Overview
Alaia Capital, LLC (“Alaia” or “we”) is a limited liability company organized in the state of
Delaware in March 2015 and a SEC-registered investment adviser. Alaia is 100 % owned
by Institutional Capital Network, Inc. Lawrence Calcano is the Chief Executive Officer
(“CEO”), and Nicholas Parcharidis is a Managing Director.
Christophe Thome is Alaia’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”). Securities Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) registration itself does not require and should not be interpreted to
imply any particular level of skill or training. Alaia’s principal place of business is located
in New York City.
Alaia is an independent financial services firm that focuses on innovative and alternative
investment solutions. The company is led by senior Managing Directors from top tier
global investment banks with strong product/derivatives backgrounds, having built and
led derivatives and structured products desks for several large dealers in the Americas
and globally. The primary focus of the company will be to act as advisor or sub-advisor to
Unit Investment Trusts (“UIT”).
Alaia provides portfolio consultation services to UITs registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940. Alaia does not have any individual direct clients or any ‘retail
clients’ as defined by SEC Regulation Best Interest.
UITs are investment companies that offer a fixed, unmanaged portfolio, as redeemable
"units" to investors for a specific period of time. The terms and conditions of each UIT will
be set forth in their offering and governing documents. UITs are not managed funds, and
their portfolios are designated to remain relatively fixed. However, the trust buys or sells
securities under limited circumstances
to protect the trust, to make required distributions
or avoid imposition of taxes on the trust or as otherwise permitted by the trust
agreement.
Alaia’s supervisory and administration services with respect to UITs consist of monitoring
UIT portfolios for such events and making determinations with respect to such portfolios
in a manner consistent with the investment objective of the UIT, governing documents of
the UIT and applicable law.
Alaia performs the services of portfolio consultant or security selector to the UITs. Such
services include determining the composition and breakdown of the different securities
that a UIT purchases or sells during its initial period of formation in order to meet the
overall investment guidelines set forth in the UIT documents. Other non-affiliated broker
dealers perform the services of depositor/sponsor to the UITs. This will entail directing
the actual purchase and sale of the securities to be bought and sold by the UITs via a
designated or approved broker dealer. A depositor/sponsor will direct the purchase of
securities and deposit them into a trust, receive units of the trust, and generally sell those
units to the public.
The depositor/sponsor creates a trust and appoints a trustee to act as custodian by
holding securities in the trust. The trustee provides fund administration services and
normally acts upon instructions from the depositor/sponsor.
Services Limited to Specific Types of Investments
Alaia generally limits its investment advice, overall advice and strategy to UITs.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
As of 12/31/2021 we are not actively managing any clients’ assets on a discretionary or a
non-discretionary basis.