A. General Description of Advisory Firm
The Firm is a Delaware limited liability company formed on January 13, 2005 with its place
of business located in New York, New York, USA. The Firm offers investment advisory
services to issuers of collateralized loan obligations (each a “CLO” or a “CLO Issuer”,
collectively “CLOs”, “CLO Issuers” or “Clients”).
The Firm is wholly owned by Man Investments Holdings Inc., an indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of Man Group plc. Man Group plc is a public company listed on the London
Stock Exchange and is a component of the FTSE 250 Index. Man Group plc, through its
investment management subsidiaries (collectively, "Man"), is a global investment
management business and provides a range of fund products and investment management
services for institutional and private investors globally. As of December 31, 2023, Man had
approximately $167.5billion of assets under management1. Silvermine is doing business as
Man Group which represents the marketing name of the Firm.
Firm personnel provide investment advisory and research services on behalf of an affiliate,
GLG LLC.
Man provides a number of centralized functions to the Firm, which includes trading,
financing and cash management, risk management, operations, middle office accounting,
finance, human resources, facilities, tax, legal, compliance, and information technology,
among other such services. The Firm utilizes client servicing, sales and marketing
capabilities of its affiliates in providing services to its clients.
B. Description of Advisory Services
Please see Item 8 herein.
This Brochure generally includes information about the Firm and its relationships with its
clients and affiliates. While much of this Brochure applies to all such clients and affiliates,
certain information included herein applies to specific clients or affiliates only. Important
information regarding each CLO, which includes investment objectives, risks, strategy, fees
and other material information, including applicable conflicts of interest regarding
relationships with affiliates, is contained in each CLO’s offering documents.
C. Availability of Customized Services for Individual Clients
While the Firm continues to provide investment
advisory services to Clients by acting as the
collateral manager for CLO Issuers, the Firm is not accepting any new Clients. The Firm’s
affiliate, GLG LLC, offers investment advisory services to new Clients.
1 Man assets under management as stated in the Man Group plc Annual Report include advisory-only assets over
which Man has no decision making or trading authority and dedicated managed account platform services for which
Man provides platform and risk management services but does not provide investment management services.
Each CLO Issuer typically is a non-U.S. entity that issues rated notes (“Rated Notes”) and
non-rated notes (“Equity”, together with the Rated Notes, “Notes”) under an indenture
(“Indenture”). The Notes are secured by a portfolio consisting primarily of "Leveraged
Loans” (described further below under Item 8 “Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies
and Risk of Loss") managed by the Firm.
Investment management agreements and related Indentures documentation contain detailed
specifications and requirements regarding the types of Leveraged Loans and other assets we
are permitted to acquire (or obtain synthetic exposure to) on behalf of Clients and specify
the circumstances in which we can purchase and sell, as well as the overall composition of
the portfolio (diversity, concentration, ratings, etc.). These investment guidelines are
generally not tailored to the individualized needs of any particular investor or CLO Note
holder. At inception, however, specific asset criteria or portfolio guidelines may be
established in consultation with certain prospective investors or CLO Note holders.
Generally, investors and CLO Note holders must independently consider whether a particular
CLO meets their investment objectives and risk tolerances prior to investing in Notes issued
by a CLO.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
The Firm does not participate in wrap fee programs.
E. Assets Under Management
The Firm manages approximately $469.6 million in regulatory assets under management on
a discretionary basis as of December 31, 2023.
For purposes of calculating regulatory assets under management, the Firm considers
leveraged loan and loan positions to be “securities,” and has included them in the calculation
of regulatory assets under management.