A) Description of Firm; Firm Inception; Principal Owners
Donald Smith, L.P. was formed in December 2009. We are a registered Commodity
Trading Advisor with the NFA since 2013. We are a registered investment advisor since
2016.
We are a related person to Donald Smith & Co., Inc. which is a registered independent
investment advisor since 1975.
We are an independent entity and have no parent organization. We are 100% employee-
owned, with 7 owners having profit interests in the company. Of these 7 owners, three are
principal owners:
Richard L. Greenberg, GP and Managing Member, Co-CIO
Jonathan E. Hartsel, Co-CIO
Kamal Shah, Macro Analyst & Head Trader
Donald G. Smith passed away in October 2019. He and Richard Greenberg worked
together for over 38 years. Our top two personnel, Richard Greenberg and Jonathan
Hartsel, have worked together for over 20 years.
B) Types of Services Offered
Registered investment advisor.
Commodity Trading Advisor.
We currently have two clients (“funds”) which are both registered pools with the NFA:
Donald Smith Value Fund, L.P.
Donald Smith Futures Fund, L.P.
Donald Smith Value Fund, L.P. invests, long and/or short, in all available asset classes,
searching for value-driven ideas that are not in conflict with the client accounts of our
related advisor, Donald Smith & Co., Inc. Potential securities utilized include equities,
fixed income (including, but not limited to, corporate bonds, government securities,
convertible bonds), preferreds, warrants, options, futures, currencies, ETFs, closed-end
funds, etc.
Donald Smith Futures Fund, L.P. establishes long and/or short positions in financial
(equity and interest rates), currency, and physical commodity futures on futures
exchanges worldwide. Other potential instruments utilized
include, without any
limitation, forward contracts, bonds, equities, preferreds, warrants, options, currencies,
swaptions, OTC contracts and closed-end funds. Assets of the Partnership not invested in
futures or used as margin may be invested in bonds.
We are also affiliated with another registered pool, DSCO Value Fund, L.P., which
invests long primarily in equities. Other potential securities utilized could include
preferreds, warrants, ETFs, etc. Once a month, it automatically replicates all long equity
holdings of Donald Smith & Co., Inc. with weights above 0.10%.
All of our clients are subject to the compliance program, including the personal trading
policies, of our related advisor, Donald Smith & Co., Inc. We are very sensitive to
conflicts of interest in all areas of our business, especially conflicts between our clients
and the long-only clients of Donald Smith & Co., Inc. Our clients cannot trade in
advance of Donald Smith & Co., Inc. clients.
In January 2020, DSCO Value Fund, L.P. became a direct client of our related person,
Donald Smith & Co., Inc. (DSCO) and accordingly is included in DSCO AUM.
C) Tailoring Services to Clients; Client Restrictions
Our clients are limited partnerships. The limited partners invested in each fund are not
able to set investment restrictions for their portion of the fund.
D) Wrap Fee Programs
We do not provide investment advisory services to any wrap fee programs.
E) AUM – Discretionary vs. Non-Discretionary
As of December 31, 2023, our total net firm assets under management was $60M. Our
regulatory assets under management was $189M. The breakdown between discretionary
and non-discretionary regulatory assets under management was:
Discretionary: $189M *(100% discretionary)
Non-Discretionary $0