A. THE FIRM AND PRINCIPAL OWNERS
Based in Westchester County, New York, Belle Haven Investments, L.P. (“Belle Haven” or the “Firm”)
is an independent, employee-owned, asset manager specializing in separately managed taxable and
tax-sensitive fixed income investment strategies. The Firm manages taxable and tax-sensitive
accounts which invest in U.S. municipal, corporate, government, and treasury securities. The Firm
acts as subadvisor to an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
and acts as a portfolio manager for one or more wrap fee programs.
While Belle Haven’s asset management dates back to 2002, the Firm can trace its history back to 1991,
when founded as an institutional broker/dealer. This background in institutional trading has helped
form Belle Haven’s unique approach to portfolio management.
The Firm’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, Matt Dalton, has been with Belle
Haven since 1996 and has over 35 years of experience in the fixed income marketplace. Over the
years, Matt has built a humble, dedicated, and talented team of professionals, who truly form the
foundation of its success. Matt Dalton is the Firm’s principal owner.
Belle Haven is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and is a member of
both the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking
Board (“MSRB”). Additional information about Belle Haven Investments is also available on the SEC’s
website a
t www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
B. TYPES OF SERVICES OFFERED
INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
The Firm provides discretionary investment advisory services, with respect to fixed income securities,
and offers several fixed income strategies to a wide variety of clients, including but not limited to,
individuals, high net worth individuals and families, pension and profit-sharing plans, registered
investment companies, registered investment advisors, charitable organizations, business
organizations, religious organizations, hospitals, insurance companies, educational institutions, and a
pooled investment fund.
SUBADVISOR TO SEPARATELY MANAGED ACCOUNTS
Belle Haven provides investment advisory services through subadvised relationships with other
investment advisory firms, consultants, and fiduciaries, including through third-party model
marketplaces maintained by wrap fee program sponsors, for their client’s separately managed
account(s). Each relationship will offer all or some of Belle Haven’s fixed income investment strategies
to their clients. The following subadvisory relationships define the scope in which Belle Haven may
provide investment advisory services to clients:
SINGLE-CONTRACT ADVISORY SERVICES
In instances where the client’s primary investment advisor has discretionary authority over their
client’s account(s), specifically, the ability to hire another manager to manage the account of
their client, and as such would like to exercise that discretion, Belle Haven would rely on their
client agreement as documentation of their authority to retain and grant discretionary authority
over to Belle Haven to manage such client’s account. This is known as the “Single-Contract
Advisory Services” Option. This type of investment advisory services arrangement requires the
client’s primary investment advisor to sign a Subadvisory Agreement directly with Belle Haven
granting Belle Haven discretionary authority to manage such advisor’s client(s) account(s).
DUAL-CONTRACT ADVISORY SERVICES
In instances where the client’s primary investment advisor does not have discretion to hire other
managers to manage their client’s account, or prefers not to exercise such discretion, the account
would be setup as a Dual-Contract Account. This is known as a “Dual-Contract Advisory Services”
Option. This type of investment advisory services arrangement requires the client of such account
to sign an Investment Manager Client Agreement directly with Belle Haven granting Belle Haven
discretionary authority to manage such client’s account.
For clients accessing Belle Haven’s investment advisory services through an intermediary such as
another investment advisor or wrap fee program sponsor, Belle Haven is not typically provided with
sufficient information from such intermediary to perform a suitability assessment of the Firm’s fixed
income investment strategies for their client’s account(s). Belle Haven relies on the intermediaries
who, within their fiduciary duty, must determine whether Belle Haven’s fixed income investment
strategies are suitable for their client’s account(s). This includes any assessment of whether a
particular wrap free program is appropriate for the underlying client.
Irrespective of the agreement arrangements, the client’s primary investment advisor or wrap fee
program sponsor, rather than the end client, is generally the primary contact for Belle Haven in
handling client communications and account updates.
For clients in which there is no intermediary advisor, clients will sign an Investment Management
Client Agreement with Belle Haven directly, granting full discretion of their investment advisory
account.
BELLE HAVEN AGGRESSIVE MUNI, L.P.
The Firm
provides discretionary investment advisory services to Belle Haven Aggressive Muni, L.P.
