Ownership and Structure
DoubleLine Alternatives LP (DoubleLine Alternatives) was founded in 2015 and is a limited partnership
organized under the laws of Delaware. DoubleLine Alternatives’ general partner is RHE Group LLC.
Additionally, Roy Croft LP owns a greater than 25% interest in DoubleLine Alternatives and both LAB1 LP
and Jeffrey Gundlach each indirectly own, in the aggregate, a greater than 25% interest in DoubleLine
Alternatives due to ownership interests in limited partners of DoubleLine Alternatives (including Roy Croft
LP).
Advisory Services
DoubleLine Alternatives provides investment management services to institutional clients, including
DoubleLine Shiller Enhanced CAPE®, the DoubleLine Commodity Strategy ETF, the DoubleLine Multi-Asset
Trend Fund, and the DoubleLine Strategic Commodity Fund and their wholly-owned offshore subsidiaries
as applicable (collectively, the “Registered Funds”), and certain other pooled investment vehicles and
separately managed accounts. DoubleLine Shiller Enhanced CAPE®, the DoubleLine Commodity Strategy
ETF, the DoubleLine Multi-Asset Trend Fund, and the DoubleLine Strategic Commodity Fund are
investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”). DoubleLine
Alternatives may also provide investment management services to additional registered investment
companies and other institutional clients such as unregistered investment companies (each, a “Private
Fund”), Undertakings for the Collective Investment of Transferable Securities (“UCITS”) (together with any
Private Fund(s) and Registered Fund(s), “Funds”), pension plans (both public and private, and including
ERISA plans), defined contribution plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, insurance companies,
charitable organizations and government entities. DoubleLine Alternatives may also provide investment
management services to a limited number of high net worth individuals. Certain of the Private Funds for
which DoubleLine Alternatives may provide investment advisory services may be affiliated with
DoubleLine Alternatives because DoubleLine Alternatives, an affiliated person or an otherwise related
entity serves as the general partner of the Private Fund.
DoubleLine Alternatives typically manages accounts on a discretionary basis in accordance with its
investment strategies, which are tailored according to the individual directives and guidelines of each
Client. Clients who invest through separate accounts may impose reasonable restrictions on investment
characteristics, subject to acceptance by DoubleLine Alternatives. Clients that choose to engage
DoubleLine Alternatives for a non-discretionary relationship generally will not achieve the same results as
discretionary accounts for a variety of reasons. Clients and prospects are advised to carefully read the
proposed guidelines for any investment strategy to review the securities and instruments generally used
by DoubleLine Alternatives when implementing that strategy.
Any Funds for which DoubleLine Alternatives serves as investment adviser are Clients of DoubleLine
Alternatives. The underlying investors in such Private Funds, Registered Funds, UCITS or any other pooled
investment vehicles for which DoubleLine Alternatives serves as a sub-adviser or investment manager are
not DoubleLine Alternatives’ Clients unless they otherwise have an advisory relationship with DoubleLine
Alternatives. Accordingly, individual investors in such funds managed by DoubleLine Alternatives cannot
place such restrictions on the management of the funds in which they are invested.
ERISA Restrictions
To the extent a Client account is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(“ERISA”), the Client must inform us of any employer securities the Client is not permitted to own under
ERISA. In addition, in order to rely on the class exemption for qualified professional asset managers, the
Client must provide us with a list of any “party in interest” as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA and every
party with the authority to appoint or terminate DoubleLine Alternatives as investment adviser or to
negotiate the terms of an investment management agreement with DoubleLine Alternatives with
respect to the account.
Private Funds also may be subject to limitations indirectly imposed by ERISA. For example, Private Funds
may be structured in a manner to permit tax-exempt Clients subject to ERISA to invest (e.g., a master-
feeder structure with an offshore feeder fund).
