A. General Description of Basso and Its Advisory Services and Strategy
Basso, a Delaware limited partnership, is an investment adviser with its principal place of business in
Stamford, Connecticut. Basso (and its affiliated management entities) is owned by its Founding Managing
Partner – Chief Executive Officer Dwight Nelson, who joined the firm in 1999.
In its more than 29 years of operations (including those of its predecessor), the firm has provided
investment advisory services to family offices, private investment funds, “funds of one”, registered
investment companies (mutual funds) and Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable
Securities (UCITS). The firm currently focuses on providing discretionary and non-discretionary advisory
services to family offices.
Family offices typically consist of high-net-worth individuals and their families and associated entities.
Those family offices that receive discretionary advisory services from Basso are referred to as client
accounts (“CAs”). Basso portfolio manager Matthew Zimmerman has primary responsibility for the
discretionary advisory services provided to the CAs. The CAs may hold a wide range of investments,
including, among others, domestic, international-developed and emerging-market public and privately-
traded common and preferred stock, options, investment-grade bonds, below-investment grade
bonds, sovereign (U.S. and non-U.S) government bonds, mutual funds, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”),
derivatives, futures, digital assets and interests in open-ended and closed-ended private investment
vehicles, illiquid and/or private investment vehicles and other investments (including real estate and
private debt). Investment mandates are discussed with each CA client to determine their risk and portfolio
objectives, wealth management needs and asset allocation plan.
Mr. Nelson has primary responsibility for the non-discretionary advisory services provided to the family
offices. He is also the principal portfolio manager for a sub-advised portion
of a multi-manager fund. His
strategy for this client (the “Sub-advised Account”) focuses on the highly liquid portion of the global fixed
income market. Mr. Nelson, along with the firm’s UK-based portfolio manager, also advises a proprietary-
money-only account (“Basso Omni”) with a broad investment strategy that includes trading in fixed income
securities and equities.
In this brochure Basso discusses certain conflicts of interest that may arise in its management of the CAs,
the Sub-advised Account and Basso Omni (collectively, the “Investment Vehicles”) and the firm’s policies
and procedures designed to detect and address these conflicts. For information about the firm’s advisory
and sub-advisory services, please contact ir@bassocap.com.
B. Investment Discretion and Mandate
Basso manages the CAs and Basso Omni with broad discretion, across the range of investments noted
above, subject to any risk parameters and asset-percentage ranges that may be agreed with the account
holders. The firm has broad discretion to manage the Sub-advised Account within the overall strategy set out
in the sub-advisory agreement entered into with the account’s direct investment manager (the “Sub-advisory
Agreement”). The firm provides non-discretionary advisory services from time-to-time to its family office clients
when they seek Basso’s guidance and when Basso is aware of particular investment opportunities that may be
of interest to these family offices.
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C. No Wrap Fee Programs
Basso does not participate in wrap fee programs and does not manage wrap fee accounts.
D. Assets Under Management
As of March 1, 2024, Basso had discretionary management authority over $457,352,528 in net client assets and
provided non-discretionary management services to $1,148,000,000 in net client assets.