Since 1988, Hirtle Callaghan has provided discretionary investment advisory services to individuals,
families, trusts, estates, pension plans, charitable organizations, endowments, foundations and
similar institutions.
Acting as the "Chief Investment Office" for our investment advisory clients (“Advisory Clients”), we
employ a fundamentally based investment process that allocates client capital to asset classes,
investment strategies and independent specialist managers (“Specialist Managers”) in a manner
designed to maximize the potential return on capital within specific, client defined, risk tolerances
and guidelines.
Our Chief Investment Officer Solution (“CIO Solution”) is our principal line of business and has four
key components:
• Planning – Our CIO Solution begins with a detailed consultation with an Advisory Client to
develop investment objectives within appropriate risk/reward parameters relative to the
client's financial circumstances and needs. The result is the development of an
appropriate asset allocation.
• Implementation – We engage independent specialist managers to oversee and execute
the selection of specific investments consistent with the overall asset allocation, alpha
generation and risk mitigation strategies we develop. Specialist Managers are selected
based on a number of qualitative and quantitative factors, including the due diligence
and decision-making process employed by the organization, performance against
selected benchmarks, how each Specialist Manager in a designated asset class
complements the other selected Specialist Manager(s) within the class, and the current
attractiveness of such Specialist Manager’s investment style or strategy.
• Supervision – We closely monitor the performance of the Specialist Managers to ensure
they perform in line with our expectations. As part of the monitoring process, we have in
person meetings or phone/video calls with the Specialist Managers on a regular basis, as
well as use quantitative tools to understand performance drivers, disaggregate
systematic and idiosyncratic risks and ensure adherence to investment style.
• Reporting – Regular reports are made available to Advisory Clients no less than quarterly
and include an account summary, asset allocation report, changes in portfolio value and
performance information. Advisory Clients may request additional periodic or custom
reporting and may also access account information via the Hirtle Callaghan client portal,
which is updated on a daily basis. In addition, each Hirtle Callaghan Advisory Client
receives a transaction statement no less than quarterly from the Advisory Client’s
independent Custodian (as defined below).
Hirtle Callaghan’s fundamentally based investment process allows us to develop globally diversified,
risk-managed portfolios that are custom designed to address each Advisory Client’s specific
investment objectives and needs. While Hirtle Callaghan engages with various Specialist Managers
in order to implement particular strategies on behalf of our Advisory Clients, and therefore may be
described as a manager of managers, our primary focus is on deriving value and optimal
performance through strategic capital allocation across various asset classes in respect of each
Advisory Client portfolio. This active and strategic capital allocation investment thesis, coupled with
our comprehensive Specialist Manager selection process, provides each Advisory Client with an
integrated, customized, opportunistic and cost-effective investment solution. Furthermore, Advisory
Clients may impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities.
Hirtle Callaghan Advisory Clients primarily utilize pooled investment vehicles, including HC Capital
Trust, in order to access the Specialist Managers we select. HC Capital Trust was organized in 1995
to
enhance our ability to acquire the services of such managers in a cost-efficient manner. Each of
HC Capital Trust’s portfolios is designed to focus on a particular asset class (or sub-asset class) and,
in most cases, the assets of each portfolio are managed in separate accounts by two or more
Specialist Managers under the supervision of Hirtle Callaghan and with a view toward combining
complementary investment styles within the designated asset class. As an open-ended investment
company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), HC
Capital Trust invests primarily in liquid securities, and its shares are offered and sold each market
day. Overall investment advisory services are provided to HC Capital Trust by HC Capital Solutions, a
division of Hirtle Callaghan. Shares in the portfolios of HC Capital Trust are generally not accessible
to the public or transferable to other institutions. Therefore, when an Advisory Client’s relationship
with Hirtle Callaghan ends, the client will generally be required to dispose of its HC Capital Trust
holdings.
Hirtle Callaghan has also established several private investment vehicles (each, an “HC Private
Vehicle”), for which we or a related person serves as general partner and/or investment manager.
HC Private Vehicles are generally limited partnerships or private companies which are not registered
under the Investment Company Act and therefore may only be offered to investors who satisfy the
qualifications specified in the offering documents relating to the relevant HC Private Vehicle, and for
whom we believe the investment is appropriate based on the client’s risk profile. HC Private Vehicles
are primarily designed to invest in equity, hedge, long-only, private equity and private credit funds
that are managed by Specialist Managers identified and monitored by Hirtle Callaghan ("Underlying
Private Funds"), but HC Private Vehicles may also seek out and take advantage of opportunistic
investments, whether managed by a Specialist Manager or Hirtle Callaghan directly. Generally, the
liquidity profile of an HC Private Vehicle will match that of the underlying asset class in which it
invests. Other than certain HC Private Vehicles which invest in private equity (as discussed below),
investments in HC Private Vehicles are not generally accessible to investors that are not Advisory
Clients, and as such, when an Advisory Client’s relationship with Hirtle Callaghan ends, the Advisory
Client will generally be required to dispose of its HC Private Vehicle positions. However, for certain
HC Private Vehicles, the Advisory Client will be required to remain invested until such investment
may be disposed of or liquated, in accordance with its legal terms. Investors in any HC Private
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Vehicle will receive all relevant governing documents, including a private placement memorandum,
in connection with the investment.
In combination with the use of our pooled investment vehicles, Hirtle Callaghan Advisory Clients may
also be afforded access to certain Specialist Managers directly through the client’s own separate
account with such manager, as well as obtain passive market exposure through the use of exchange
traded funds (“ETFs”), third-party mutual funds or similar instruments.
In addition to our CIO Solution, Hirtle Callaghan or a related person also offers interests in certain HC
Private Vehicles that primarily invest in private equity funds (with a focus on buyout, growth and
venture capital), to persons that are not Advisory Clients (“Private Equity Clients”).
As of December 31, 2023, Hirtle Callaghan managed approximately $19,227,647,698 on a
discretionary basis and no assets on a non-discretionary basis.
Jonathan Hirtle is the principal shareholder of Hirtle Callaghan Holdings, Inc., which is the principal
member of Hirtle Callaghan.