ITEM 7: TYPES OF CLIENTS
Alloy provides investment advisory services to the Fund and not individually to the
Investors in the Fund. The Fund requires newly admitted Investors to be “qualified clients” under
the Advisers Act. Additionally, the Fund has a minimum investment requirement of $1,000,000
for Investors, although this minimum may be waived or reduced as provided in the Fund’s offering
documents. Additionally, Alloy provides investment advisory services to Sub-Advisory Accounts.
ITEM 8: METHOD OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS
All Investors receive a Confidential Offering Memorandum (a “PPM”) and other offering
documents before being given the opportunity to invest in the Fund. The PPM discusses in detail
the investment objectives, investment strategy and risk factors relating to an investment in the
Fund. The following is a summary of the information that appears in more detail in the PPM, which
should be reviewed by all potential Investors.
Introduction
Alloy’s investment objective is to maximize long-term absolute returns, in variable market
and economic conditions, while managing risk and preserving capital. Alloy’s proprietary
methods first seek to identify areas of the public equities markets which it believes to be relatively
inefficient, due to lack of research analyst coverage, company size, or persistent human biases
which cause investors to misunderstand companies’ future prospects. Within these areas, Alloy
has conducted extensive, advanced statistical analyses on company financial information,
valuation data, and other proprietary variables, in order to develop systems which it believes can
identify securities which are likely to outperform and underperform their peers. Alloy
systematically utilizes these insights to select long and short candidates, and to periodically
rebalance the Fund’s portfolio. Regardless of the investment strategy, potential Investors should be
aware that investing in securities involves risk of loss that Investors must be prepared to bear. The
following Fund related information and risks also apply to advisory clients under Sub-Advisory
Account relationships.
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
Alloy believes that investors may be well served by utilizing a systematic investment strategy
that can select securities in an unbiased manner, reducing the subjective judgments that often dilute
manager performance. Alloy’s focus is on statistical accuracy, investment discipline and consistent
implementation. However, Alloy does not deploy a “black box” strategy wherein a computer
algorithm executes trades without human interaction. While Alloy’s proprietary systems informs its
trading decisions, all trades are implemented and executed by its employees.
Alloy has wide latitude in the selection of investments for the Fund. The Partnership
Agreement does not impose specific limits on the types or amounts of securities or other instruments
in which the Fund may invest, the types of positions it may take, the concentration of its investments
(whether by sector, industry, asset class or otherwise), the amount of leverage it may employ or the
number or nature of short positions it may take. In pursuit of its investment objective the Fund may
hold, sell, sell short, and otherwise deal in U.S. equity securities, foreign equity securities, and other
financial instruments such as ETFs (exchange traded funds). While the Fund’s portfolio may at times
be market neutral, there is frequently directional exposure in favor of the long or the short side. The
Fund uses opportunistic short selling as part of its balanced investment approach and also as a partial
hedge against directional market risk. The Fund may buy, sell, write, and trade options and other
derivative instruments (both publicly traded and over-the-counter instruments; both covered and
uncovered) on securities and securities indices for both hedging and speculative purposes. Depending
on conditions and trends in the financial markets, Alloy may pursue other strategies or employ other
techniques it considers appropriate and in the Fund’s best interests. The Partnership Agreement does
not impose specific limits on the types or amounts of securities or other instruments in which the Fund
may invest, the types of positions it may take, the concentration of its investments (whether by sector,
industry, asset class or otherwise), or the amount of leverage it may employ.
Alloy also incorporates certain risk management trading principles of entry, exit and position
management to initiate, manage and liquidate positions based on changing market conditions. The
Fund seeks absolute returns and does not target its returns against any stock or other market index.
The investment strategy is deployed with the objective of maximizing returns after transaction
costs and taxes, and as such, some positions may be held for investment periods exceeding one year,
although some positions may be held for much shorter time periods. Trading profits may be
comprised of both short term capital gains (which are currently taxed at rates equivalent to ordinary
income) and long term capital gains.
INVESTMENTS
The Fund’s capital is invested primarily in publicly-traded equity securities (including
exchange traded funds) and equity and index options. Nevertheless, in the interest of both preserving
capital and taking advantage of profit opportunities, Alloy retains the flexibility to invest in a broad
range of securities, asset classes and situations and use a broad range of specialized investment
techniques.
The Fund may invest in the securities of foreign issuers, including those traded overseas as
well as those traded in the United States. Trading in securities of foreign issuers often involves
additional risks (such as those associated with unfavorable changes in exchange rates) but also, in
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