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Adviser Profile

As of Date 03/28/2024
Adviser Type - Large advisory firm
Number of Employees 7 -12.50%
of those in investment advisory functions 4
Registration SEC, Approved, 1/3/2006
AUM* 488,587,200 -8.41%
of that, discretionary 249,873,200 -9.27%
Private Fund GAV* 157,282,200 -15.88%
Avg Account Size 7,755,352 -17.13%
% High Net Worth 28.07%
SMA’s Yes
Private Funds 19 2
Contact Info 212 xxxxxxx

Client Types

- High net worth individuals
- Pooled investment vehicles
- Charitable organizations
- Corporations or other businesses not listed above

Advisory Activities

- Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
- Portfolio management for businesses
- Selection of other advisers

Compensation Arrangments

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

Recent News

Reported AUM

Discretionary
Non-discretionary
468M 401M 334M 268M 201M 134M 67M
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Private Funds



Employees

Private Funds Structure

Fund Type Count GAV
Fund TypeHedge Fund Count7 GAV$138,173,000
Fund TypePrivate Equity Fund Count12 GAV$19,109,200

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Brochure Summary

Overview

Peter Kimmelman Asset Management LP (“PKAM”) was established (as a predecessor entity) in 1979 and became a New York State limited liability company in 1996. The principal owner is Peter Kimmelman, with minority non-operating ownership interests held by his wife, his daughter, and his son. PKAM provides investment supervisory and advisory services to our clients, including both nondiscretionary and discretionary advisory services. For discretionary accounts, we provide ongoing supervisory and management services with respect to the account. For non-discretionary accounts, we provide continuous oversight of existing investments, make recommendations based upon the needs of the client and, if such recommendations are accepted by the client, we arrange for or effect the purchase or sale of the recommended securities or other investments. PKAM also provides general advice about investments and relevant news to clients on an individual basis from time to time as appropriate, and without fee or other additional charge. Advice is offered to clients predominantly in the area of alternative investments, which include hedge funds that invest in hedged long/short, relative value, distressed, and other hedged strategies, private equity funds, long only and lastly, and funds of funds. As of December 31, 2023, PKAM managed a total of approximately $488,587,200, of client assets, which consists of discretionary accounts totaling approximately $249,873,200 and non-discretionary accounts totaling approximately $238,714,000. PKAM takes an individualized approach to its clients, creating a customized portfolio for each. We interview each client in depth and construct each separate portfolio to respond specifically to the client’s mandate in terms of its investment objectives, risk and volatility tolerances, liquidity needs, yield objectives, time horizons, and general outlook. Risk Management and Controls Each PKAM client portfolio is constructed to respond specifically to that particular client’s mandate. We seek to develop at the onset with each client an understanding covering the following parameters: a) downside risk tolerances; b) volatility parameters; c) liquidity needs in terms of percent required to be available within three months, six months, one year; d) targeted objectives of investment program; e) envisioned time horizons to measure and accomplish articulated investment goals; f) client’s tax circumstances. Customized to implement and express the client’s desires as set forth above, each account is designed to give consideration to the following categories, with the guidelines indicated, subject to revision following discussions with each client to accommodate other factors: 1) Diversification: As we are not able to foresee market movements, we believe that it is important to assure a highly diversified portfolio, comprised of at least twenty managers, with the maximum position size of under 10%, an average position size of approximately 5%-6%, and some starter position sizes ranging from 0.75% to 2%. 2) Manager Size: To be considered for inclusion, vehicles must have at least $250 million under management, of which PKAM clients should account for no more than 5%. This will ensure that redemptions on our part will not force the manager to “fire sale” holdings or activate gate provisions, prolonging the withdrawal process. 3) Manager Qualifications: Manager must have at least six years of experience, with a three-year transportable record, including experience in shorting. The manager should have a significant portion of his own liquid net worth invested in the vehicle. 4) Bias Against Certain Sectors: Commodities trading advisers and macro global managers are generally excluded, unless there is a specific directive to the contrary from the client. Where a client raises the issue, we explain that those styles inherently defy our ability to be familiar with the underlying portfolios and correlations with other managers. 5) Portfolio Concentrations: We wish to de-emphasize and limit allocations to vehicles with concentrated portfolios carrying top ten positions over 65%, top ten short positions over 25%, and industry concentrations over 35%. 6) Leverage: We closely evaluate the leverage in different sectors of absolute return managers, and for hedged equity, we view cautiously managers who run gross exposures greater than 250% or net long exposures greater than 70%. 7) Service Providers: Underlying prime brokers, administrators and accountants should be of “household familiarity.” If not, then PKAM will scrutinize such service providers with more caution. 8) Quantitative analysis is useful in providing insights into the manager’s capabilities but, in our opinion, it is primarily and ultimately the qualitative assessment of being invested in established managers who have been able to demonstrate over a significant period of time an ability to make money on both the long and short sides that is more important. Generating alpha is one of the key characteristics of a talented manager. 9) Fund’s Investor Base: Knowledge of the underlying beneficial ownership in the particular fund under review is essential. We feel more comfortable with the manager having a high percentage of his own liquid net worth invested in the Fund on a pari-passu basis and that holding being among the largest investors. We seek to understand the Fund’s sourcing of its capital. Is there a mismatch between the underlying liquidity of invested assets versus the redemption rights of the holders? Is the capital structure such that the manager might be forced to fire-sale assets under terms that would be disadvantageous to remaining holders? Conversely, are the lock-up provisions unduly onerous, thereby prolonging unjustifiably the ability to withdraw? 10) Non-Correlation: In constructing or modifying portfolios, we seek to understand the possible correlation of proposed managers with the objective of seeking non-correlation. In our experience, economics change and markets move too rapidly to predict successful market direction. Accordingly, we do not intend to place outsized bets on specific industries or variables such as interest rates, exchange rates, etc. In doing so, we are conceding that it is virtually impossible for all of our vehicles to be performing well at one time. In fact, uniformly good or poor performance throughout a PKAM portfolio is usually an indication that the markets are at an extreme point (on either the high side or the low side) and may be due for reversal. 11) Compounding by Preservation of Capital: A cardinal principle of PKAM portfolio management is the power and importance of compounding positive returns over time. To work its magic, compounding
