TRIUM UCITS PLATFORM PLC (Investment Company with Variable Capital)
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TRIUM UCITS PLATFORM PLC (Investment Company with Variable Capital) Interim Report and Condensed Unaudited Financial Statements For the financial period ended 30 June 2019 TRIUM UCITS PLATFORM PLC (Investment Company with Variable Capital) Interim Report and Condensed Unaudited Financial Statements For the financial period ended 30 June 2019 CONTENTS Page Management and Administration 2 Background to the Company 3 Investment Manager’s Report (incorporating the Report of the Sub-Investment Manager and Investment Advisor) 7 Statement of Financial Position 29 Statement of Comprehensive Income 37 Statement of Changes in Net Assets Attributable to Holders of Redeemable Participating Shares 40 Statement of Cash Flows 42 Notes to the Financial Statements 45 Schedule of Investments 85 Information for Investors in Germany 156 Appendix 1 – Schedule of Material Portfolio Changes 157 Appendix 2 – Securities Financing Transactions Regulation 166 TRIUM UCITS PLATFORM PLC (Investment Company with Variable Capital) Interim Report and Condensed Unaudited Financial Statements For the financial period ended 30 June 2019 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Directors Registered Office Bronwyn Wright* (Irish Resident) (Chairperson) 2nd Floor, Block E Andrew Collins (Irish Resident) Iveagh Court Maurice Murphy* (Irish Resident) Harcourt Road Dublin 2 * Independent non-executive Directors. D02 YT22 Ireland Promoter, Investment Manager and Distributor Trium Capital LLP Company Registration Number: 551039 60 Gresham Street London EC2V 7BB Legal Advisers as to Irish Law United Kingdom Dillon Eustace 33 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay Sub-Investment Manager Dublin 2 Blackwall Capital Investment AG D02 XK09 (in respect of Blackwall Europe L/S Fund Ireland and Blackwall Europe L/S 1.5X Fund) Gubelstrasse 24 Company Secretary 6300 Zug Carne Global Financial Services Limited Switzerland 2nd Floor, Block E Morphic Asset Management Pty Ltd Iveagh Court (in respect of Trium Morphic ESG L/S Fund) Harcourt Road Level 3, 139 Macquarie Street Dublin 2 Sydney D02 YT22 NSW 2000 Ireland Australia Independent Auditors Ellington Global Asset Management LLC PricewaterhouseCoopers (in respect of Ellington Trium One Spencer Dock Alternative Credit UCITS Fund) North Wall Quay 53 Forest Avenue, Suite 301 Dublin 1 Old Greenwich, CT D01 X9R7 06870 Ireland USA Depositary Chesapeake Asset Management LLC Northern Trust Fiduciary Services (Ireland) Limited (in respect of Chesapeake Global Equity Fund) Georges Court One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 2321 54-62 Townsend Street New York, NY Dublin 2 10020 D02 R156 USA Ireland Administrator, Registrar and Transfer Agent Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Ireland) Limited Georges Court 54-62 Townsend Street Dublin 2 D02 R156 Ireland 2 TRIUM UCITS PLATFORM PLC (Investment Company with Variable Capital) Interim Report and Condensed Unaudited Financial Statements For the financial period ended 30 June 2019 BACKGROUND TO THE COMPANY Trium UCITS Platform Plc (the “Company”) is an open-ended umbrella investment company with variable capital and segregated liability between its Funds and is organised under the laws of Ireland as a public limited company pursuant to the Companies Act 2014 (as amended). The Company is authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) pursuant to the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 2011 (as amended) (“the UCITS Regulations”) and the Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013 (Section 48(1)) (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 2015 (the "Central Bank UCITS Regulations"). The Company was incorporated on 14 October 2014 with registration number 551039. The Company is structured as an umbrella fund which may consist of different funds, each comprising one or more classes of shares. As at the date of this Interim Report and Condensed Unaudited Financial Statements, the Company has eight Funds in operation, Blackwall Europe L/S Fund, Blackwall Europe L/S 1.5X Fund, Trium Opportunistic Equity Fund, Trium Morphic ESG L/S Fund, Trium European Equity Market Neutral Fund , Ellington Trium Alternative Credit UCITS Fund, Trium Absolute Return Fund, and Trium Chesapeake Global Equity Fund (“the Funds”). Additional Funds may be established by the Company with the prior approval of the Central Bank. Investment Objective and Policy - Blackwall Europe L/S Fund (the “Fund”) The investment objective of the Fund is to seek capital appreciation and preservation of capital through, principally, investment and exposure on both a long and short basis in listed European equity and equity-related securities. The combination of investing on a long and short basis helps to protect against downside risk and preserve capital. