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Adviser Profile

As of Date 08/28/2024
Adviser Type - Large advisory firm
Number of Employees 286 51.32%
of those in investment advisory functions 124 82.35%
Registration SEC, Approved, 11/29/2005

Client Types

- Pooled investment vehicles
- Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
- Other

Advisory Activities

- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
- Selection of other advisers

Compensation Arrangments

- A percentage of assets under your management
- Performance-based fees

Recent News

Reported AUM

Discretionary
Non-discretionary
62B 53B 44B 35B 27B 18B 9B
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Private Funds



Employees

Private Funds Structure

Fund Type Count GAV
Fund TypeHedge Fund Count156 GAV$48,280,927,153

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Brochure Summary

Overview

Lighthouse is a diversified alternative asset management firm with over two decades of experience providing investment advisory services to institutional investors and high net worth individuals through privately offered investment funds and/or managed accounts. Lighthouse, a Delaware limited liability company, began managing capital in 1999 (through a predecessor entity) and manages client capital through Lighthouse and other Relying Advisers as described in Section 10. Lighthouse is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Navigator Global Investments Limited (“NGI”), a publicly traded Australian Securities Exchange listed company formerly known as HFA Holdings Ltd. NGI is the parent company of HFA Lighthouse Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation owning 99% of LHP Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which in turn owns 75.1% of Lighthouse. To the best of our knowledge, no single investor owns 25% or more shares of NGI stock. The Lighthouse Group has three distinct business lines: (i) platform hedge fund strategies operating through Lighthouse and its Relying Advisers (“Platform Hedge Funds”); (ii) multi-portfolio manager solutions managed by Lighthouse, which strategically allocate capital across the Platform Hedge Fund strategies and external portfolio managers (“Hedge Fund Solutions”); and (iii) managed account services provided by a subsidiary named Luminae Partners, LLC (“Luminae”), which provides comprehensive structural and administrative expertise to institutional investors in managing their alternative investment program (“Platform Services”). Generally, investment strategies implemented across the Lighthouse Group include, but are not limited to, (i) global relative value equities, (ii) global fundamental equities strategies, (iii) opportunistic strategies to take advantage of trades with attractive spreads such as merger arbitrage and convertible arbitrage, and (iv) global macro. These strategies are offered to clients through private investment funds for which Lighthouse or its Relying Advisers act as an investment adviser. Relevant information regarding these strategies, including conflicts of interest, risk factors, and tax and other important disclosures are described in the fund’s private offering documents, and investors in such Funds must refer to such materials for specific information about such funds. As used in this Brochure, the term “Portfolio Manager,” refers to a group, typically comprised of one to five individuals but sometimes many more, operating as a single team to manage a portion of a particular fund’s assets. A Portfolio Manager team may include portfolio managers, traders, analysts, risk and research personnel, technologists, data scientists and other information technology staff, operations and accounting staff, and others. Portfolio Managers can fall into one of the following categories: (i) certain employees of Lighthouse Group; (ii) third-party investment advisory firms that are legally separate from, and operated independently of, the Lighthouse Group; and (iii) employees of third-party advisory firms who are seconded to the Lighthouse Group by contract. Each Portfolio Manager operates their respective trading group and is primarily responsible for their group’s trading, personnel, and similar decisions, subject to our risk management and, in the case of Portfolio Managers that are Lighthouse Group employees, to Lighthouse’s supervision and control. Portfolio Managers whose personnel are not employees of the Lighthouse Group are responsible for hiring of personnel and certain other aspects of their business, although Lighthouse generally retains ultimate control over the Lighthouse Group accounts managed by such Portfolio Managers. The Lighthouse Group also provides certain administrative or other services to such Portfolio Managers. Many such Portfolio Managers also manage capital for one or more other unaffiliated clients. Our Funds and Other Clients The Lighthouse Group primarily provides investment management and advisory services to private investment funds (collectively, the “Funds”). Most of our Funds are U.S. and non-U.S. domiciled investment vehicles that are offered to multiple external investors or to a single external investor for the purposes of accessing the Platform Hedge Fund and Hedge Fund Solutions strategies (“External Investor Funds”). Our External Investor Funds may invest through master-feeder fund structures or, directly and 5 | P a g e indirectly, through a managed account comprised of one or more Portfolio Managers who exercise discretionary trading authority over the managed account, or a specific “Sub-Account” thereof. Such managed accounts are typically structured through organizing a private fund vehicle that is managed and advised by us and is only open for investment to other Funds managed by the Lighthouse Group. In implementing strategies for the Funds and managed accounts, the Lighthouse Group will generally manage multi-Portfolio Manager portfolios. The Platform Hedge Fund strategies will generally select Portfolio Managers to implement those strategies, and the Hedge Fund Solutions strategies will generally be implemented by investing in our proprietary Platform Hedge Fund strategies and by allocating to third party Portfolio Managers. External Investor Funds typically issue series or share classes based on different fees or foreign currency denominations; however, certain External Investor Funds have issued series or classes that are comprised of investments of different portfolios. In some cases, these classes hold customized
