Firm Description
Aperture Investors, LLC (the “Adviser” or “Aperture”), a Delaware limited liability company founded in 2018,
provides advisory services to United States and Cayman Islands-domiciled privately placed investment
vehicles (the “Private Funds”). Aperture has been appointed investment manager to multiple sub-funds
(each a “UCITS” and collectively with the Private Funds, the “Clients” or the “Funds”) of the Aperture
Investors SICAV (the “SICAV”), a single legal entity incorporated as an umbrella fund and authorized by the
Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the “CSSF”) which is the Luxembourg supervisory
authority of the financial market. Aperture Investors UK, Ltd (“Aperture UK”), an investment firm licensed
by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aperture and serves as the
investment manager to certain UCITS.
Aperture is jointly owned by Peter Kraus, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) of the Adviser,
and Generali Alpha Corp, a wholly owned subsidiary of Generali Holding S.p.A., which is an entity owned
jointly by Generali France S.A., Generali Deutschland AG, and Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (collectively,
“Generali”). Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. is an Italian insurance company. As of February 1, 2024, the
Adviser had approximately $4,273,072,000 in net assets under management. Please note that this is an
unaudited estimate and the methodology used to calculate net assets under management differs from the
methodology used to calculate “regulatory assets under management” for purposes of responding to Item
5.f(2) of Part 1 of Aperture’s SEC Form ADV. Additional detail concerning the methodology is available
upon request.
Overview of Aperture’s Advisory Services
Aperture’s advisory services are typically provided on a discretionary basis, meaning that Aperture has full
discretion to determine, consistent with Clients’ investment objectives and restrictions, which securities and
the total amount of securities that should be bought or sold for Clients’ accounts. Aperture may buy, sell, or
otherwise trade securities or engage in transactions around the globe, including, but not limited to,
equity,
debt, derivatives, securities of other investment companies, illiquid investments, convertible securities,
American depository receipts (“ADRs”), restricted securities, loans, securities lending, and short sales.
Aperture provides advisory services in several investment styles, including international equity, global
equity, European equity, European small cap equity, North American small cap equity, long/short credit,
emerging markets credit, and short duration credit.
In general, Aperture manages the following types of products:
Private Funds
Aperture has entered into an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with the
Private Funds and their general partners (the “General Partners”), related persons of Aperture. The
Management Agreement grants Aperture discretionary investment and trading authority over the assets of
the Private Funds. Aperture’s management of, and the terms of any investor’s investment in, the Private
Funds are governed by the organizational documents, offering memorandum, limited partnership agreement
and subscription agreement (collectively, the “Governing Documents”). Specific investment objectives and
strategies are detailed in the respective Governing Documents. The Private Funds are privately placed
investment vehicles intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors.
UCITS
Generali Investments Luxembourg S.A. (the “Management Company”), with the consent of the Board of
Directors of the UCITS, has delegated to Aperture the discretion, on a daily basis, but subject to the overall
control and responsibility of the Management Company and the SICAV, to purchase and sell securities as
agent for the SICAV for certain UCITS and to otherwise manage the portfolios of such UCITS for the account
and in the name of the SICAV. Aperture UK serves as the investment manager to certain UCITS.
Aperture’s discretionary investment authority in managing the UCITS may be limited by contractual terms,
applicable laws and regulations (e.g., the Luxembourg law of 17 December 2010 relating to undertakings
for collective investment, as may be amended from time to time, the “UCI Law”), and internal risk guidelines.