Firm Overview
CornerStone Partners Capital Management, LLC (doing business as CornerStone Partners) in 2020 acquired
the advisory business of CornerStone Partners LLC, which was founded in 1997 and registered as an
investment adviser with the SEC in 2002. CornerStone Partners (“CornerStone”) provides portfolio
management services and selects investments managed by third-party investment advisers for its clients’
portfolios. As an Outsourced Chief Investment Officer providing investment office services (“OCIO”) to tax-
exempt organizations since 2002, we relieve clients of the challenges of building and maintaining an in-
house investment office. CornerStone provides fiduciary portfolio management and a broad range of
operational and administrative services to its clients.
Clients of CornerStone are endowments, foundations, charitable organizations, and pooled investment
vehicles. Clients’ missions include supporting educational institutions and students; improving healthcare
availability and quality; safeguarding the environment through conservation; and improving their
surrounding communities.
CornerStone Partners is managed by Christopher Laing, Kevin Schuyler, Shane Galie, Peter Knerr, Jerry Polk,
Laura Roller, Peter Harbilas, Carrie Davis, Kristin Henningsen, Liza Scott, Anne Gerstenmaier, and Jae Kwon
(CornerStone Principals), pursuant to a management agreement between Wahoo Management Partners,
LLC (the Management Company) and CornerStone Partners Capital Management, LLC (the Operating
Company). The principals of Wahoo Management Partners, LLC serve as officers of CornerStone and as
such are responsible for the management, supervision, and oversight of CornerStone.
FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC
CornerStone Partners is part of the Focus Financial Partners, LLC (“Focus LLC”) partnership. Specifically,
CornerStone is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Focus LLC. Ferdinand FFP Acquisition, LLC is the sole
managing member of Focus LLC. Ultimate governance of Focus LLC is conducted through the board of
directors at Ferdinand FFP Ultimate Holdings, LP. Focus LLC is majority-owned, indirectly and collectively,
by investment vehicles affiliated with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”). Investment vehicles affiliated
with Stone Point Capital LLC (“Stone Point”) are indirect owners of Focus LLC. Because CornerStone is an
indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Focus LLC, CD&R and Stone Point investment vehicles are indirect
owners of CornerStone.
Focus LLC also owns other registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, pension consultants, insurance
firms, business managers and other firms (the “Focus Partners”), most of which provide wealth
management, benefit consulting and investment consulting services to individuals, families, employers, and
institutions. Some Focus Partners also manage or advise limited partnerships, private funds, or investment
companies as disclosed on their respective Form ADVs.
Services Offered
OCIO Services. CornerStone provides OCIO services to tax-exempt organizations (“Advisory Clients”). We
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manage Advisory Clients’ portfolios pursuant to a discretionary or non-discretionary investment
management agreement (“IMA”) with each Advisory Client. Client portfolios are managed in accordance
with the stated investment objectives, strategies, and guidelines expressly stated and agreed upon within
the Client’s Investment Policy Statement. Accounts and investments are registered in the Advisory Clients’
name and held in custody with an independent third-party qualified custodian selected and retained by
each Advisory Client.
CornerStone recommends, implements, and monitors Advisory Clients' investments
with third-party
managers, including public and private equity, and debt investments. CornerStone investment
professionals monitor Advisory Clients’ portfolios and underlying manager performance on an ongoing
basis and propose adjustments to allocations periodically as opportunities and challenges arise.
CornerStone can arrange for the purchase, acquisition, redemption, sale, or disposal of investments on
behalf of Advisory Clients.
Third-party investment managers have full investment discretion and trading authority and sole
responsibility for implementation of the investment program with respect to the portion of the Advisory
Clients' account they manage. Investment discretion has been delegated to and accepted by the third-
party money managers. Each Advisory Client has a direct contractual relationship with each such third-
party investment manager and receives disclosures of each manager’s practices.
Fund of Funds. CornerStone is also the sponsor and investment manager of the following asset class
commingled funds of funds: CPCM PEF LP, CPCM DAF Master LP, CPCM DAF LP, CPCM PIF LP, and CPCM
PIF II LP (collectively, the “Funds” and together with the Advisory Clients, the “Clients”). The Funds are an
administratively efficient means to allocate Advisory Clients’ assets among pooled investment vehicles and
separately managed accounts managed by third-party managers. The Funds waive management fees for
Fund investors (“Investors”) who are current Advisory Clients of CornerStone and CornerStone employees
(current and former), their family members, and investment vehicles they have an ownership interest in.
Accordingly, current Advisory Clients will pay fees to CornerStone on assets invested in the Funds only at
the Advisory Client level.
CornerStone provides detailed written analysis and reports to Advisory Clients, typically monthly and/or
quarterly and the Funds at least quarterly with audited year-end financial statements annually, in addition
to the account statements Clients receive from their custodian, investment managers, and the Funds’
administrator.
Client-Tailored Services and Client-Imposed Restrictions
CornerStone seeks to understand the unique considerations and objectives of each Client, and to integrate
portfolio design, investment planning and ongoing recommendations with each Client’s broader mission,
strategic plan, and financial needs. We work closely with each Client’s staff and committees to define and
establish or update the organization’s investment policies, and to determine appropriate allocations in
consideration of each organization’s financial strategy, objectives, risk tolerance, and constraints.
CornerStone recommends or implements third-party investments in accordance with the investment goals
and objectives established jointly by CornerStone and each Client.
Clients can place restrictions on the types of investments to be recommended or made for its account(s).
Our Fiduciary Responsibilities
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As a fiduciary, we have duties of care and of loyalty to clients and are subject to obligations imposed on us
by the federal and state securities laws. As a result, clients have certain rights that clients cannot waive or
limit by contract. Nothing in our agreement with clients should be interpreted as a limitation of our
obligations under the federal and state securities laws or as a waiver of any unwaivable rights clients
possess.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, we had $ 18,647,162,706 in assets under management on a discretionary basis
and $1,386,334,829 in assets under management on a non-discretionary basis.