(a) General Description of the Advisory Firm
The Adviser is a Delaware limited liability company, which was formed in May 2017 and
commenced business in March 2018. The Adviser was previously a relying adviser of
Aquarian Holdings Investment Management LLC (“AHIM”), an investment adviser
registered with the SEC pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Advisers Act”) and an affiliate of the Adviser. The Adviser has its principal place of
business in New York, New York.
The Adviser is wholly owned by The Taurus Trust, an Ohio trust. The General Partner is
indirectly owned by Rudrabhishek Sahay. The Adviser’s Chief Compliance Officer
(“CCO”) is Benjamin Goodman. The Adviser is registered with the SEC as an investment
adviser pursuant to the Advisers Act.
(b) Description of Advisory Services
Aquarian provides tailored investment management services to four private investment
funds (“Fund I”, “Fund II”, “Fund III”, and “Fund IV” individually or collectively, as the
context may require, the “Partnership”) sponsored by the Adviser (the “Clients” or a
“Client”), pursuant to, in each case, a contractual arrangement with each Client governing
the terms and nature of the advisory services provided to such Client (the “Governing
Document”). In providing services to the Clients, Aquarian seeks to draw upon the
experience of its personnel in providing investment advisory services with respect to the
cash, investment, and asset management activities of insurance companies in a manner
designed to provide Clients with exposure to a robust and opportunistic investment
management strategy, subject in all cases to applicable laws governing the investments of
each of the Clients and applicable oversight by the governing bodies of such entities.
In its capacity as investment manager to the Partnership, the Adviser provides investment
management services with respect to the assets of the Partnership, including structuring,
monitoring, and analyzing the performance of such assets, and providing business advice
with respect to the management of the Partnership’s interest therein.
(c) Ability of Clients to Tailor Investment Advisory Services
The terms upon which Aquarian serves as an investment manager to the Clients are
determined at the time each Client relationship is established and set forth in each Client’s
Governing Documents and may also be subject to certain terms and conditions set forth in
side letter agreements with particular investors in the Partnership (“Side Letters”).
The terms upon which Aquarian provides investment management services vary between
Clients and may include restrictions on the investment discretion of the Adviser. Such
restrictions may include limitations on the acquisition and disposition of new or existing
investments, timing of distributions from investments, types of investments, use of
leverage and the capitalization of certain investments.
(d) Wrap Fee Programs
The Adviser does not participate in wrap fee programs.
(e) Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, the Adviser’s regulatory assets under management were
approximately $1,018,539,185, all of which is managed on a discretionary basis.