Types of Clients
Niam’s only current clients are the Funds. Investors in the Funds are generally accredited
investors and qualified purchasers, which may include sovereign wealth funds, endowments,
foundations, high net worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, and other institutional
investors. The minimum investment commitment required of an investor in a Fund is generally
€10,000,000, although Niam retains the discretion to waive or reduce any minimum investment
requirement.
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Method of Analysis and Investment Strategies
The Funds generally invest in commercial and residential properties with the objective of
providing investors with income and capital growth. Niam Nordic Fund IV, L.P. and Niam
Nordic Fund V, L.P. generally will only invest in properties located in Norway, Sweden,
Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (the “Nordic and Baltic Regions”). Niam
Nordic Core-Plus generally will only invest in properties located in Sweden, Finland, Norway
and Denmark (the “Nordic Region”).
The Funds primarily invest through wholly-owned entities in real estate and real estate-related
opportunities, however, the Funds may also invest in real estate both directly and indirectly
through the acquisition of controlling interests in companies or joint ventures owning real estate.
Niam utilizes its team of real estate professionals located in regional offices combined with its
wide reaching network to evaluate and select investments based on a strategy supported by an
extensive analysis of the macroeconomics and its impact on the real estate market. Niam’s team
draws upon their long-standing local relationships and experience of investing in certain area to
analyze and interpret the property market on an ongoing basis. The foundation of expertise is
combined with a formal analysis of macroeconomic conditions and their projected impact on the
local property markets in order to shape an investment strategy.
Risk of Loss
While Niam actively manages its portfolios in an effort to achieve returns and reduce risk of loss,
all investment portfolios are subject to risks. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that client
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investment portfolios will be able to fully meet their investment objectives and goals, or that
investments will not lose money.
Below is a description of several of the principal risks that investments made in the Funds face.
• Risks of Investing in Real Estate Assets. Where Niam invests client assets in real estate
assets, such investments are subject to all the risks inherent in investing in real estate
assets. These risks include, without limitation: illiquidity of real estate investments;
general and local economic and social conditions; neighborhood values and the adverse
use of adjacent or neighboring real estate; the supply of, and demand for, properties of
the type in which a client invests; changes in tax, zoning, building, environmental and
other applicable laws; real property tax rates; changes in interest rates; governmental
actions; fluctuation of real estate values; the unavailability or limited availability of credit
that may render the sale of real estate assets difficult or unattractive; calamities; and acts
of bad faith. Such risks also may cause fluctuations in operating expenses, which could
adversely affect the value of client investments in real estate assets. Where client
investments include debt instruments, such investments are also subject to the risk of
counterparty default.
• Limited Diversification of Investments. The Funds will target investments in countries in
the Nordic and Baltic Regions or the Nordic Region. The Funds potentially may not have
a portfolio of investments diversified across the countries in the Nordic and Baltic
Regions, and investors have no assurance as to the degree of diversification of
investments according to asset type. Consequently, the performance of the Funds is more
susceptible to a single country’s regional economic, political, social or other event
adversely affecting some or all of the Fund’s investments than if the investments were
more diversified. In addition, the performance of the Funds are more susceptible to
regional economic, political, social or other event adversely affecting the Nordic or Baltic
Regions than if the countries and regions in which Funds investment were more
diversified.
• Non-Specified Investments. Niam invests client assets in real estate assets and other
investments that will generally not be identified to clients prior to such investment.
Clients must rely on the judgment and ability of Niam with respect to the investment of
client assets, and will not have an opportunity to evaluate for themselves the relevant
economic, financial and other information regarding such investments. No assurance can
be given that Niam will be successful in obtaining real estate assets suitable for
investment.
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• Indemnification of Investment Manager. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the
Fund will indemnify and hold harmless the Manager, Niam and their respective affiliates,
directors, officers, employees, agents and shareholders against any claims, liabilities,
costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, incurred by them by reason of their
activities on behalf of the Fund or the partners thereof in the absence of gross negligence,
bad faith, fraud, willful default or material breach of the Fund’s governing documents by
such persons.
• Reliance on the Investment Manager and Key Personnel. The successful investment and
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