PERPETUITY Asset Management is a private asset management firm with investment
expertise in balanced funds, currency, cash & money market, fixed income and equity
management. PERPETUITY is designed to provide investment services to a limited
number of institutions, governments, corporations and individuals.
The firm's small tight-knit team is a major competitive advantage that allows for a
flexible approach to money management, specialized internal research, and 24/7 global
client servicing.
The firm's staff has both domestic and international financial experience in the world's
financial markets- New York, London, Zurich, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Hong Kong. All have
achieved outstanding reputations for delivering complete asset management services
with superior results and a minimum of risk.
To ensure integrity and intellectual curiosity, the firm is owned by its management who
on a continual and independent basis are responsible for its results.
The firms records are located in Bellingham, WA, USA and on the Worldwide Web at:
www.perpetuity.com
Client Assets*
(As of July 1, 2023)
$
Discretionary 0
Non Discretionary 0
AUM 0
*NOTE: On 1 January 2013 PERPETUITY Asset Management moved to a third party
only active manager of pension, corporate investment, government, foundation & charity
assets. This total does not include the firms investment advisory under it’s SEC ADV
registration or PERPETUITY Asset Management.
3. FEES & COMPENSATION
Management Fee structure*
PERPETUITY fees for Domestic & Global portfolios are comprised of both an annual
management fee on gross assets under administration and a performance fee on asset
value gains. All fees are calculated on reported end of period portfolio asset values.
Fees are fixed for each asset class are as follows. Minimum portfolios are $100 Million.
1) MONEY MARKET & CASH - Annual Management Fee of 1/2 of 1% or 50bp on
gross assets under administration.
------------------------ PERFORMANCE*-------------------------
Benchmark+ 0 50+ 100 200 300 500bp
Management Fee 50 50 50 50 50 50bp
Performance
Fee(PF)
0 0 5% 5% 5% 5%
Total Fees 50 50 50+PF 50+PF 50+PF 50+PF
2) FIXED INCOME - Annual Management Fee of 3/4 of 1% or 75bp on gross assets
under administration.
Benchmark+ 0 50+ 100 200 300 500bp
Management Fee 75 75 75 75 75 75bp
Performance
Fee(PF)
0 0 10% 10% 10% 10%
Total Fees 75 75 75+PF 75+PF 75+PF 75+PF
3) EQUITIES - Annual Management Fee of 1% or 100bp on gross assets under
administration.
Benchmark+ 0 100+ 200 300 400 500bp
Management Fees 100 100 100 100 100 100bp
Performance
Fees(PF)
0 0 10% 10% 10% 10%
Total Fees 100 100 100+PF 100+P
F
100+P
F
100+P
F
*Performance (PF) Fees are applied as a percentage (%) of gains above a
designated Benchmark Index plus a spread+.
Note: Management Fees are payable monthly & Performance Quarterly
and deducted directly from the assets under management. Clients are
responsible for all custodian fees. Brokerage fees are netted from trade totals.
(see Brokerage Fees section 12.)
Performance Measurement Methods & Formulae
NOTE: The firm’s declared performance is based on the continuously
managed Domestic & Global Master Portfolio’s and their sub categories. The
master portfolios set the asset strategy, tactics and holdings by which the
individual client portfolios will operate under or are replicated. This format avoids
the disruptive in/out portfolio transaction effects or influences which effects
performance.
Outlined below are the methods & formulae used by PERPETUITY Asset
Management Inc. to measure all portfolio performance. The comments and details are
divided into equity, fixed income, money market, currency and special areas such as
private equity and derivatives.
PERPETUITY retains an actuary to Quarterly review the
firm’s performance statistics to confirm the investment portfolio yield accuracy and how
these are presented. Accountants are also retained on a per project basis to review
quarterly all private equity investments. Both consultants verify Sarbanes-Oxley
compliance regulations are applied for their respective areas.
Money Market, Currency, Fixed Income & Derivatives
All performance measurement is locally based. Conventions such as in 360 or 365 day
maturity differences between London and New York treasury markets are applied. The
Fabozzi Fixed Income Calculator is used to determine performance returns based on
local methods in 24 different markets. Formulas used to calculate discounted
prices/values yields are standardized across all markets. For complete details on
methods and formulas used consult the sources listed below. These represent the basis
to all standard setting for PERPETUITY performance reporting.
Equity
The yield that equity invested monies have earned depends on the performance of the
investment and when you made your purchases and redemptions. The formula for ROI
yield is:
where the yield is 'i', and where each term is the number of years between the ending
date of the yield term (the date the yield is being calculated 'to') and the date of the
particular transaction. The variables inv
1
and dist
1
represent investments and
distributions, respectively. A redemption is a negative investment, where a purchase is
a positive investment. All investments and distributions from the beginning yield term
date (inclusive) to the ending yield term date (inclusive) are included in the calculation.
The Ending value is the closing value of the investment on the ending date of the yield
term.
The Starting value is the opening value of the investment on the beginning date of the
yield term. (This opening value is the same as the closing value of the previous day.)
Example Calculation:
Assume we are calculating the 6 month average annualized ROI yield ending on
7/31/2006. The date range for this yield term would be 2/1/2006 through 7/31/2006,
inclusive of gains and any transactions on both the starting and ending dates. The
closing value of this hypothetical investment on 1/31/2006 was $1,000, which is the
opening value on the beginning of yield term, 2/1/2006. The closing value of the
investment on 7/31/2006 was $2,310. There was one purchase within this time period
for $1,200 on 3/15/2006, and a distribution was received in cash on 6/30/2006 for $50.
The equation to solve for this yield would look like:
The equity portfolio program iteratively solves this equation for 'i', reporting a 6 month
average annualized ROI yield value of 17.73%.
Private Equity
CVA (Corporate Valuation Analysis) which is a proprietary program is used by
PERPETUITY to access and monitor the merits of private equity investments
Quarterly. The programs results are reported to clients quarterly. Contact
portfolio managers for more details.
Sources
1. Yield Curve Analysis: The Fundamentals of Risk & Return
By Livingston G. Douglas, New York Institute of Finance, New York
2. Quantitative Methods for Financial Analysis
By Stephen J. Brown & Mark P. Kritzman, the Institute of Chartered Financial
Analysts
3. Fabozzi Fixed Income Calculator (Derivatives, Options, Currency,
Fixed Income, Money Markets (15 international markets)
4. Security Analysis, Graham & Dodd, McGraw Hill, New York
5. PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES & SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT
*Performance (PF) Fees are applied as a percentage (%) of gains above a
designated Benchmark Index plus a spread+. There is a fee charged for portfolio
performance that exceeds an agreed up benchmark by a set margin. Performance fees
are payable semi annually. They are calculated as a % of the gain for equities.
No Side by Side Management