(“BHAM” or the “Fund”). BHAM is a private offering of limited partnership interests with a minimum
initial investment of one million dollars ($1,000,000) and minimum additional investments of one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). Belle Haven Capital Management, Inc. (“BHCM”), an affiliated
company, is the General Partner of BHAM, controlled by Matt Dalton, as the Fund’s sole general
partner with complete authority to manage the Fund’s business, investing and trading activities.
The principal investment objective of BHAM is to maximize returns through opportunistic investment
in a diversified portfolio of high-yield municipal securities. BHAM invests primarily in tax-exempt
municipal securities with, on average, lower credit quality and longer duration (duration is a way to
compare how different bonds will react to interest rate changes) than securities held in the Firm’s
other fixed income strategies of its separately managed accounts. From time to time, BHAM may
invest in taxable securities as well as securities subject to the alternative minimum tax. In addition,
BHAM has the ability to trade derivatives, closed-end funds, and high dividend paying equities to
employ leverage.
BHAM offers limited partnership interests to a limited number of individuals and entities that satisfy
the requirements of an “Accredited Investor” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, as well as satisfy the requirements for “Qualified Clients” within the
meaning of the Advisers Act.
SUBADVISOR TO REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES
The Firm acts as a subadvisor to Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”), a registered
investment advisor who provides investment management services to Transamerica Funds (the
“Trust”), an open-end investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Specifically, Belle Haven acts as the subadvisor and provides investment advisory services to the
Transamerica Intermediate Muni Fund, which seeks to maximize total return through a combination
of current income that is exempt from federal tax and capital appreciation, and the Transamerica High
Yield Muni Fund, which seeks to maximize total return through investment in medium and lower
grade municipal securities that are exempt from federal income tax, the “Mutual Funds”, which are
investment portfolios of the Transamerica Funds, represented by a separate series of shares.
C. LEVEL OF SERVICE OFFERED
Generally, Belle Haven manages its investment advisory accounts in accordance with the investment
objectives and/or guidelines of the Firm’s fixed income strategies. The Firm does allow for reasonable
client-imposed investment restrictions and other guidelines in the management of its investment
advisory accounts; however, the imposition of certain restrictions may have a significant impact on
the timing of such client’s strategy implementation and account performance may differ from the
account performance of other investment advisory accounts managed within the same fixed income
strategy.
For BHAM, the investment objective and set of investment policies and/or guidelines are outlined in
the Fund’s Offering Memorandum (“OM”), including additional Subscription Application and
Agreement. Investors may not impose any restrictions on such investment program.
For the Mutual Funds, the investment objective and set of investment policies and/or guidelines are
outlined in the Transamerica Funds Prospectus, as defined by TAM. Investors may not impose any
restrictions on those investment programs.
D. INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES TO WRAP FEE PROGRAMS
As a subadvisor, Belle Haven provides discretionary investment advisory services to clients
participating in wrap free programs, that the Firm does not sponsor. In a wrap fee program, Belle
Haven will provide investment advisory services, and the wrap-fee program sponsor will provide
additional services to the client such as assisting the client to determine the client’s investment
objectives and risk tolerance, identify any investment restrictions on the management of the account,
and select one of the fixed income investment strategies offered by Belle Haven.
Belle Haven manages wrap fee accounts in the same manner as its investment advisory accounts not
under a wrap fee program. Clients in wrap fee programs typically enter into an agreement with a wrap
fee program sponsor. The wrap fee program sponsor enters into a Subadvisory Agreement with Belle
Haven that grants discretionary authority to Belle Haven to manage such client’s wrap fee account.
Some wrap fee program sponsors may require their client to sign an Investment Management Client
Agreement with Belle Haven directly. As compensation for providing investment advisory services to
such client’s account, Belle Haven will receive a portion of the all-inclusive wrap program fee that is
calculated by the wrap fee program sponsor and remitted to Belle Haven in accordance with such
Subadvisory Agreement between Belle Haven and the wrap fee program sponsor.
E. ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
As December 31, 2023, Belle Haven Investments, L.P. had a total of $17,670,293,947 in discretionary
regulatory assets under management (“RAUM”) and $0 in non-discretionary regulatory assets under
management.