History and Ownership
Acadian Singapore is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to conduct Fund Management
activities under its Capital Markets Services License and has been in operation since 1999. Acadian
Singapore is a wholly-owned affiliate of Acadian Asset Management LLC (“Acadian Boston”, and
together with its affiliates “Acadian”), a U.S. SEC-registered investment adviser specializing in
systematic investment management, and provides investment management services to institutional clients
through sub-advised funds and separately managed accounts. Acadian Boston has two other global
affiliates, Acadian Asset Management (Australia) Limited (“Acadian Australia"), and Acadian Asset
Management (UK) Limited (“Acadian UK”). Each of these affiliates are registered/licensed as
appropriate by their local regulatory authority. Acadian Asset Management (Australia) Limited is also
registered with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser.
BrightSphere Affiliate Holdings LLC, part of the BrightSphere group, owns 100% of the Class A (voting)
interest of Acadian while an Acadian Key Employee Limited Partnership (“Acadian KELP LP”) owns
100% of the Class B interest which provides financial participation in the profitability of the firm. The
Acadian KELP LP is comprised of senior staff and a majority of senior investment team members.
BrightSphere Affiliate Holdings LLC is owned by BrightSphere Inc. which is owned by BrightSphere
Investment Group Inc. (“BSIG”) (a publicly traded company). Acadian Singapore primarily utilizes
systematic, quantitative investment processes to manage the investment strategies which are reflected in
this Brochure.
General Overview of Investment Process
Acadian Singapore utilizes the investment processes, databases, systems, and technology developed and
utilized by Acadian Boston. Further, pursuant to a service level agreement between both entities, staff in
both offices fully support the business activities of the other, in essence functioning as a global team.
Strategies are managed using a team-based approach and a systematic, quantitative investment process.
This process relies extensively upon a number of proprietary computer driven models and extensive third-
party data. It is overseen by our Chief Investment Officer and a team of researchers, portfolio managers,
portfolio analytics and construction specialists, data managers, and IT professionals in an effort to ensure
it operates as intended.
This systematic, quantitative investment process is flexible and easily tailored and coded to meet the
specific needs of our clients including, for example, those with Environmental, Social or Governance
(“ESG”) concerns. We manage each separate account in accordance with the terms and conditions of a
written agreement negotiated with and agreed to by each client. As each client agreement results from a
separate negotiation with the client, the terms and conditions of the investment relationship and the fees
paid pursuant to the agreement may and do vary by client even within the same investment mandate or
account composite. This includes, but is not limited to, client-imposed requirements and restrictions
related to benchmark, individual security restrictions or “do not invest” lists, industry
restrictions, country
restrictions, ESG restrictions, investment types, investment universe, and risk targets. These client
specific requirements, in addition to other timing issues, may cause performance dispersion between
portfolios in the same composite over time.
Client specific mandate restrictions are implemented and adhered to utilizing a number of systematic and
manual checks. During the initial account set-up process and any subsequent changes thereafter, all client-
specific restrictions are noted and may be coded by the investment team, along with any Acadian
Singapore - or regulatory-specific restraints applicable to the mandate and underlying benchmark, into
proprietary portfolio construction software. Pre-optimization coding can be as broad or narrow as
required, typically including specific stocks, types of stocks (e.g., “sin lists”), countries, sectors, and
ownership percentages. Further, each account and all client-specific restrictions are independently coded
by our compliance team into an automated compliance monitoring system that allows for pre-trade, post-
trade, and daily compliance monitoring of all accounts.
Acadian Singapore’s portfolio managers typically do not select specific stocks to buy or sell. In addition
to contributing to the research process to enhance our overall quantitative investment process, portfolio
managers aim to ensure that the investment process is operating as intended and that each client account
is being managed consistent with the client’s investment objectives and in compliance with the client’s
contractual requirements.
The quantitative investment process is supported by extensive proprietary computer code. Researchers,
software developers, and IT teams follow structured design, development, testing, change control, and
review processes during the development of its systems and the implementation within our investment
process. We have control systems and processes that are intended to identify in a timely manner any
errors that could have a material impact on the investment process. The majority of these controls and
their effectiveness are subject to regular internal and external audits including a SOC audit. However,
despite these extensive controls it is possible that errors may occur in coding and within the investment
process, as is the case with any complex software or data-driven model, and no guarantee or warranty can
be provided that any quantitative investment model is completely free of errors. Any such errors could
have a negative impact on investment results.
There is no performance guarantee associated with investing in any investment strategy. Investing in
securities involves risk of loss of principal that clients should be prepared to bear.
Acadian Singapore negotiates with each client the terms and conditions under which we will manage their
account. This will result in clients within the same investment composites assuming different types and
levels of risk, as well as different performance results. Acadian Singapore encourages clients to reference
strategy-specific risk descriptions (contained in the prospectus and/or private placement memorandum, as
appropriate to fund structure) for any of the strategies that we manage.
Wrap Fee Program
Acadian Singapore does not sponsor any wrap fee programs.