Our Firm & Ownership
AEA is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on
January 7, 2013. AEA is 100% owned by Accord Group Holdings LLC which is owned by
Milagro Group LLC, KB Square LLC and J. Bradford Partners. Milagro Group LLC is
equally owned by Desiderio G. Co and Laura J. Co, KB Square LLC is owned by Jon R.
Berquist, and J. Bradford Partners LLC is equally owned by Patricia and Troy A. Peterson.
AEA has previously relied on the “private fund adviser” exemptions from registration as
an investment adviser and was an exempt reporting adviser with the States of California
and Illinois since April 30, 2013, and March 28, 2014, respectively. AEA converted on
December 22, 2022 from an exempt reporting adviser with the States of California and
Illinois to a SEC registered investment adviser.
Advisory Services Offered
AEA serves as the investment manager to several investment funds (each referred to
herein as a “Fund” and collectively as the “Funds”). We have sole authority to invest and
reinvest the Funds’ assets, as well as to make all other decisions regarding the Funds’
operations, including distribution policies, valuation of assets, Fund expenses, amounts
of indebtedness, admitting limited partners, and engaging necessary service providers.
Investment Funds
We manage and offer for sale to investors limited partnership interests in the following
pooled investment vehicles, each organized as Delaware limited partnerships: (i) Accord
Hospitality Fund I, L.P. (“AHF I LP”); (ii) Accord Catalyst Fund, L.P. (“ACF LP”); and (iii)
Accord Catalyst Holdings, L.P. (“ACH LP”), and as Cayman Island limited partnerships:
(i) Accord Catalyst IV, L.P. ("CAT IV LP"); (ii) Accord Catalyst VI, L.P. (“CAT VI LP”); and
(iii) Accord GP Co-Investment Opportunity III, L.P. (“AGPCIO III LP”) (collectively
"Catalyst Vehicles).
Each Catalyst Vehicle was organized primarily for the purpose of providing debt or equity
financing to special purpose entities formed to serve as the general partner, managing
partner or similar controlling entity as defined in each Catalyst Vehicle.
AEA provides investment advisory services to private investment funds that meet the
exclusion from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”).
These private investment funds, the Funds, are structured similarly. We are responsible
for all management decisions of the Funds. The Funds are offered (“Offering”) only to
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persons who are “accredited investors” (as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of
Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended – (“Securities Act”) or
“qualified purchaser” (as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment
Company Act). The interests offered will not be registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act, in reliance on the exemption from
registration in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D and Rule 506,
promulgated thereunder.
ACF LP’s investment objective is to generate attractive risk-adjusted
returns by investing,
directly or indirectly, in persons that manage or advise third-party capital in making
investments in real estate assets, real estate-related assets, vehicles with the primary
purpose of real estate acquisition and investment and debt secured by or related to real
estate (each such manager that meets AEA’s investment process, a “Real Estate
Management Entity”) and by funding (whether by debt or equity) the co-investments
required by such Real Estate Management Entities in investment vehicles managed or
advised by such Real Estate Management Entities (each such vehicle, a “Managed
Person”).
ACH LP’s investment objective is to hold interests in, and provide equity funding to, the
Catalyst Vehicles. Each of the Catalyst Vehicles holds investments (whether equity or
debt) in underlying real estate funds and joint ventures ("Underlying Investments").
AHF I LP ’s investment objective is to participate in the U.S. hospitality market recovery
through an investment in Thayer Hotel Investors VI LP (“Thayer VI”). The Funds have
broad and flexible investment authority. There are no restrictions on the Funds’ allowable
investments. The Funds may trade or invest in any other type of investment that is now,
or may hereafter be, offered for trading on U.S. or international exchanges or markets.
AEA may, in its sole discretion, update the contents of the Partnership’s investment
portfolio at any time and from time to time, and expressly reserves the right to invest in
other investment funds.
This Disclosure Brochure provides only broad summaries of the information provided in
the offering documents for the Funds. Investors should refer to the relevant Fund Offering
Memorandum, Subscription Application and Limited Partnership Agreement (the
“Offering Documents”) for definitive and more comprehensive information regarding a
specific investment concept and the matters described in this Disclosure Brochure.
Each Fund’s “Subscription Agreement” will describe the terms and conditions related to
the specific purchase and sale of each Investor’s interest in a Fund in addition to
disclosures related to the risks of investing in a Fund, among other things.
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Fund Investor Guidelines and Restrictions
AEA’s advice with respect to the Funds is, and will be, made in accordance with the
investment objectives and guidelines as set forth in the respective Fund’s Offering
Documents. Fund Investors may not impose restrictions (with the exception of
agreements or “side letters” illustrated in the Private Placement Memorandum) on
investing in certain securities or certain types of securities. However, AEA has the right
to enter into agreements, such as side letters, with certain underlying investors of the
Funds that may, in each case, provide for terms of investment that are more favorable
than the terms provided to other underlying investors of the Funds.
Wrap Accounts
We do not, at this time, participate in wrap fee programs.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, we had total discretionary assets under management of
approximately $171,298,992.
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