Agenda item #4 if 1u r a CHRIS CHRISTIE DEPARFMENT OF riiu TREASERY Cu rout DIVISION OF INVES UMENT P.O. BOX 290 KIMG AD.\GNO TRENTON NJ 08625-0290 ANDRIA\ P. SIDAMON ERIS [OFF vernor ii. Go State 7ea curer October 15. 2010
MEMORANDUM TO: The State Investment Council
FROM: Timothy Walsh Director
SUBJECT: Proposed additional investments to existing Hedge Fund Investments in King Street Capital. L.P. and Davidson Kempner Institutional Partners Fund. L.P.
This due diligence memorandum is presented to the State Investment Council (the “Council”) pursuant to N.J.A.C. 17:16-69.9 to report on proposed $50 million additional commitments to King Street Capital, L.P. and Davidson Kempner Institutional Partners Fund, LP.
Please note that these investments are authorized pursuant to Articles 69 and 100 of the State investment Council’s (the “Council”) regulations. The King Street Capital. L.P. Fund and Da idson Kempner Institutional Partners Fund. L.P. will he considered credit oriented investment and equity oriented investment. respectively, as defined under N.J .C. 1716-1001.
The Division of Investment (“Division”) Staff and its hedge fund consultant, Cliff\4ater LLC. undertook extensive due diligence on these proposed additional investments. We completed the same due diligence process as with all the other alternative investment opportunities presented to the Council.
The King Street Capital. LP. is a distressed/event driven hedge fund. was started by Francis Biondi and Brian Higgins in April IQQ5. The firm manae SlQ.b billion. SI Sf ‘n :r loha’ lc u i’h S oncentrjticn uPd N5 mill i in 10 c I r ii p r I c II I t t d sti I dOd I t i n uc t ar t s i i on t I: i at s I S q Ia struct IL iads lhc - s nsk r ti p rtf s tl pcc iss i ‘1 tisk nhich is mitigated h\ dieisiticd portlolto ot tate 5 to 125 positions I he make
limited use ot le\ erage. 1he tirmn has 174 emplo’ees including 63 ins estnienm prufeuoonals. The ftmd” ear-to-date performance ended September 30, 2)111) 3.50’ . 1005 i. 1 It I hc annn:mliiedreturn jflLC inecpti in in April to September ( i 11 1 2 . tjcL,rd da r. 1h do. Nic” no; :.d: a: I i;:::’i ar..cn• The State Investment Council October 15. 201() Page 2
April 1, 2007 to September 30, 2010; the arniualized rate of return over the period is 10 39%,
The Davidson Kempner Capital Management, LLC was founded by Marvin H. Davidson in May 1983. The Davidson Kempner Institutional Partners Fund for tax exempt investors was started in May 1995. The firm manages 514.3 billion of which 513.2 billion is in the event driven strategy. The fund primarily invests in merger arbitrage. bankruptcy and restructuring situations. They also invest in convertible arbitrage. event driven equities and distressed opportunities. The firm employs a bottoms-up approach based on extensive research and understanding of factors affecting the future performance of the company and the industry sector. They typically do not use leverage. The firm has 81 investment professionals and 86 operations and back office personnel. The fund had a low management fee of 1% which was raised to 1.5% on January 1, 2007 for new investors; old investors were grand fathered at 1%. The management fee for 550 million additional investment will he 1.5%. Blended management fee for SI 50 million
committed capital works out to I . 167%. The funds performance has been very strong. Fund returned 7.17% year-to-date ended September 30. 2010. Since inception in March 1996, the annualized return and the standard deviation ended September 30, 2010 were 9.70% and 3.76%, respectively. The division initially invested $100 million on December 1, 2006. The original investment has generated 26.96% return over the period December 1. 2006 to September 30, 2010; the annualized rate of return over the period is 6.43%.
We will work with representatives of the Division of Law and outside counsel to review and negotiate specific terms of the legal documents to govern each investment. In addition, each proposed investment must comply with the Council’s “pay to play” regulation (N.J.A.C. 17:16-4).
Formal written due diligence reports for the proposed investments were sent to each member of the Investment Policy Committee on October 13, 2010. and a meeting of the Committee was held on October 14. 2010. In addition to the formal written due diligence reports. all other information obtained by the Division on the investments was made available to the Investment Policy Committee.
\V look forx\ard to d1\cussin the proposed invest ments at the Council c October 21 2010 mee.tin
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