pursuant to a grant of
authority in each fund’s investment adviser agreement.
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Colchis decides whether to vote proxies on behalf of each fund over which Colchis has proxy
voting authority after considering whether the proposal will have a material effect on the fund’s
investment strategy. This analysis typically leads Colchis to not vote proxies. In determining
whether a proposal serves a fund’s best interests, Colchis considers a number of factors,
including:
the proposal’s economic effect on shareholder value;
the threat that the proposal poses to existing rights of shareholders;
the dilution of existing shares that would result from the proposal;
the effect of the proposal on management or director accountability to shareholders; and
if the proposal is a shareholder initiative, whether it wastes time and resources of the
company or reflects the grievance of one individual.
Colchis abstains from voting proxies when Colchis believes that it is appropriate to do so.
If a material conflict of interest over proxy voting arises between Colchis and a fund, Colchis
will vote all proxies in accordance with the policy described above. If Colchis determines that
this policy does not adequately address the conflict of interest, Colchis will notify the fund of the
conflict and request that the fund consent to Colchis’s intended response to the proxy solicitation.
If the fund consents to Colchis’s intended response or fails to respond to the notice within a
reasonable time specified in the notice, Colchis will vote the proxy as described in the notice. If
the fund objects in writing to Colchis’s intended response, Colchis will vote the proxy as the
fund directs.
An investor can obtain a copy of Colchis’s proxy voting policy and a record of votes cast by
Colchis on behalf of the applicable fund by contacting Colchis.
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This Item is not applicable, because Colchis is not required to report financial information.
Item 19. Requirements for State-Registered Advisers Not applicable.
Privacy Policy Colchis and its affiliates, and the investment funds which they advise (collectively for this
Privacy Policy disclosure, “Colchis”), are committed to safeguarding the confidential
information provided by their clients, investors in the funds, former clients and investors in the
funds and persons who have applied to be clients and investors in the funds (together,
“Investors”). This notice provides information about the privacy policies and practices of
Colchis.
Colchis collects nonpublic personal information about Investors from the following sources:
interviews and other conversations between Investors and representatives of Colchis;
subscription agreements, offering questionnaires and other documents provided by Investors;
information about Investors’ transactions with a fund and others; and information that Colchis
receives from consumer reporting agencies.
Colchis does not disclose any nonpublic personal information about any Investor to anyone,
except as permitted by law. Disclosures that are permitted by law include disclosures that are
necessary to effect, administer or enforce a transaction that an Investor requests or authorizes.
Other examples of disclosures that are permitted by law are disclosures to Colchis’s accountants,
auditors and lawyers, disclosures to regulators that examine Colchis’s business and disclosures
that Investors specifically request.
Colchis does not provide personal information about Investors to mailing list vendors or
solicitors for any purpose. Colchis restricts access to nonpublic personal information about
Investors to those employees of Colchis who have a business or professional need to know such
information. In addition, Colchis maintains a secure office and computer environment to ensure
that the confidentiality of Investors’ information is not placed at unreasonable risk.
Trade Error Policy Colchis enters into various transactions on behalf of the funds directly as well as through third
parties. The trading process is complex and can vary for different types of securities. Moreover,
Colchis may be required to break up orders, or may buy or sell the same security for more than
one fund, further complicating the trading process. Colchis might make or cause errors in trading.
Subject to the specific provisions in the applicable fund’s governing documents, each fund (not
Colchis or its affiliates) is responsible for any such trade errors. Colchis and its affiliates will not
be required to bear the cost of any trade error or reimburse a fund for resulting costs or losses.
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