Item 4.A Describe your advisory firm, including how long you have been in business.
Identify your principal owner(s).
Founded in February of 2000, Sidus Investment Management LLC is a
Delaware limited liability company (“Sidus Management”). Sidus
Management is principally owned by Michael J. Barone and Alfred V. Tobia.
As of September 3, 2019, Alfred Tobia is a passive Member.
Founded in March of 2009, Sidus IV Capital Management, LLC is a Delaware
limited liability company (“Sidus IV”). Sidus IV is principally owned by Paul
C. Hackett.
Sidus Management and Sidus IV may be collectively referred to herein as
“Sidus.” Sidus and Sidus IV (its relying advisor) are together filing a single
Form ADV in reliance upon no-action relief set forth in the January 18, 2012
American Bar Association no-action letter. Sidus has been registered as an
investment advisor under the Advisers Act since March 2012.
Sidus IV currently provides discretionary advisory services to Sidus IV Credit
Opportunity Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership organized as private
investment fund that makes direct investments (the “Sidus IV Credit Fund”).
Sidus Management provides discretionary advisory services to its advisory
clients, which include (i) pooled investment vehicles organized as private
investment funds (the “Sidus Management Funds,” and together with the
Sidus IV Credit Fund, the “Funds”)”) and (ii) a sub-advised private fund
(together with the Funds, the “Advisory Clients”). With respect to the Sub-
Advised Fund, Sidus (i) does not have custody of its assets, (ii) cannot determine
the final value of the Sub-Advised Fund’s positions, (iii) cannot transfer cash or
securities out of the Sub-Advised Fund, and (iv) cannot enter into any agreements
on behalf of the Sub-Advised Fund.
Specifically, Sidus Management currently serves as the investment manager
to the following three stand-alone funds:
• Sidus Investment Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“Sidus Partners”);
• Sidus Double Alpha Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
“Double Alpha Onshore Fund”); and
• Sidus Double Alpha Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company
(the “Double Alpha Offshore Fund”).
It should be noted that the Double Alpha Onshore Fund and the Double Alpha
Offshore Fund are operated on a side-by-side basis and share the same
investment objective.
Sidus Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the
general partner of Sidus Partners and the Double Alpha Onshore Fund and
Sidus IV GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the general
partner of the Sidus IV Credit Fund (together, the “General Partners”). It
should also be noted that each of the General Partners has the sole power and
authority to manage the business and legal affairs of their respective funds.
specializing in a particular type of advisory service, such as financial planning,
quantitative analysis, or market timing, explain the nature of that service in
greater detail. If you provide investment advice only with respect to limited
types of investments, explain the type of investment advice you offer, and
disclose that your advice is limited to those types of investments.
As described in further detail in Item 8.A. below, Sidus provides discretionary
investment advisory services to the Advisory Clients. Each Advisory Client’s
structure, investment objective and strategy are set forth in such client’s
applicable operating documents. With respect to the Funds, this includes a
confidential private offering memorandum provided to each
investor in the
relevant Fund (each an “Investor”).
Sidus Investment Management LLC
Generally, Sidus Management seeks to generate returns that are
uncorrelated with the broad equity markets by purchasing or shorting
securities that Sidus Management believes are mispriced. Although Sidus
Management tends to concentrate on investments within the technology
sector, Sidus Management has flexible investment authority and invest in,
trade in and deal in securities, domestic and foreign, of all kinds and
descriptions, including, but not limited to, equity, debt, convertible securities,
preferred stock, options, warrants and money market instruments, among
other things.
Sidus IV Capital Management LLC
Sidus IV seeks to generate risk-adjusted total returns that are expected to be
competitive with historical equity returns, with a focus on preservation of
capital. Sidus IV will seek to achieve this objective through investing in bonds
and other fixed income securities for capital appreciation and income. These
fixed income securities include (among other securities): corporate,
convertible and high-yield bonds issued by reporting U.S. and non-U.S.
corporations. These securities may pay fixed, variable or floating rates of
interest, may also include zero coupon obligations, and may have conversion
rights into the equity securities of the issuer. Additionally, Sidus IV has, and
may in the future, invest in credit derivatives, specifically interest rate and
total return swaps. Further, Sidus IV has flexible investment authority and
may acquire other securities or financial instruments as they are developed
and offered that are consistent with its investment program.
individual needs of clients. Explain whether clients may impose restrictions on
investing in certain securities or types of securities.
Sidus neither tailors its advisory services to the individual needs of Investors,
nor accepts Investor-imposed investment restrictions. When deemed
appropriate for a large or strategic client, Sidus has in the past and may in the
future establish a separately managed account, which (i) tailors the
investment objectives to specific requests of the managed account client (as
documented in an investment advisory agreement) and/or (ii) are subject to
different terms and fees than those of the Funds. Such managed account
investment objectives, fee arrangements and terms are individually
negotiated, and it should be noted that any such managed account
relationships are generally subject to significant account minimums.
Sidus has in the past and may in the future, enter into letter agreements or
other similar agreements (collectively, “Side Letters”) with one or more
Investors that provide such Investors with additional and/or different rights
or terms than those set forth in the Funds’ offering documents, such as
reduced fees.
services, (1) describe the differences, if any, between how you manage wrap fee
accounts and how you manage other accounts, and (2) explain that you receive
a portion of the wrap fee for your services.
Sidus does not participate in wrap fee programs.
a discretionary basis and the amount of client assets you manage on a non-
discretionary basis. Disclose the date “as of” which you calculated the amounts.
As of December 31, 2023, Sidus manages $ 70,150,030 of Advisory Client net
assets on a discretionary basis. As of December 31, 2023, Sidus’ regulatory
assets under management, as disclosed on Form ADV Part 1 are $89,108,618
Sidus does not currently manage any Advisory Client assets on a non-
discretionary basis.