Introduction
RadiantESG Global Investors LLC (“RadiantESG”), 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. RadiantESG 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 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 RadiantESG. HSBC Global Asset
Management (UK) Ltd. holds a minority equity interest in RadiantESG.
Advisory Services Offered
Separate Account Management
RadiantESG 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 RadiantESG strategy, consistent with
each client’s risk-profile, and subject to the RadiantESG investment policy.
All separate account clients have the opportunity to place reasonable client-specific restrictions
with regard to their accounts as agreed with RadiantESG.
Sub-Adviser to Investment Company
RadiantESG is the investment sub-adviser to the HSBC RadiantESG 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. RadiantESG provides investment services to
the Mutual Fund. The Mutual Fund may serve as an investment option for RadiantESG
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 RadiantESG domiciled in the
United States. RadiantESG will maintain a sub-advisory agreement which establishes
RadiantESG’s authority to act on a discretionary basis when managing the Mutual Fund.
RadiantESG is responsible for investment management decisions regarding the Mutual Fund.
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Adviser to a Private Fund
RadiantESG also provides investment supervisory services on a discretionary basis to the
RadiantESG 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. RadiantESG Investments LLC is the sole managing
member of the Private Fund.
RadiantESG 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
RadiantESG 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, RadiantESG 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, RadiantESG 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, RadiantESG 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, RadiantESG Global Investors LLC has $23,800,608 in discretionary
assets under management and no non-discretionary assets under management.
RadiantESG does not currently participate in wrap fee programs.