Overview
4.A. General Description of Advisory Firm
36 South Capital Advisors LLP (“the Firm”, “36 South”, “we”, “our”) is an investment manager
headquartered in London, England. The Firm is authorized and regulated in the UK by the
Financial Conduct Authority (FRN: 477881). It is a limited liability partnership, owned entirely
by its partners.
The Firm was originally founded in New Zealand in January 2001, as 36 South Investment
Managers. In April 2009, the Firm moved to London and began operating under the name 36
South Capital Advisors LLP.
Principal Owners:
• Richard (Jerry) Haworth 75%
• Michael Tasker 25%
4.B. Types of Advisory Services
36 South provides discretionary investment management services to a number of pooled
investment vehicles and funds of one (together, the “Funds”, and each a “Fund”). The Firm
has been appointed as the investment manager, with full discretion to invest the assets of
each Fund.
The Firm also provides discretionary investment management services to a separately
managed account (“SMA”) for a US State pension.
The Firm specializes in the creation and management of asymmetrical portfolios with an
emphasis on crisis protection. Broadly speaking, our Funds seek to generate convex returns
by investing in long-dated, pan-asset class options. The Funds are designed to generate their
greatest returns during market crises. The objective is to help our investors to protect their
wider portfolios against periods of extreme and/or sustained market volatility.
The Firm conducts its advisory business from the UK and has no place of business in the US.
It currently provides investment management to 36 South Funds ICAV (an Ireland domiciled
umbrella fund which has a number of sub-funds with segregated liability, each of which is a
Fund), and Kohinoor Core (Cayman) Master Fund (a
Cayman domiciled master fund, with
feeder funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands and Delaware, US).
The Delaware fund and SMA are our only US clients, although certain of the Irish and
Cayman funds are available to US investors.
Throughout this document, the Funds and managed account will be collectively referred to
as “Funds”.
As of January 2023, the Firm was appointed as a delegated investment adviser to two
Luxembourg domiciled UCITS funds. As of January 2024, the Firm then became delegated
investment manager to these funds. These funds are not available to US investors. We just
list them for completeness.
4.C. Tailoring of Services and Investment Restrictions
36 South manages the assets of each Fund in accordance with the strategy, objectives and
restrictions set out in the Fund’s governing and offering documents. Our management of any
SMAs will be governed by an investment management agreement. The Firm’s services are
therefore tailored to the investment mandate of each Fund and each SMA client.
The Firm manages a number of funds of one. It has capacity to offer further customized
funds, should there be a demand. Fund of one or SMA clients may suggest or stipulate
certain investment restrictions. 36 South is happy to consider requests for customized
mandates.
4.D. Wrap Fee Programs
36 South neither participates in, nor is it a sponsor of, any wrap fee programs.
4.E. Assets Under Management
As at 31 December 2023, the Firm had total regulatory assets under management of
$1,233,264,458 on a discretionary basis. This includes our US domiciled private fund, US SMA
client, plus those of our non-US private funds which are available to US persons and/or
beneficially owned by US persons. Please see the miscellaneous section for more detail.
We do not manage any assets on a non-discretionary basis.