HighVista Strategies LLC (“HighVista”) was founded in 2004 to design and make available
investment strategies into which institutions and sophisticated investors can invest. HighVista is
controlled by HighVista Management Partners LP, which is owned by HighVista Partners André
Perold, Raphael Schorr, and other members of the HighVista management team. HighVista’s
management team is responsible for managing firm operations, as well as formulating,
implementing, and supervising HighVista’s investment strategy.
HighVista provides investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles (individually, a
“
Fund,” collectively, the “
HighVista Funds”
1) and separately managed accounts (“
Separate
Account Clients”)(collectively hereinafter referred to as, “
Clients”). HighVista utilizes a variety
of investment strategies in the management of HighVista Client assets and, from time to time,
launches additional strategies in response to the evolving needs of its business and its Clients.
For HighVista’s Multi-Asset Strategy, HighVista: (i) evaluates a broad range of investments and
asset classes; (ii) performs and utilizes proprietary research on risk and correlation behavior to
optimize portfolio asset mix; and (iii) selects investments and manager partners in asset classes and
strategies where potential benefit from active management is identified. HighVista creates multi-
asset investment portfolios that allocate capital across both traditional investment assets (such as
marketable domestic equity, international equity, and fixed income securities), and alternative
assets (such as venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds), subject to portfolio restrictions.
HighVista also manages Client assets that concentrate their investments in a single asset category
or utilize a single component of HighVista’s Multi-Asset Strategy. These include the HighVista
Private Credit Strategy, the HighVista Biotechnology Strategy, and the HighVista Opportunistic
Private Equity Strategy. Please refer to Item 8 for additional information on these strategies.
HighVista provides investment advisory services to each of its Clients pursuant to investment
management agreements (each, a “
Management Agreement”) that direct HighVista to provide
investment advice to the Client. In the case of the HighVista Funds, this direction is subject to the
direction and control of any affiliated general partner or directors of the applicable HighVista Fund.
In the case of a collective investment trust, this direction is subject to the direction and control of
the trustees of the trust. HighVista has sole and exclusive authority over the HighVista Funds’
direct investments into securities and other assets, including investments made through Subsidiary
Funds, as well as the selection of third-party managers or investment vehicles if applicable (each,
a “Third-Party Investment”), and makes decisions relating to the administration of the HighVista
Funds. Pursuant to Management Agreement, certain Clients impose restrictions on investing in
certain securities or types of securities. However, except in specific circumstances agreed to by
HighVista, investors in HighVista commingled funds generally cannot impose restrictions on the
types of securities in which the applicable fund invests.
1 Where applicable, the term “HighVista Funds” also includes wholly- or partially-owned holding companies or
partnerships (each, a “Subsidiary Fund”), which are typically used to provide tax, operational, investment access or
other benefits. The term also includes related special purpose vehicles and accounts managed to facilitate investments
by related pooled investment vehicles that are “HighVista Funds.”
The offer and sale of interests in the HighVista Funds is generally made to qualified purchasers
through a confidential offering memorandum that is prepared for each such Fund and which
provides information about the Fund’s objectives, strategies, risks, structure, costs, withdrawal
terms and other matters of importance to investors. Additional information about HighVista’s
business, history, organization and other matters addressed in this Item 4 can be found in the
offering memorandum and governing documents of HighVista Funds. The information in this
Brochure does not purport to be a complete description of HighVista Funds or each Funds
respective investment strategy and is qualified in its entirety by each HighVista Fund’s offering,
governing, and organizational documents (collectively, the “Governing Documents”). For Separate
Account Clients, a Management Agreement is entered into with each Client that summarizes the
advisory services that will be provided by HighVista and addresses Client specific investment
restrictions as well as strategies, risks, costs, and other matters of importance.
As of December 31, 2023, HighVista’s regulatory assets under management were approximately
$5,375,707,300, all of which is managed on a discretionary basis.