Welton is a Delaware limited liability company that was formed on June 12, 2014.
Welton is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) as a commodity
pool operator and a commodity trading adviser and is a member in good standing of the National
Futures Association in those capacities.
Welton Investment Corporation, a Delaware corporation that was formed on May 19, 1997, owns
in excess of 25% of Welton. Welton Investment Corporation is owned by The Welton Family
Trust.
Futures Trading Programs
Welton provides discretionary investment management services regarding the trading of
commodity futures contracts and over the counter (“OTC”) foreign exchange products through
separately managed accounts (collectively, “Separate Futures Account Investors”) , Welton
sponsored private investment funds and as a sub-adviser to mutual funds operated by unaffiliated
advisers pursuant to Welton’s proprietary trading systems (the “Futures Trading Programs”).
The Futures Trading Programs focus on the trading of futures and forward contracts through
managed futures/global macro trading strategies that seek to invest across a diversified group of
global futures markets and OTC foreign exchanges spanning four market sectors (traditional
commodities (e.g., agriculture, energy, and metals), currencies, equity indices, and interest rates).
With respect to certain Welton sponsored private investment funds described above, Welton also
provides and/or delegates and oversees discretionary investment management services regarding
cash securities portfolios on behalf of certain series or classes of such private investment funds
(collectively, “Advisory Futures Fund Clients”). The cash securities portfolios for which Welton
provides discretionary investment management services consist of investments in high-quality,
short-term debt securities and money market instruments for temporary defensive purposes. These
short-term debt securities and money market instruments generally include, among other things,
shares of other mutual funds, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, U.S.
Government securities and repurchase agreements.
Welton may also provide investment management services to other pooled investment vehicles
managed by Welton pursuant to the Futures Trading Programs that do not allocate assets to a cash
securities portfolio (collectively, “Other Futures Fund Clients”). For purposes of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), “investment advisory clients” does not
include Other Futures Fund Clients and Separate Futures Account Investors (collectively,
“Futures Clients”). Therefore, Futures Clients are generally not discussed in this Brochure except
in the context of conflicts of interest that may arise between Welton’s Advisory Futures Fund
Clients and Futures Clients.
Multistrategy Trading Program
Welton also provides multistrategy investment management services pursuant to Welton’s
proprietary
trading systems (the “Multistrategy Trading Program” and together with the Futures
Trading Programs, the “Trading Programs”). Currently, the Multistrategy Trading Program is
provided to Welton sponsored private investment funds (the “Multistrategy Fund Clients” and
together with Advisory Futures Fund Clients, the “Funds”) and is also available to separately
managed accounts (the “Multistrategy Managed Accounts” and together with Multistrategy
Fund Clients, “Multistrategy Clients” and Multistrategy Clients together with Advisory Futures
Fund Clients, “Clients”).
The Multistrategy Trading Program seeks to achieve its investment objective through investing in
domestic equity securities along with a group of global derivative markets spanning four major
market sectors.
The Multistrategy Trading Program uses price data from exchange sources and sustainability data
from third-party non-exchange sources including, as of the date of this Brochure, Sustainalytics (a
Morningstar company); Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”); World Bank Group (“World
Bank”); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”); and U.S. Department of Energy
(“DOE”). The Multistrategy Trading Program uses the sustainability data to score potential
investments using a proprietary values-based scoring methodology (“Values-Based Scores”)
towards its goal of maximizing risk-adjusted return along with above average sustainability. This
means that the portfolio is intended to have an overall Values-Based Score that is higher than the
corresponding equity index.
For equities, the Multistrategy Trading Program incorporates ISS and Sustainalytics scores into
the proprietary equity algorithm. For derivatives, the Multistrategy Trading Program incorporates
World Bank, EPA, and DOE data into the proprietary derivative algorithm. As a result, the
Multistrategy Trading Program generally holds a portfolio of several hundred companies among
the 1,000 largest U.S. capitalization stocks. The Multistrategy Trading Program's algorithms will
dynamically allocate more assets to instruments with rising price trends and higher Values-Based
Scores, and fewer assets to those with falling price trends and lower Values-Based Scores. To
further achieve its goal of increased investment sustainability, the Multistrategy Trading Program
eliminates instruments linked to specific sectors such as weapons, tobacco, and fossil fuels.
Additional information about the Funds managed by Welton, including information about
investment strategies, investment policies and restrictions, fees, risks and other material
information, is contained in each Fund’s respective offering documents, including any exhibits
thereto (collectively, “Memorandum”).
As of December 31, 2023, Welton managed approximately $440,234,325 of regulatory assets
under management on a discretionary basis in Client accounts.
Welton, across all trading programs, manages approximately $1.6 billion, through managed
accounts and private investments funds.