Emso Asset Management US LLC (“Emso US”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emso Asset Management
Limited (“Emso UK”). Emso UK is a wholly owned subsidiary of White Park Limited, a Cayman company
(“White Park”), the owners of which are current and former employees of Emso UK and Emso US. The
principal owner of White Park is Mark Franklin. Emso has been in business since 2000. Emso’s principal
place of business is London, UK.
Both Emso UK and Emso US (taken together, “Emso” or “Investment Manager”) provide discretionary
advisory services to:
1. Private investment funds (the “Customized Fund” and two “Private Funds”, collectively
referred to herein as “Funds”) that are exempt from registration under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”) and the Securities Act of 1933. The Private Funds are
offered to, and contain, US persons/investors;
2. Pooled investment vehicles and single investor funds which do not currently contain any US
persons/investors and are not domiciled in the US (the “Emso Funds”).
3. A sub fund of an open-ended umbrella investment company, known as Emso Clover plc,
authorized by the Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) as an undertaking for collective investment
in transferable securities (“UCITS”) pursuant to UCITS Regulations. Taken together, the sub
fund, and any future UCITS sub funds, are referred to herein as the UCITS Funds (“UCITS
Funds”). The UCITS funds do not contain any US persons/investors and are not domiciled in
the US.
Emso also provides investment advice to multi-manager platform pooled investment vehicles, for which
Emso serves as sub-advisor, and an unaffiliated manager serves as the investment manager (“Sub Advised
Funds”, together with the Funds, Emso Funds, and the UCITS Funds, Emso’s “Advisory Clients”).
Emso UK is the primary adviser to the Advisory Clients, and Emso US typically acts as sub-advisor to the
Advisory Clients. Emso UK is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United
Kingdom. Emso UK is also authorized as an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) pursuant to the
Alternative Investment Funds Management Directive (AIFMD), a European set of European regulations.
Services Provided:
Emso provides investment management and advisory services in the area of emerging market investing.
As it relates to the Funds, this is done through master feeder structures as well as a Customized Fund (as
such terms are defined herein). Emso’s investment objective for the Emso Master Fund is to generate
capital growth through exposure (both long and short) primarily to debt and equity securities of sovereign
obligors and corporate obligors, principally in emerging markets. Central and Eastern Europe, Central and
South America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa are generally considered emerging markets, and the
unsecured debt of obligors in these markets has traditionally been either unrated or rated non-investment
grade by an internationally recognized credit rating agency. Investments primarily focus on directional
and relative value opportunities in emerging market local and external debt (sovereign and quasi-
sovereign), foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates, and, to a minor extent, individual equities and
equity indices. Derivatives of any of these categories can
also be used. Emso sources portfolio-level tail
hedges (in emerging and developed markets) to mitigate losses resulting from systemic market crises.
The investment objective of the Impressa Master Fund is to generate capital growth in excess of the Index
Return mainly through long exposure to debt securities of sovereign and corporate obligors, principally in
emerging markets.
The “Index Return” means, in any given calendar month, the amount (expressed as a percentage) by
which a notional US$100 would have increased or decreased, as the case may be, had US$50 been
invested in the JP Morgan EMBI Global Index and US$50 been invested in the JP Morgan GBI-EM Global
Diversified Index during such month. The Index Return may be positive or negative.
Master Feeder Structures (“Private Funds”)
1) Emso Ltd. and Emso US Ltd., which invest substantially all of their assets into Emerging
Markets Special Opportunities Ltd. (“Emso Master Fund”).
2) Emso Impressa Ltd., which invests substantially all of its assets into Emso Impressa Long Only
Fund SP (“Impressa Master Fund”), a segregated portfolio of Emso Agave Fund SPC, which is
a Cayman Islands exempted segregated portfolio company.
Customized Fund
Emso has also established a customized pooled investment vehicle (the “Customized Fund”) exclusively
for investments by an outside investor and its affiliates. The Customized Fund may utilize different trading
and/or investment strategies than the other Funds and may be subject to different terms, and
arrangements (including fees, liquidity rights, transparency rights, termination rights and brokerage) than
the other Funds. It should be noted that any such customized fund relationships are generally subject to
minimum investment size and other possible special requirements.
Private Credit
Emso also operates a private credit strategy, which focuses on emerging market investments in illiquid
opportunities with a multi-year investment horizon. At present, this strategy is executed in a customized
format and a co-mingled fund (which does not contain any US persons/investors).
Particular Investment Restrictions
The investment objective and strategy for the Funds are fully described in the respective offering
documents. Emso provides investment management services to the Funds and does not tailor advice to
the individual underlying Fund investors.
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With respect to the Customized Fund, Fund account documentation will specify the particular investment
program and any related investment restrictions.
In the case of the Sub Advised Funds and the Emso Funds, Emso has: (i) tailored the investment objectives
to the specific objectives/restrictions of such account; and (ii) individually negotiated the terms and fees
for such account, which are different from the terms and fees of the Funds. Emso negotiates such
arrangements on a case-by-case basis.
Fee arrangements and investment objectives/investment restrictions for the UCITS Funds are contained
in the relevant fund supplement.
Assets Under Management (AUM)
As of December 31, 2023, Emso managed approximately USD $4,484,975,803 of net assets on a
discretionary basis and USD $42,080,844 on a non-discretionary basis.