portfolios for a single investor. See the Cross-Class and Cross-Fund Liability Risk factor in Item 8 of this Brochure for additional information. Most assets held in aggregate by External Investor Funds are invested, directly or indirectly, in private fund vehicles housing managed accounts. However, certain External Investor Funds may invest a substantial portion of their assets in unaffiliated funds (each, an “Unaffiliated Fund”) depending on strategy, regulatory requirements, or investment mandate. We typically serve as an investment manager, manager, or general partner, or in a similar capacity, to the Funds housing managed accounts. Generally, we enter into a “Subadvisory Agreement” with a Portfolio Manager to each legal structure, or segregated cell within a legal structure with limitations on liability among the segregated cells therein (e.g., Cayman Islands segregated portfolio companies, Ireland unit trusts, Delaware series liability companies and Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles). In some cases, a single Fund structure or segregated cell is further subdivided into separate accounts (or Sub- Accounts), each of which is advised by a separate Portfolio Manager. See the Fund Legal Structures Untested risk factor in Item 8 of this Brochure for additional information. All Funds managed by the Lighthouse Group are exempt from registration as investment companies in reliance on Section 3(c)(7) of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). Most External Investor Funds are designed for multiple investors, where we determine the investment objectives and guidelines of these Funds. Certain External Investor Funds are customized to meet the needs of a single investor, group of related investors, or investors that are advised by a single wealth manager. The investment objectives for both multiple investor and customized Funds are provided in the constitutional documents for such Fund. Additionally, investment guidelines for the managed accounts are set forth in the Subadvisory Agreement as mutually agreed upon by the Portfolio Manager and Lighthouse. The External Investor Funds have varying terms, including, but not limited to, differences in fees charged, redemption rights, functional currency, investment objectives and guidelines, and investment minimums. “Custom Funds” are tailored to the needs of either a single investor or multiple related investors in those Funds, typically advised by the same consultant or wealth manager and, in certain cases, are subject to investment restrictions, limitations, and/or investment guidelines specific to such investors. The investment objective of each Fund and any applicable investment limitation, restriction, or guideline are generally set forth in that Fund’s confidential private placement memorandum or similar disclosure document and/or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, subscription document, investor side letter, or similar organizational document. Lighthouse also serves as a manager or sub-investment manager, or in a similar capacity, to “Separately Managed Portfolios” housed within separately managed accounts held by an independent custodian or funds controlled by a third party. Separately Managed Portfolios consist of customized portfolios of hedge fund investments designed to meet the needs of a single investor. The investment objectives for and guidelines (if applicable) for such relationships are typically set forth in an investment management agreement between the investor and Lighthouse. 6 | P a g e References to “Lighthouse Products” or “our products” throughout this brochure include the Funds and Separately Managed Portfolios. Platform Services Provided by Luminae Luminae is a division of Lighthouse that provides investment support services (otherwise known as “Platform Services”) globally to institutional investors and certain Funds that include: (i) “back-office” and “middle-office” support (as more fully described below); (ii) data aggregation and processing; (iii) risk management and analysis; (iv) assistance to clients in their direct hedge fund and other investments; and (v) other operational and reporting services with respect to their investments, including long-only investments. In the future, we may also perform Platform Services for investments not held through a Lighthouse-managed Fund. Back-office and middle-office support services typically include a broad range of accounting and financial reporting services, tax reporting services, administrative support services, and investor services. We evaluate and coordinate the services of independent administrators for various investor accounts; authorize and/or execute treasury operations (i.e., the movement of cash) directly or through the use of administrators; process and settle subscriptions to/redemptions from Funds in which investor accounts invest; and execute and settle derivative contracts designed to ensure that certain investor accounts maintain certain market exposure target ranges and/or hedge their exposure to the U.S. dollar or other currencies. Assets Under Management (“AUM”) As of June 30, 2023, the total of the Lighthouse AUM was approximately $15.3 billion. Approximately $13 billion were discretionary assets. Approximately $2.3 billion were non-discretionary assets, based on certain investment restrictions imposed in relation to certain Funds. See Item 16 of this Brochure for further information on how “discretionary” and “non-discretionary” AUM are determined. We do not participate in any wrap fee programs.