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Adviser Profile

As of Date 03/29/2024
Adviser Type - Large advisory firm
Number of Employees 10 42.86%
of those in investment advisory functions 10 42.86%
Registration SEC, Approved, 03/28/2012
AUM* 1,608,346,750 -0.51%
of that, discretionary 1,469,150,578 -2.03%
Private Fund GAV* 1,922,694,394 2.32%
Avg Account Size 76,587,940 8.97%
SMA’s No
Private Funds 13
Contact Info 312 xxxxxxx
Websites

Client Types

- Pooled investment vehicles

Advisory Activities

- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles

Compensation Arrangments

- A percentage of assets under your management
- Performance-based fees

Recent News

Reported AUM

Discretionary
Non-discretionary
2B 2B 2B 1B 941M 627M 314M
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Private Funds



Employees

Private Funds Structure

Fund Type Count GAV
Fund TypePrivate Equity Fund Count11 GAV$1,265,462,606
Fund TypeReal Estate Fund Count2 GAV$657,231,788

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Brochure Summary

Overview

Based in Chicago, Illinois, Equity International Management, LLC (“Equity International,” the “Management Company” or the “Firm”), a Delaware limited liability company, is a private equity firm focused on entity-level investments in real estate and other asset-intensive operating companies, including investing directly in real estate assets, across the world. The Management Company commenced operations in November 2005, and its predecessors commenced operations in June 1999. Equity International and its relying adviser, Madison Canal (the “Relying Adviser”), serve as the investment adviser for, and provide discretionary investment advisory services to, private funds (“Funds”) exempt from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), as well as to special purpose co-investment funds established to invest alongside a Fund in a single portfolio company (a “Co-Investment Fund” and collectively the “Funds”, unless otherwise specified). Certain of these Funds are referred to herein as “Feeder Funds” as they invest directly or indirectly in an applicable Fund as investors. More information about the Equity International Funds is available in the Firm’s Form ADV Part 1, Schedule D, Section 7.B.(1) and about the Relying Adviser in Schedule R. The Firm is affiliated with each Fund’s general partner (each a “General Partner”), which are deemed registered under the Advisers Act pursuant to Equity International’s registration in accordance with SEC guidance. More information about the Funds’ General Partners is available in the Firm’s Form ADV Part 1, Schedule D, Section 7.A. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Governing Documents, each of the General Partners has the authority to make investment decisions for the relevant Fund that it serves. However, the General Partners typically contract with the Management Company to provide the day-to-day advisory services for the Funds. References to the strategy and operations of the General Partners throughout this Brochure should be read to include the activities of the Management Company and other Equity International affiliates, including the Relying Adviser, that collectively engage in the investment process and ongoing management of the Funds’ investments. This Brochure therefore describes the business practices of the General Partners, Management Company and Relying Adviser together as one registrant. Equity International’s investment advisory services to the Funds consist of identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, negotiating and structuring investments, managing and monitoring the investments during the hold period and achieving dispositions. The Funds generally make investments in nonpublic companies, although investments in public companies are permitted and some Funds do hold public securities in their portfolio. Investments are structured as debt, equity or hybrid securities. Each portfolio company has its own independent management team responsible for managing its day-to-day operations, although the senior principals and/or the personnel of Equity International generally serve on a portfolio
company’s boards of directors or otherwise act to influence or exercise control over management of the portfolio companies held by the Funds. Equity International’s advisory services for the Funds are further described in the applicable private placement memoranda, Fund limited partnership agreements, subscription agreements, investment advisory agreements, side letter agreements and other governing documents of the relevant Fund (collectively, the “Governing Documents”), as well as generally below under Item 8, “Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss,” and Item 16, “Investment Discretion.” Investors determine the suitability of investment in a Fund based, among other things, on the Governing Documents. Equity International does not tailor its advisory services to the individual needs of investors in its Funds. The Governing Documents typically include restrictions on the types of investments that Equity International can cause the applicable Fund to make. Investors in the Funds participate in the overall investment program for the applicable Fund. In accordance with industry common practice, Equity International has entered into side letters or similar agreements with investors in the Funds that have the effect of establishing additional rights for the investor under, or altering or supplementing with respect to the investor, a Fund’s Governing Documents. Examples of side letters entered into include “most favored nation” provisions, notice requirements, limited partner advisory board representation, provisions whereby investors have expressed an interest in participating in co-investment opportunities, certain fee arrangements and applicability of tax exemptions, among others. These rights, benefits or privileges are not always made available to all investors, consistent with the Governing Documents and general market practice. Commencing in September 2024, Equity International will make required disclosure of certain side letters to all investors (and in certain cases, to prospective investors) in accordance with the new Private Fund Rule. Side letters are negotiated at the time of a Fund’s formation, and once invested in a Fund, investors generally cannot impose additional investment guidelines or restrictions on such Fund. There can be no assurance that the side letter rights granted to one or more investors will not in certain cases disadvantage other investors. As of December 31, 2023, Equity International had regulatory assets under management of approximately $1.608 billion, $1.469 billion managed on a discretionary basis and $139.2 million managed on a non-discretionary basis. The Management Company is principally owned via Equity Casa Grande, LLC by trusts and other entities established by or for the benefit of members of the Zell Family. References herein to ownership by the Zell Family should be interpreted to include ownership by trusts and other entities established for the benefit of members of the Zell Family. For more information about Equity International’s owners and executive officers, see the Firm’s Form ADV Part 1, Schedule A and Schedule B.