depends upon preservation of capital, which in turn depends on minimizing overall draw-downs as much as possible. 12) Manager Turnover: Our historical turnover of managers has run approximately 15% per year. This long term commitment to managers has served us well, as exemplified by our long term returns, which are generally well above the commonly used indexes. We stress to potential clients that they should look elsewhere if their inclination is to “cut their losses” after one to three months negative returns. We believe that an expectation of generating positive returns virtually every month is not realistic. 13) Due Diligence: Having concentrated almost exclusively in the alternatives area since 1991, we have formed a judgment of many players within the field and possess a deep as well as current knowledge of that landscape and population. If the vehicle is known to PKAM but not in the portfolio at that time, our due diligence would consist of refresher interviews. The amount of due diligence required when investing with a new fund is a function of our general familiarity with the particular field or niche in which that fund operates. If we are familiar, then due diligence consists of reading the manager’s presentations, due diligence questionnaire, three years of partners’ letters, and audited financial statements, analysis of the alpha generation record, followed by intensive interviewing of the principal managers. At the very minimum, an on-site visit to the manager at their own facilities is required. In preparing for that, we will subject all of the managers’ returns to analysis in terms of attribution of long and short exposures, analysis of top ten longs, avoidance of concentrated big bets, degree of non-correlation, growth of capital under management, analysis of tax efficiency (for domestic accounts), peer review versus managers pursuing similar strategies, ascertaining possible drifts of management style, etc. If we are not familiar with the manager’s field or niche, our due diligence as outlined above, would be supplemented by similarly getting to know comparable managers pursuing the same strategies in addition to the targeted manager. 14) Monitoring: We monitor our clients portfolio managers absolute and relative performance to peer competitors on a monthly basis. We do not believe that it is in our long-term interests to intrude upon the managers for “weather checks.” Managers favor us as a firm that represents long-term, stable investors, and because we are known to be sophisticated, knowledgeable asset allocators who do not require hand-holding. Accordingly, we see no point in taking up their time needlessly. They should be focused entirely on running their respective portfolios. However, given our philosophy of management by exception, we will immediately investigate if we see deviations from the expected range. This is just as important when returns are abnormally high as when they are disappointingly low. We seek to gain an understanding as to what is actually happening. We generally revisit our managers on-site once or twice a year and follow up with an evaluation memorandum by the specific PKAM analyst assigned to follow that manager. 15) Crosschecks: We rely upon our long-term relationships with representatives of some of the wealthiest families in America, with whom we meet periodically to share general views and ideas on a broad range of investment issues, including markets, managers, product offerings, and the impact of global political and economic changes on financial opportunities. We have found that excellent insights and productive follow-up ideas can often be obtained by participation in those discussions. 16) Pricing of Underlying Manager Portfolios: There is a general presumption that we are investing in highly established, reputable managers who share with their outside investors a coincidence of economic interests due to having large amounts of their own capital at stake on a pari-passu basis. Nonetheless, it has been our observation that when fraud materializes, it is often traceable to incorrect pricing of certain illiquid holdings in the underlying portfolio. Thus, it is essential to understand the processes by which a portfolio is priced. Assuming that the pricing has been outsourced to the fund's offshore administrator or independent third-party service provider, does that firm have a name of “household recognition”? If so, we will assume that that portion of the portfolio that is traded regularly on one or more major exchanges is free of error. However, if we do not recognize the name of the firm determining the priced portfolio and N.A.V, we need to understand the reasons for selection as well as that firm’s history, size, capabilities, list of large clients for reference checking, etc. Again, assuming that hurdle has been crossed, we focus on a portion of the portfolio that is not traded publicly and then explore in depth the specific methodologies and sources employed in determining the pricing of such securities. If there are claims that the portfolio manager himself is the best one to understand these securities well or if the engagement of an outside pricing service is needlessly costly, we become wary. We need to pursue the issues to a natural conclusion in order to develop the requisite confidence in the accuracy of the fund’s net asset value. 17) Liquidity: We at PKAM have a much higher comfort level with established managers who have demonstrated alpha generative skills for extended periods of time. Since that type of record often attracts a multitude of investors wishing to gain entrance to such a vehicle, the negotiating power switches to the manager. We need to evaluate the balance between the manager’s justifiable need to assure the stability of his capital base versus his natural desire to lock up capital for extended periods of time. We routinely accept one-year lock-up periods, but we evaluate carefully and skeptically the manager’s need for more extended lock-up periods. Private equity excepted, lockup periods beyond 24 months are viewed with concern and should be accepted only with high caution. As part of our due diligence investigations, we seek to understand the liquidity of the manager’s underlying portfolio. What amounts can be liquidated within 30 days without disrupting markets or depressing price levels? Similarly, what percentage of the portfolio is in trades that have natural durations of six, twelve or eighteen months? In starting a new relationship and maintaining it through the years, PKAM and its client need to articulate clear expectations of the overall liquidity of the underlying portfolio (i.e., what percent of the PKAM portfolio can be liquidated within various time periods in the future).