AlphaCat Capital is an investment management firm incorporated in Delaware in August 2015 and
operating from offices shared with a financial affiliate, American International Group, Inc , in New
Jersey. AlphaCat Capital acts as a non-discretionary sub-adviser to clients and funds managed by
its affiliate, AlphaCat Managers, which is separately registered with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission and based in Pembroke, Bermuda. AlphaCat Capital and AlphaCat
Managers together conduct a single advisory business. Potential investors and clients should
carefully read the Brochure for each of the Advisors. The Advisors: (i) are subject to a unified
compliance program; (ii) advise only private funds and certain separate accounts maintained on
behalf of qualified clients; (iii) use the same or similar names; and/or (iv) hold themselves out to
current and prospective private fund investors and advisory clients as conducting a single advisory
business because they share personnel and resources. AlphaCat Capital would be a “relying adviser”
of AlphaCat Managers under the terms of the 2012 ABA No Action letter, but for AlphaCat
Managers having its principal office and place of business outside of the United States. In addition,
AlphaCat Capital would be considered to be a related adviser under rule 203A-2(b), if it had its
primary office and principle place of business in Bermuda. All books and records in relation to
AlphaCat Capital are maintained electronically and in joint custody accessible by both Advisors.
AlphaCat Capital specializes in providing investment advisory services in risk-linked instruments
that enable access to property catastrophe insurance and reinsurance-linked assets and securities in
concert with its affiliate AlphaCat Managers. Shares are offered exclusively on a private basis to a
limited number of sophisticated qualified institutional and high net worth clients.
AlphaCat Capital is wholly owned by Validus Specialty LLC., a Delaware based company that is
wholly owned and controlled by AIG Property Casualty, Inc., which is owned by American
International Group, Inc., a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:AIG),
and is the primary owner and the controlling affiliate of Validus Specialty LLC which wholly owns
AlphaCat Capital and Validus Ventures, Ltd which wholly owns AlphaCat Managers. Validus owns
and controls the interests in AlphaCat Capital through interim affiliates listed on Schedule B of Part
1 of Form ADV. Validus merged with American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”) and in July
2018. As of October 2021 the Chief Executive Officer of AlphaCat Capital is Christopher Schaper.
AlphaCat Capital and its personnel provide the following advisory services:
• Portfolio strategy and development for existing AlphaCat Managers clients;
• Participation in the Fair Valuation Working Group of AlphaCat Managers;
• Communication with existing Fund investors;
• Developing new investment products for the Advisors;
• Structuring the Advisors’ products;
• Legal services;
• Project management services; and
• Assistance with recruitment
AlphaCat Capital provides sub-advisory services in respect of AlphaCat Diversified Fund Ltd.,
AlphaCat Diversified Fund II Ltd., AlphaCat Advantage Fund Ltd., AlphaCat Prima Fund, Ltd.,
AlphaCat 2015 Ltd., AlphaCat Soteria Fund Ltd., AlphaCat Opportunities Ltd., AlphaCat
Opportunities II Ltd., AlphaCat Master Fund Ltd. (collectively the “Funds”) and separately
managed accounts for institutional investors (“Clients”) who have engaged AlphaCat Managers as
an investment adviser or investment manager. The Advisors also perform their advisory services
under the name AlphaCat. AlphaCat Managers sponsors the Funds. In relation to the Funds and
Clients, AlphaCat Managers acts as the investment manager and receives certain sub-advisory
services and research from AlphaCat Capital. The Advisors work together to construct portfolios
for the Funds and Clients involving traditional reinstateable reinsurance contracts and collateralized
reinsurance arrangements sourced through an affiliated licensed reinsurer. In addition, the Advisors
structure insurance related investments in other vehicles or accounts which are not investment
companies, “private funds,” or clients, as those terms are defined by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Client accounts are open to investors with qualifications substantially similar to investors in the
Funds. Each Fund is open for investment only by qualified institutional or high net worth investors
that meet the investor restrictions as set forth in the applicable Fund's subscription documents. The
shares of the Funds are offered only to: (i) Non-U.S. Persons who are “qualified participants,” as
defined in the Bermuda Investment Funds Act 2006 and (ii) U.S. Persons who are “qualified
purchasers,” as defined in the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “U.S.
Company Act”), “accredited investors,” as defined in Regulation D under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and “qualified participants,” as defined in the Bermuda Investment Funds Act
2006. The Funds and Clients will conduct trading activity pursuant to the investment strategies
described generally below. Funds may be organized and offered for private investors generally, or
may be customized for single investors or groups of
investors as agreed with AlphaCat Managers.
