SGEAIL is an alternative assets investment manager based in Dublin, Ireland. SGEAIL is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Swiss Capital Alternative Investments AG (“SCAI”) (CRD Number 301039), a Swiss corporation
that was formed in 1998 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland. As of March 31,2023, SGEAIL had
$31,236,879,852, all of which was managed on a discretionary basis.
On September 16, 2020, StepStone Group Inc. (“SSG Inc.”) listed and began trading on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market under the trading symbol “STEP.” The IPO closed on September 18, 2020. SSG Inc. is the
sole managing member of StepStone Group Holdings LLC, which in turn is the General Partner of StepStone
Group LP.
As a result of, and subsequent to, the IPO, SSG Inc. has an indirect economic interest in SGEAIL. All equity
owners of SGEAIL in excess of 5% are identified on Schedule A of SGEAIL’s Part 1A.
SGEAIL provides investment management and supervisory services to institutional investors worldwide,
primarily with respect to private markets. SGEAIL also sponsors and advises private markets funds with a
variety of investment strategies, as described below. SGEAIL’s full range of private markets services also
includes private markets monitoring and reporting services.
SGEAIL focuses on investments in hedge funds through its fund of hedge funds as well as investments in
private debt, offering tailored multi-manager mandates to clients. SGEAIL acts as a discretionary or non-
discretionary investment manager to institutional entities, pooled investment vehicles and individual
portfolio investments. Each institutional entity and pooled investment vehicle, or other client account
advised by the Firm, is a “Client” and collectively, they are the Firm’s “Clients.” SCAI acts as a sub-adviser
to certain of the Clients of SGEAIL, making discretionary investment decisions for the Clients and primarily
performs the risk management and due diligence. Additionally, SCAI manages a number of Cayman-
structured funds in its capacity as sub-adviser to such funds. SGEAIL is an alternative investment fund
manager (“AIFM”) licensed by the Central Bank of Ireland under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers
Directive (“AIFMD”).
SGEAIL currently acts as manager to one Irish authorized UCITS trust and has been authorized to act as an
AIFM to various alternative investment funds (“AIFs”), specifically unit trusts and designated investment
companies. SGEAIL manages Swiss Capital Traditional Funds, a UCITS umbrella unit trust. SGEAIL also acts
as AIFM to several
Clients structured as pooled investment vehicles that are authorized as AIFs. SGEAIL can
also provide investment advice to additional Irish qualifying investor AIFs (“QIAIFs”) in the future. SGEAIL
also acts as AIFM to a number of Cayman-domiciled funds and to a number of Luxembourg AIFS.
SGEAIL also provides non-discretionary private markets monitoring and reporting services, to institutional
clients (“Monitoring and Reporting Clients”). Monitoring and reporting services include, but are not limited
to, portfolio tracking and monitoring, database development and maintenance for document retention
and performance data, portfolio analysis, review and reporting, review of amendments to governing
documents, general research and education.
SGEAIL and its affiliates, including those financial industry affiliates discussed in Item 10, maintain an
extensive and proprietary database called StepStone Private Markets Intelligence ("SPI™"). SPI™ filters
opportunities coming to market and tracks ongoing performance. SPI™ has over 16,400 general partners
across 43,900 funds and 86,800 portfolio companies. With its advanced search and query tools, SPI™ can
sort by geography, sector, sub-sector, industry, fund size (local currency and USD), GICS, and countless
permutations of various classification criteria. The database includes funds as far back as vintage year 1969
and monitors 5,200 active general partner investors. The data is accumulated from several sources,
including information gathered during due diligence by StepStone’s research professionals for
approximately 500 funds a year. The information in SPI™ is available for purchase and is currently utilized
by third parties, clients and investors. SGEAIL may waive fees for SPI™ access at its discretion.
SGEAIL tailors its advisory services to the specific investment objectives and restrictions of each of the
Clients pursuant to the investment guidelines and restrictions set forth in their respective confidential
private placement memorandum, limited partnership or limited liability company agreement, investment
advisory contract and other governing documents (collectively, “Governing Documents”) as well as
information learned through ongoing discussions with each Client. Investors and prospective investors of
each fund Client should refer to all Governing Documents of the applicable fund Client or contractual
relationship for complete information regarding investment objectives and restrictions. There is no
assurance that these investment objectives will be achieved.