Overview
A. Caspian Capital LP, formed in October 2010, is an investment advisory services
firm specializing in alternative investment management. The principal owners of
our firm are Adam S. Cohen and David N. Corleto (the “Principals”). The first
Caspian fund was established in 1997 when Caspian was part of another institution.
We use the terms “Caspian,” “our,” “us,” and “we” in this brochure to refer to
Caspian Capital LP and various affiliates and related entities that are also involved
in conducting our business.
B. Caspian specializes in offering investment management services to private
investment funds and similar institutional accounts. Caspian also provides sub-
advisory services on behalf of an open-end investment company registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company
Act”) and an investment company incorporated in the Cayman Islands. In
providing our advisory services, our objective is to achieve capital appreciation
over the long term by applying a flexible and opportunistic approach to investing
which involves evaluating the current attractiveness of various asset classes,
including bank loans, bonds, equities, speculative investments, and cash
equivalents. We are permitted to trade and make investments in public and private
debt and equity securities. Consistent with this opportunistic approach, however,
there are no fixed limitations or diversification requirements as to specific asset
classes in which we invest.
We use the term “Caspian Funds” in this brochure to refer to the private funds
and
dedicated investor funds that we sponsor, manage, and advise. We use the term
“Managed Account” with respect to our sub-advisory agreement with the regulated
investment company (“RIC Account”) and investment company incorporated in the
Cayman Islands (“Cayman Account”) and Managed Account agreements with
private funds not sponsored by Caspian. Also, we use the term “Client” when
referring to our advisory relationships collectively.
C. Caspian tailors its advisory services to the specified investment mandates of our
Clients. Our Principals have sole discretion over the allocation of the assets of the
Caspian Funds and adhere to the investment strategy set forth in the Caspian Funds’
private placement memoranda and the investment guidelines as agreed to for certain
Caspian Funds and the Managed Account clients. Investors in some Caspian Funds
can impose restrictions on investing in certain types of investments. In these cases,
we are permitted to avoid investing in the restricted positions on behalf of the entire
Caspian Fund or exclude the affected investors from participating in these positions
and allocate profits and losses with respect to these positions separately from the
rest of the Caspian Fund’s portfolio. These types of terms are all arranged on a
case-by-case basis.
D. We do not participate in wrap fee programs.
As of December 31, 2023, we advised or managed client assets in the amount of
approximately $5,057,526,000 (calculated as Regulatory Assets Under Management), all
of which are managed on a discretionary basis.