Introduction
Radiant Global Investors LLC (“Radiant”), established by Heidi Ridley, Chief Executive Officer,
and Kathryn McDonald, Head of Investments and Sustainability, is a registered investment
adviser with headquarters in Danville, California. Radiant began conducting business as Radiant
ESG, LLC in May 2020 to offer consulting services, and was converted to RadiantESG Global
Investors LLC in June 2021. In October 2023 the firm changed its name to Radiant Global
Investors LLC and continues to provide investment advisory services to a broad range of clients
with a focus on building ESG-integrated investment solutions.
Heidi Ridley and Kathryn McDonald are principal owners of Radiant. HSBC Global Asset
Management (UK) Ltd. holds a minority equity interest in Radiant.
Advisory Services Offered
Separate Account Management
Radiant offers separate account investment management services to institutional clients,
including public and private pension plans, endowments, and foundations. All separately
managed client accounts are invested according to a specific Radiant strategy, consistent with
each client’s risk-profile, and subject to the Radiant investment policy.
All separate account clients have the opportunity to place reasonable client-specific restrictions
with regard to their accounts as agreed with Radiant.
Sub-Adviser to Investment Company
Radiant is the investment sub-adviser to the HSBC Radiant U.S. Smaller Companies Portfolio (the
“Mutual Fund”), which is a continuously offered, diversified, open-end mutual fund under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. Radiant provides investment services to the Mutual Fund. The
Mutual Fund may serve as an investment option for Radiant Separately Managed Account
(“SMA”) clients. Therefore, investors in the Mutual Fund may also be SMA clients; however, the
Mutual Fund will be open to any investor meeting the Mutual Funds’ minimum investment
levels.
The Mutual Fund is a registered investment company client of Radiant domiciled in the United
States. Radiant will maintain a sub-advisory agreement which establishes Radiant’s authority to
act on a discretionary basis when managing the Mutual Fund. Radiant is responsible for
investment management decisions regarding the Mutual Fund.
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Adviser to a Private Fund
Radiant also provides investment supervisory services on a discretionary basis to the Radiant
U.S. Smaller Companies Fund, LLC (the “Private Fund”), a Delaware limited liability company.
Accordingly, interests in the Private Fund are offered and sold exclusively through the means
of private placement memorandum to investors satisfying the applicable eligibility and
suitability requirements. Radiant Investments LLC is the sole managing member of the Private
Fund.
Radiant may enter into letter agreements with certain investors in the Private Fund (“side
letters”). Side letters provide such investors with additional and/or different rights or terms than
those set forth in the Private Fund’s offering documents, such as reduced fees, additional reports
and/or supplementary information and other more favorable investment terms.
Research and Consulting Services
Radiant may provide research and consulting services to corporations, asset managers and family
offices (“Consulting Clients”) on ESG best practices and diversity and inclusion efforts more
generally.
In the provision of research and consulting services, Radiant may advise Consulting Clients on
matters related to:
• Developing and improving the efficacy of ESG programs.
• Streamlining the use of ESG data in research and portfolio management.
• Designing targeted ESG, diversity and inclusion communications, and reporting.
• Improving subject matter expertise on ESG or diversity and inclusion.
In addition, in the provision of research and consulting services, Radiant may supply Consulting
Clients with proprietary ESG data.
These services are typically billed on a project-by-project basis depending on the scope of the
project and related services, with fees determined on a per-client basis.
Types of Investments
When managing client accounts, Radiant will invest in common stocks and may hold foreign
exchange instruments including futures for the purpose of facilitating trading of common stocks
globally.
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Assets Under Management / Advisement
As of December 31, 2022, Radiant Global Investors LLC has $23,800,608 in discretionary assets
under management and no non-discretionary assets under management.
Radiant does not currently participate in wrap fee programs.