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PART 2A OF FORM ADV: FIRM BROCHURE
ITEM 1. COVER PAGE
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
March 27, 2025
This brochure (the “Brochure”) provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Oppenheimer
Asset Management Inc. If you have any questions about the contents of this Brochure, please contact Brian Roth at
Brian.Roth@opco.com.
The information in this Brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. also is available on the SEC’s website at:
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Registration with the SEC as an investment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
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ITEM 2. MATERIAL CHANGES
This is the annual update for 2024. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. (“OAM”) filed its last annual update on
March 19, 2024. This update adds information about two private feeder funds, the AA Oaktree Power7 Access Fund
LLC and the AA Millennium USA Access Fund LLC, for which OAM is the investment adviser and reflects the fact
that effective May 5, 2025, Robert Lowenthal will become Chief Executive Officer of OAM.
A summary of any material changes to this and subsequent Brochures will be provided to you within 120 days of the
close of our business’ fiscal year. We may also provide you with additional updates or other disclosure information
at other times during the year in the event of any material changes to our business. You may request the most recent
version of this Brochure by contacting Brian Roth at Brian.Roth@opco.com.
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ITEM 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM 1 COVER PAGE……………………………………………………...….......
Cover Page
ITEM 2 MATERIAL CHANGES…………………………………………….…......
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ITEM 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………….……..
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ITEM 4 ADVISORY BUSINESS……………………………………….………..….
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ITEM 5 FEES AND COMPENSATION ………………………………….………...
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ITEM 6 PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY SIDE
MANAGEMENT….....................................................................................................
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ITEM 7 TYPES OF CLIENTS………………............................................................
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ITEM 8 METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND
RISK OF LOSS…........................................................................................................
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ITEM 9 DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION………………………………………….
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ITEM 10 OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND
AFFILIATIONS…………………………………………………………………........
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ITEM 11 CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT
TRANSACTIONS AND PERSONAL TRADING……………………………….......
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ITEM 12 BROKERAGE PRACTICES……………………………………………….
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ITEM 13 REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS…………………………………………………
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ITEM 14 CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION……………......
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ITEM 15 CUSTODY…………………………………………………………….…….
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ITEM 16 INVESTMENT DISCRETION……………………………………………...
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ITEM 17 VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES…………………………………………...
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ITEM 18 FINANCIAL INFORMATION……………………………………………...
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ITEM 4. ADVISORY BUSINESS
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. (“OAM”) has been in business since 1986. OAM is owned directly by Viner
Finance Inc., a subsidiary of E.A. Viner International Co., a subsidiary of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. which is a
publicly held company.
OAM offers a variety of advisory services including portfolio management of separate accounts, investment
consulting services and research, and investment advisory services to private feeder funds. This Brochure covers
fixed income separate accounts managed by OIA, the fixed income management group of OAM, and two private
funds managed by OAM.
The structure of our advisory programs entails certain conflicts of interest as discussed below.
OAM as Fiduciary to You
As a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”), OAM has an
obligation to act as a fiduciary in the way that we provide advisory services to you according to legal standards set
forth under the Advisers Act., certain state laws and common law.
What does it mean to act as a Fiduciary?
– We need to act in your best interests.
– We need to place your interests ahead of our own.
– We must disclose material facts about our advisory programs.
– We design our advisory programs to avoid conflicts of interest but if there is a potential for a conflict, we
disclose the conflict to you.
Our recommendations to you are based on our understanding of your investment goals and risk tolerance.
– We will not engage in principal trading (trades between your accounts and our proprietary accounts)
without your consent.
– We will disclose the fees that you pay and compensation that we receive.
– We must have a reasonable basis for believing our recommendations are suitable for you and are consistent
with your objectives and goals.
When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or individual retirement account,
we are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal
Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. The way we make money creates some
conflicts with your interests, so we operate under a special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not
put our interest ahead of yours. Under this special rule’s provisions, we must:
– Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give prudent advice);
– Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations (give loyal advice);
– Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
– Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your best interest;
– Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
– Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
Discretionary Fixed Income Accounts
Fixed income accounts are managed on a discretionary basis and include the following strategies:
Insurance Fixed Income
– Short Duration Cash Management – Taxable and Tax Exempt
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Intermediate Fixed Income
Investment Grade Tax Exempt Fixed Income (Active and Laddered Portfolio Accounts)
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– Core Fixed Income
– Core Plus Fixed Income
– Corporate Core Plus Fixed Income
– High Yield Fixed Income
– High Yield Tax Exempt Fixed Income
Fixed income separate accounts described in this Brochure are not part of a wrap fee program sponsored by OAM
and are not custodied at Oppenheimer. The fixed income separate accounts described in this Brochure are custodied
at a custodian chosen by the client. The fixed income separate accounts described in this Brochure are custodied at
broker-dealers that are unaffiliated with Oppenheimer. The service provided by OAM for separate accounts is
discretionary portfolio management only. Clients may impose reasonable restrictions on investing in certain
securities or types of securities. High yield fixed income accounts are no longer being offered and are in the process
of being liquidated.
OAM manages separate accounts in accordance with the individual financial objectives of clients, taking into
account client’s risk tolerance, need for liquidity, time horizon and investment restrictions.
Oppenheimer Investment Advisers (“OIA”), the fixed income advisory group of OAM, also provides portfolio
management services in two wrap programs sponsored by OAM and in wrap programs sponsored by unaffiliated
advisers.