By way of further example, under ERISA and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Plan Asset
Regulations”), when a Benefit Plan Investor (defined below) acquires an equity interest in an entity that
is neither a “publicly offered security” nor a security issued by an investment company registered under
the 1940 Act, the Benefit Plan Investor’s assets include both the equity interest and an undivided
interest in each of the underlying assets of the entity unless it is established
either that less than 25% of
the total value of each class of equity interest in the entity is held by Benefit Plan Investors as defined in
Section 3(42) of ERISA and the Plan Asset Regulations (the “25% Test”), or that the entity satisfies
another exception set forth in ERISA or the Plan Asset Regulations. For purposes of the 25% Test, the
assets of an entity will not be treated as “plan assets” if, immediately after the most recent acquisition
of any equity interest in the entity, less than 25% of the total value of each class of equity interest in the
entity is held by Benefit Plan Investors, excluding any equity interest held by persons (other than Benefit
Plan Investors) with discretionary authority or control over the assets of the entity or who provide
investment advice for a fee (direct or indirect) with respect to such assets, and any affiliates thereof. The
term Benefit Plan Investors is generally defined to include employee benefit plans subject to Title I of
ERISA and plans subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)
(including “Keogh” plans and IRAs), as well as any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by
reason of such employee benefit plans or a plan’s investment in such entity (e.g., an entity of which 25%
or more of the value of any class of equity interests is held by Benefit Plan Investors and which does not
satisfy another exception under ERISA). The general partner of a Private Fund typically would use
reasonable efforts to limit equity participation by Benefit Plan Investors in the master fund (if
applicable) of each Private Fund to less than 25% of the aggregate capital contributions as described
above so that the underlying assets of such master fund will not constitute “plan assets” of any Benefit
Plan Investor. However, there can be no assurance that, notwithstanding the reasonable efforts of the
applicable general partner in such circumstances, the underlying assets of the master fund or a Private
Fund would not otherwise be deemed to include plan assets.
Types of Investments
DoubleLine Alternatives offers a variety of investment strategies through separate accounts and Funds
that utilize derivative instruments and other instruments that include, but are not limited to:
• Investments designed to provide exposure to one or more physical commodities or baskets of
commodities
• Investments designed to provide exposure to one or more indices
• Futures contracts and options on futures contracts, interest rate swaps, total and excess return
swaps and credit derivatives (such as credit default swaps), put and call options, forward contracts,
and exchange-traded and structured notes
• Fixed income investments such as (i) securities or other income-producing instruments issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies, instrumentalities or sponsored corporations
(including inflation-protected securities); (ii) short-term investments, such as commercial paper,
repurchase agreements and money market funds; and (iii) other fixed-income investments
including (but not limited to) corporate debt securities, mortgage and asset backed securities,
foreign debt obligations (including emerging market debt securities), loans, collateralized debt
obligations and other structured financial products, and high yield debt securities
• Shares of pooled investment vehicles (including, for example, other open-end or closed-end
investment companies, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and domestic or foreign private
investment vehicles), including investment companies sponsored or managed by DoubleLine
Alternatives or related entities
On behalf of Clients, DoubleLine Alternatives may make any investment or use any investment strategy
consistent with applicable law and a Client’s investment guidelines. DoubleLine Alternatives may engage
in short sales, either to earn additional return or to hedge existing investments. DoubleLine Alternatives
may enter into derivatives transactions of any kind (1) to gain, or reduce, long or short exposure to one
or more asset classes or issuers and/or (2) for hedging or other purposes. A derivative is a financial
contract whose value depends on changes in the value of one or more underlying assets, reference rates,
or indices. Derivatives transactions may be used with the purpose or effect of creating investment
leverage.
DoubleLine Alternatives may also provide non-discretionary advice to Clients or other investment advisers
pursuant to an investment management agreement.
Wrap Fee Programs
DoubleLine Alternatives does not manage wrap fee programs. As such, that portion of the information
requested within Item 4 does not apply to DoubleLine Alternatives.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, DoubleLine Alternatives managed approximately $4,718,476,274 of Client
assets, all of which was managed on a discretionary basis. No Client assets were managed on a non-
discretionary basis.