Introduction
Crescendo Asset Management LLC (“CAM or “we”) is a Delaware limited liability company founded in
2016. We are based in New York, New York. The 100% owner of CAM is FinPar Investments LLC. FinPar
is an affiliate of Crescendo Capital SA (“CCSA”). CAM provides investment management services to
individuals, high net worth individuals (“HNWIs”), their families and corporations, as well as to a
number of pooled investment vehicles which follow either a private credit or trade finance investment
strategy.
As of December 31, 2022, we have approximately $184.5mm in regulatory assets under management
(“RAUM”).
Our Services
Separately Managed Accounts
CAM is dedicated to serving the long‐term financial, and, where appropriate, environmental and
social goals of our clients, including U.S. residents and non‐U.S. residents. Our services are
discretionary and non-discretionary investment management for separately managed accounts.
Discretionary or non‐discretionary clients in a separately managed account choose one or more of the
following strategies offered by CAM:
1. Traditional
2. Multi Asset Class Strategy
3. International
Discretionary separately managed account clients will grant a limited power of attorney to CAM, solely
with investment power over the account. This power includes the right to manage client portfolios and
effect, on a discretionary basis, transactions in securities, currencies or precious metals, mutual funds,
hedge funds, time deposits and bank deposits, as well as the right to carry out any steps of
administrative procedures necessary to the performance of these transactions. CAM may initiate
forward foreign exchange transactions, provided they serve to hedge an existing investment and if such
activity does not subject CAM to having to register with the National Futures Association under the
Commodity Exchange Act as a Commodity Trading Adviser.
Under a non‐discretionary mandate, we interact with the client and, at the client’s request, discuss and
provide views, advice and recommendations concerning securities, currencies, financial market trends
and related investment options, strategies and opportunities. We provide the client with advice and
recommendations that are appropriate for it and its investment objectives.
There is no account minimum. However, CAM recommends a minimum investment amount of $1m to
provide for proper diversification. Fees are negotiable.
Separately managed account client servicing includes the following steps.
• Investment
and Risk Profile: Client’s short‐term and long‐term needs, familiarity with capital
market history and expectations.
• Agree Objective: Propose appropriate investment strategy to be constructed and managed.
• Examine current and projected financial, economic and social conditions: short‐term
and intermediate‐term expected conditions to use in constructing a specific portfolio.
• Implement the plan by constructing the portfolio and provide non‐discretionary investment
management advice or, in the exercise of discretion, trade the portfolio: Meet client needs at
minimum risk levels.
• Feedback: Monitor and update investor needs, environmental conditions, evaluate portfolio
performance.
Tailored Relationships
We tailor advisory services to the individual needs of our clients. Client objectives are documented in
the Investment Management Agreement (“IMA”) as amended from time to time. Clients are allowed to
impose restrictions on the investments in their account. We accept any reasonable limitation or
restriction by the client to the extent that these restrictions do not impair our ability to effectively
manage an account.
Family Office Offering
For certain clients we provide a family service offering. It is based on a threefold solution of individual
family strategy, organization and management. We first seek to define and formalize a family strategy
which includes establishing the family members, key advisers and their levels of involvement, the family
structure, the family’s objectives, and creating an investment policy statement (IPS). In the second step,
we implement the client’s strategy and assign a manager and platform to carry out the client’s
objectives. On an ongoing basis, we would oversee and manage the strategy.
Pooled Investment Vehicles:
We provide discretionary investment advice, both on an advisory and sub-advisory capacity, to privately
offered pooled investment vehicles (hereinafter “Private Funds”).
We currently act as an advisor or sub-advisor to three Private Funds.
For the Private Funds we advise, the Firm seeks investment opportunities in either private debt or
trade finance. Generally, the Firm’s investment strategy is to seek consistent, uncorrelated returns
predominately based on current income generated from senior secured, direct originated loans and
debt instruments or trade finance arrangements.
Wrap Fee Programs
We do not sponsor or manage a Wrap Fee Program or manage client assets via Wrap Fee programs.