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective through a long/short investment strategy. Using this strategy, the Fund will, invest in or take both long and short exposures through Financial Derivative Instruments (“FDIs”) to, principally, listed equity and equity-related securities (which may include, but are not limited, to convertible securities and warrants) of issuers from any economic sector and market capitalisation. The Fund will utilise FDIs to achieve exposure to underlying equity and equity related securities on both a long and short basis. These instruments may include, but are not limited to, futures (including contracts for difference), swaps, forwards, and options. The equity and equity-related securities in which the Fund invests will be: (i) listed on a European stock exchange or market, and/or (ii) the securities of businesses with a substantial operation in Europe. The Fund may also, for cash management purposes, invest in short duration fixed-income instruments (including sovereign, corporate or government bonds which may be fixed or floating rate, investment grade bonds as rated by a recognised credit rating agency). Investment Objective and Policy - Blackwall Europe L/S 1.5X Fund (the “Fund”) The investment objective of the Fund is to seek capital appreciation through, principally, investment and exposure on both a long and short basis in listed European equity and equity-related securities. The combination of investing on a long and short basis helps to protect against downside risk. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective through a long/short investment strategy. Using this strategy, the Fund will invest in or take both long and short exposures (through FDI) to, principally, listed equity and equity-related securities (which may include, but are not limited to, convertible securities and warrants) of issuers from any economic sector and market capitalisation. The Fund will utilise FDI to achieve exposure to underlying equity and equity-related securities on both a long and short basis. The FDI which the Fund intends to use are futures (including contracts for difference), swaps, forwards and options on equity and equity-related securities. In addition, the Fund may use such FDI on indices for the purpose of hedging and/or efficient portfolio management. The equity and equity-related securities in which the Fund invests will be: (i) listed on a European stock exchange or market, and/or (ii) the securities of businesses with a substantial operation in Europe. The Fund may also, for cash management purposes, invest in short duration fixed-income instruments (including sovereign, corporate or government bonds which may be fixed or floating rate, investment grade bonds as rated by a recognised credit rating agency). 3 TRIUM UCITS PLATFORM PLC (Investment Company with Variable Capital) Interim Report and Condensed Unaudited Financial Statements For the financial period ended 30 June 2019 BACKGROUND TO THE COMPANY (continued) Investment Objective and Policy - Trium Opportunistic Equity Fund (the “Fund”) The Fund’s investment objective is to seek to maximise returns over the medium term independent of market conditions. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a globally diversified portfolio of equity and equity-related securities (including warrants and convertible bonds). The Fund will not focus on any specific industry sector. The equities and equity- related securities in which the Fund may invest will generally be listed on recognised exchanges globally. The Fund may also invest up to 10% of net assets in transferable securities and/or Money Market Instruments which are not admitted to or dealt in on a Regulated Market, in accordance with the UCITS Regulations, which will include unlisted equities and equity-related securities and/or Money Market Instruments. It is intended that the Fund will have a global focus in relation to the equity and equity-related securities to which exposure may be taken. It is expected that the Fund will have significant investment in the United States ofAmerica. The Fund may, for cash management purposes, invest in short duration fixed-income instruments (including sovereign, corporate or government bonds which may be fixed or floating rate, investment grade bonds as rated by a recognised credit rating agency or, if unrated determined by the Investment Manager to be of comparable quality). Investment Objective and Policy – Trium Morphic ESG L/S Fund (the “Fund”) The investment objective of the Fund is to seek long term capital appreciation by investing in global equities that have been ethically screened by the Sub-Investment Manager. The fund seeks to deliver investors an ethically