The Advisors specialize in providing investment advisory services in property catastrophe event-
linked insurance and reinsurance risk exposures including, but not be limited to, the following types
of investments (together, “Risk-Linked Instruments”):
• private collateralized reinsurance arrangements sourced in traditional property catastrophe
reinsurance markets, including reinstatement premium protection reinsurance contracts;
• Catastrophe bonds (principal-at-risk variable rate notes and other event-linked securities)
being referred to collectively as “Cat Bonds”);
• Industry loss warranties (both indemnity-based and non-indemnity-based) binary
reinsurance or derivative contracts triggered by industry-wide insurance losses (referred to
collectively as “ILWs”);
• Exchange or over-the counter traded event-linked futures or derivative contracts; and
• Shares of special purpose reinsurers and other securities or instruments the return on which
is linked to the occurrence of a predetermined event.
The Funds and Clients themselves do not carry out insurance or reinsurance business in or from
within Bermuda. All private collateralized reinsurance arrangements sourced in traditional property
catastrophe reinsurance markets, including reinstatement premium protection reinsurance contracts
business are entered into by AlphaCat Reinsurance Ltd., (“AlphaCat Re”) and OmegaCat
Reinsurance Ltd., (“OmegaCat Re”), as applicable. AlphaCat Re was incorporated in January 2009
OmegaCat Re was incorporated in November 2018. AlphaCat Re and OmegaCat Re are registered
in Bermuda as a Class 3 and Class 3A insurers, respectively, under the Bermuda Insurance Act
1978. AlphaCat Re and OmegaCat Re enable the Funds and Clients to participate in risks linked to
traditional, fully-collateralized reinsurance contracts and indemnity-based ILW transactions
through the issuance of variable funding notes, where necessary. AlphaCat Re and OmegaCat Re
do not issue interests in themselves are not private funds as defined by the SEC.
The Clients and Funds typically invest in Cat Bonds, non-indemnity based ILWs, event-linked
futures and derivatives through AlphaCat Master Fund Ltd. (“Master Fund”). Master Fund was
incorporated on July 23, 2008 as a Bermuda exempted, mutual fund company. The Master Fund
operates as a special purpose vehicle issuing variable funding notes in relation to specific
investments. The Clients and Funds may also, from time to time, invest directly in non-indemnity
based Risk-Linked Instruments, including Cat Bonds and direct investments in shares of special
purpose reinsurers.
The respective Clients’ or Funds’ interests in Risk-Linked Instruments of AlphaCat Re, OmegaCat
Re and Master Fund are documented through variable funding notes purchased from the respective
vehicle which originated the investment, subject to the investment guidelines for the applicable
Client or Fund. Some Clients or Funds and investment vehicles may have the ability to purchase
catastrophe bonds and non-indemnity based contracts directly rather than through the Master Fund.
The investments originated for all of the Clients and Funds are selected and managed by AlphaCat
Managers with advice from AlphaCat Capital.
The Advisors generally invest collateral, unearned premiums and uninvested assets of a portfolio
in:
• Money market funds rated AAAm or Aaa-mf and holding primarily national government
obligations;
• Direct U.S. Treasury obligations or direct obligations of an OECD member country rated at
least AA-/Aa3;
• Cash held by a bank rated at least AA-/A3; and
• Collateral pool guaranteed by a financial institution rated at least A-/A3.
AlphaCat Capital does not tailor its advisory services to the individual needs of investors (although
AlphaCat Capitals’ advisory services are tailored to meet the investment mandates of the Clients
and Funds, as described in the Funds’ Offering Documents and the Client investment management
agreements with AlphaCat Managers). The investors may not restrict investments by the Funds in
any capacity.
The Funds have entered into side letter agreements with certain investors. Such agreements may
provide such investors with additional notification and disclosure rights and special fee
arrangements (but not preferential liquidity terms), among others. The Funds generally enter into
side letters only with investors who make substantial commitments of capital.
AlphaCat Capital does not participate in wrap fee programs.
AlphaCat Capital provides sub-advisory services on a non discretionary basis in respect of
approximately $3,438,020,483 in Regulatory Assets Under Management (“RAUM”), calculated as
of January 1, 2023. RAUM is a defined term of the SEC that reflects cash and securities managed
for clients as well as all assets of a “private fund” as the SEC defines that term, on a leveraged or
gross basis as reflected on the gross asset value line of the balance sheet of the Funds, including
committed uncalled capital. After including the proceeds from structured notes in issue and assets
managed in reinsurance sidecars, AlphaCat Managers net assets under management calculated as at
January 1, 2023 is approximately 3,277,568,266. The Advisors also provide advice on structuring
various insurance portfolios, which fall outside of the RAUM definition.