Overview
Portman Square Capital, LLP (“PSC” or “Adviser”) is an investment adviser with its principal
place of business at 10 Portman Square, London W1H 6AZ. PSC commenced operations as an
investment adviser on June 2013. Sutesh Sharma, Lalit Das and Yusaf Khan are the founding
partners of PSC.
PSC provides investment advisory services on a fully discretionary basis to its clients (“Advisory
Clients”), which currently consist of pooled investment vehicles intended for sophisticated
investors and institutional investors. PSC, in conjunction with its registration as a Securities
Exchange Commission Registered Investment Adviser.
The funds include the “Portman Square Master Fund Limited” and its feeder fund, “Portman
Square Feeder Fund Limited” (collectively, the “PSC Funds”). PSC acts as investment manager,
distributor and promoter of the PSC Funds and has full discretionary investment management
authority.
PSC also acts as sub-advisor to Neuberger Berman Europe Limited and Neuberger Berman
Investment Advisers LLC which are the collective manager and promoter of two sub-funds of an
Irish UCITS fund, namely “Neuberger Berman Investments plc – Neuberger Berman Uncorrelated
Strategies Fund” and “Neuberger Berman Investments plc – Neuberger Berman Trading Fund”
(together, the “UCITS Sub-Funds”). Although PSC is not responsible for the promotion and
general management of the UCITS Sub-Funds, it does have full discretionary investment
management authority under the advisory agreement it has entered into with the Neuberger Berman
entities referred to in this paragraph.
PSC also acts as investment manager, or sub-advisor, to a number of separate managed accounts
(“SMAs”) as listed below:
PSC acts as investment manager to Capitol Avenue Fund LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
PSC
acts as investment manager to CPPIB MAP CAYMAN SPC (in respect of Segregated Portfolio
AG only), a Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company.
PSC acts as a sub-advisor to K2/D&S Management Co., L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company, the investment manager of K2 PSC Liquid Master Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted
company.
PSC acts as sub-advisor to Walleye Capital LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, the
investment manager of Walleye Manager Opportunities LLC - Series POR, a Delaware series limited
liability company.
PSC acts as trading advisor to Balda Porta Fund Inc, a Cayman Islands exempted company.
The PSC Funds and the SMAs include investors that are US Persons.
For each of the PSC Funds, UCITS Sub-Funds and SMAs, PSC employs a discretionary strategy of
investing globally in volatility strategies aiming to generate positive returns in benign market
conditions and outsized returns in risk-off environments (market dislocations).
The strategy is market-neutral and structurally long volatility at all times. Equity, FX, rates, credit
and hybrid volatility strategies are used in combination to either run long volatility exposure or to
generate “carry” with a capped downside exposure.
PSC provides advice to its Advisory Clients based on specific investment objectives and strategies,
which are more fully described in the governing documents for the PSC Funds and UCITS Sub-
Funds.
In certain circumstances, some Advisory Clients may require bespoke investment strategies such
that the allocation of investment opportunities may not be made by PSC across all accounts it
manages on a pari passu basis (see Item 12).
PSC does not participate in wrap fee arrangements.
As at March 31, 2023, PSC managed $1,626,645,000 in Regulatory Assets Under Management.