General Description of Advisory Firm
Holocene Advisors, LP (“Holocene” or “we”), a Delaware limited partnership, was founded by J. Brandon Haley
in 2016 as an investment advisory firm to provide services to private investment funds. Holocene operates out of
an office in New York, New York.
Holocene serves as the investment manager to several private investment funds (collectively, as defined below, the
“Holocene Funds”), and in this role, we have full discretionary trading authority for each fund. We provide portfolio
management services to the Holocene Funds in accordance with the investment objectives and guidelines set forth
in the confidential offering memorandum for each fund for which interests are offered to investors (each, a
“Memorandum”).
The Holocene Funds
Holocene provides investment advisory services to the following Holocene Funds:
The Holocene Advisors Funds. Holocene Advisors Master Fund Ltd. (the “Master Fund”), Holocene
Advisors Fund LP (the “U.S. Feeder Fund”) and Holocene Advisors Offshore Fund Ltd. (the “Offshore
Feeder Fund”; together with the U.S. Feeder Fund, the “Feeder Funds”; together with the Master Fund,
the “Holocene Advisors Funds”). The Holocene Advisors Funds’ investment objective is to generate
superior risk-adjusted absolute returns while preserving capital across market cycles through a deep,
fundamental, bottom-up research process coupled with risk-controlled portfolio construction, in pursuit of
which Holocene employs a global, beta neutral, long/short equity strategy.
The Holocene Children’s Fund. Holocene Children’s Fund LP (the “Children’s Fund”). The Children’s
Fund’s investment objective is to generate superior capital appreciation across market cycles through a
fundamentally researched stock selection process, in pursuit of which Holocene employs a concentrated,
long-term, long-only equity strategy.
In addition to the Holocene Funds, Holocene serves as the investment manager of Holocene Advisors SPV, LLC
(the “Reinvestment SPV”), Holocene Advisors Fund SPV LLC (the “U.S. Feeder Fund SPV”) and Holocene
Children’s Fund SPV LLC (the “Children’s Fund SPV”; together with the Reinvestment SPV and the U.S. Feeder
Fund SPV, the “Employee SPVs”; together with the Holocene Funds, the “Funds”). The Reinvestment SPV is a
private investment fund organized for the sole purpose of investing compensation earned by certain Holocene
employees in the Master Fund (indirectly via an investment in the U.S. Feeder Fund) and the Children’s Fund, with
the respective allocation determined by each employee subject to limits established by Holocene. The U.S. Feeder
Fund SPV and the Children’s Fund SPV are private investment funds organized to facilitate investments in the U.S.
Feeder Fund and the Children’s Fund, respectively, by Holocene employees, certain family members and related
accounts.
Holocene is controlled by our founder and Chief Investment Officer, J. Brandon Haley (“Mr. Haley” or the “CIO”),
in his capacity as the sole managing member of Holocene’s general partner, Holocene GP, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Holocene General Partner”). The Holocene General Partner has ultimate responsibility for
our management and operations and the investment decisions of the Master Fund and the Children’s Fund.
Our registration on Form ADV also covers Holocene Fund GP, LLC (the “Fund General Partner”), a limited
liability company organized under the laws of the state of Delaware, and Mr. Haley in his capacity as the sole
managing member of the Employee SPVs. The Fund General Partner is an affiliate of Holocene and serves as the
general partner of the U.S. Feeder Fund and the Children’s Fund. The facilities and personnel utilized by the Fund
General Partner and Mr. Haley in their respective roles as general partner and managing member are provided by
Holocene. Mr. Haley is also the managing member of and controls the Fund General Partner.
Description of Advisory Services
The Holocene Advisors Funds
Through the Master Fund, Holocene seeks to generate superior risk-adjusted absolute returns through a deep,
fundamental, bottom-up research process coupled with risk-controlled portfolio construction. Holocene employs a
broad mandate to invest, long and short,
in publicly traded equities and equity-related instruments across all market
capitalizations, though Holocene intends to invest predominantly in U.S.-listed mid- and large capitalization
companies. Capital will be invested among the major sectors of the economy based on the perceived alpha potential
and opportunity set of each sector. Holocene’s broad mandate enables Holocene to take an opportunistic approach
to investing, including by investing in some cases in small capitalization companies and/or companies located
outside of the United States in developed and emerging markets.
Although we expect the Master Fund to invest primarily in the common stock of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers, we
may utilize both over-the-counter and exchange-traded instruments (including, but not limited to, exchange-traded
funds and derivative instruments such as options, swaps and futures on equities and equity indices). We also may
hedge against currency fluctuations using spot (i.e., cash) transactions or forward contracts in order to earn the
return of the relevant equity security in its local currency, though we may first utilize natural hedges (e.g., offsetting
long or short positions), if available, to minimize exposure to any single currency. Any such currency position may
not provide a complete hedge to the underlying currency exposure.
We do not engage in speculative trading in credit, interest rate, currency or physical commodities instruments,
though such instruments and/or derivatives related thereto may be utilized for hedging purposes; provided,
however, that the Master Fund’s portfolio may include hedged and unhedged positions in certain sovereign debt
instruments issued by non-U.S. countries. Leverage may be used to enhance the Master Fund’s returns and for cash
management purposes.
The Holocene Children’s Fund
Through the Children’s Fund, Holocene seeks to generate superior capital appreciation over the long term and
across market cycles through a fundamentally researched stock selection process. The Children’s Fund employs a
concentrated, long-only equity strategy that entails investments in high-quality, durable businesses we believe have
the ability to generate alpha over the long term as a result of possessing unique, competitively-advantaged
characteristics. The Children’s Fund invests primarily in public equity securities, though it may also invest in other
financial instruments and, to a limited extent, in securities of (i) privately held companies (“Special Investments”),
and (ii) digital assets (in particular where such investments represent an alternative to common stock as indicia of
ownership of an underlying portfolio company).
Holocene seeks to construct a concentrated, long-only portfolio of equity and equity-related securities, which may
operate across all sectors of the global economy, though Holocene expects to invest predominantly in U.S.-listed
mid- and large capitalization companies. Holocene does not expect to employ leverage and is sector-agnostic in its
stock selection given the anticipated scarcity of suitable candidates, though Holocene expects the majority of the
Children’s Fund’s portfolio companies to operate in the consumer, healthcare, fin-tech and/or technology sectors.
Generally, Holocene expects relatively low portfolio turnover and to hold positions long-term, with a typical
investment time horizon of three to five years. While the Children’s Fund will invest in long positions, it will hedge
currency exposure.
Availability of Customized Services for Individual Clients
Our clients are the Holocene Funds and the Employee SPVs. Accordingly, our services are tailored to achieving
the specific investment objectives and strategies described in the Memorandums of each of the applicable Holocene
Funds. Our management of the Holocene Funds is not tailored to the individual needs of any investor in the
Holocene Funds or the Employee SPVs. In the future, Holocene may provide investment advisory services to other
clients, including other private funds or accounts.
Wrap Fee Programs
Not applicable.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, Holocene had approximately $36,691,670,383 of regulatory assets under management,
all of which is managed on a fully discretionary basis.