Consulting Services
OAM provides investment consulting services to institutional clients. These services include the following:
Identification and monitoring of portfolio managers
– Development or updating of an investment policy statement
– Development of asset allocation strategy or model
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– Client reporting
OAM’s consulting services do not include custodial services from Oppenheimer. OAM does not introduce portfolio
managers affiliated with OAM to clients who enter into a consulting services agreement.
Advisory Services to Private Feeder Funds / Access Funds
Oppenheimer Alternative Investment Management, LLC (“OAIM”), a Delaware limited liability company and
affiliate of OAM, serves as Managing Member to the private feeder funds listed below. OAIM has appointed OAM
as investment adviser to the following private feeder funds:
1). AA Millennium USA Access Fund LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AA Millennium”), is a private
“feeder fund” that invests or intends to invest substantially all of its assets in a private investment fund managed by
a manager that is not affiliated with the Managing Member, OAIM. OAIM has formed AA Millennium to provide
access to investors to an underlying fund, Millennium USA LP, that would generally not be available to individual
investors and to permit investors to invest indirectly in the underlying fund at lower minimum investment
requirements than required by the underlying fund. Millennium USA LP, a private investment fund managed by
Millennium Management LLC, is a multi-strategy fund launched in 1990 that is focused on achieving attractive risk-
adjusted returns with low market correlation, beta and volatility by operating through four core strategies: relative
value fundamental equity, equity arbitrage, fixed income and quantitative. AA Millennium, a feeder created by
OAM, offers client’s access to Millennium USA LP.
2). AA Oaktree Power7 Access Fund LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AA Oaktree”), is a private
“feeder fund” that invests or intends to invest substantially all of its assets in a private investment fund managed by
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a manager that is not affiliated with the Managing Member, OAIM. OAIM has formed AA Oaktree to provide
access to investors to an underlying fund, Oaktree Power Opportunities Fund VII, L.P., that would generally not be
available to individual investors and to permit investors to invest indirectly in the underlying fund at lower minimum
investment requirements than required by the underlying fund, Oaktree Power Opportunities Fund VII, L.P. Oaktree
Power Opportunities Fund VII, L.P., a private investment fund managed by Oaktree Capital Management, invests in
power, natural gas, water/wastewater, and other utility-related companies.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2024, OAM managed $14,920,433,679 of client assets on a discretionary basis and
$5,049,239,012 on a non-discretionary basis.
ITEM 5. FEES AND COMPENSATION
OIA Fees and Compensation
OAM periodically reviews the fees charged its advisory clients, and makes adjustments to ensure fees are in
accordance with the fee schedules described in this Brochure. The adjusted fees may be rounded up or down to the
nearest basis point.
Advisory fees may be calculated based upon a different data feed than that used to generate account statements. The
data feed will differ in its treatment of factors such as accrued interest and trades pending settlement.
OIA manages separate accounts in wrap fee programs sponsored by OAM and by third party firms and accounts that
are not part of a wrap fee program.
OIA Separate Account Fees
Maximum Fee and minimum account sizes for the OIA strategies described in this Brochure are set forth below:
OAM Advisory Program Minimums and Fees
Strategy
Minimum Account Size
Maximum Fees
OIA
High Yield Tax Exempt: $250,000
Investment Grade Tax Exempt: $150,000
All other OIA accounts: $150,000
High Yield Tax Exempt: 1.25%
Tax Exempt Bond Laddered Portfolio:
0.50%
Cash Management: 0.80%
High Yield: 1.00%
Insurance: 0.40%
All other OIA accounts: 0.30%
Fees are negotiable based upon factors that may include the size of the overall client relationship and the discretion
of the client’s Financial Advisor.
Consulting Service Fees
OAM provides investment management consulting services. The fees for this service vary depending on the services
provided. Clients that retain OAM to provide identification and monitoring of portfolio managers, asset allocation
performance reporting and investment policy preparation pay fees at a negotiated rate.
Clients may choose to retain OAM for some but not all of the services listed above. If they choose this option,
clients will pay for the services they select at a negotiated rate:
– Review or production of an Investment Policy Statement
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– Asset allocation modeling
– Due diligence on portfolio managers.
– Performance reporting.
Research Service Fees
OAM provides research services to its affiliate Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer also provides the research to certain of
its clients. On occasion, OAM uses this research in the management of an advisory strategy before the research is
provided to OAM’s research clients.
Payment of Fees and Other Expenses
Clients can choose to pay OAM’s fees and expenses out of their assets or have OAM send them a bill for services.
Fees generally are billed and/or deducted once a month in advance. If a client terminates an account prior to the end
of the month, the client is entitled to a pro-rata refund of fees.
Clients will pay custody fees on assets that are not held at Oppenheimer and will pay brokerage fees and other
transaction costs for those assets held away. See Item 12, Brokerage Practices, for additional information regarding
the factors we consider in selecting broker-dealers for client transactions, and in determining the reasonableness of
their compensation.
OAM fees generally are paid in advance. A pro rata refund of fees is provided to clients who terminate the
agreement.
Fees and Compensation from Advisory Services to Private Feeder Funds / Access Funds
1). AA Millennium will pay an investment management fee to OAM equal to 1.00% (annual rate) of each
Member’s capital account balance. The management fee shall be paid quarterly in advance. OAM may, in
its sole discretion, waive or reduce the management fee payable to OAM by any particular Member (e.g.,
for employees of the Managing Member or its affiliates).
The Managing Member, OAIM, may hold back 5% of capital commitments (i.e., invest 5% less in the
underlying fund) to pay for fund expenses including, but not limited to, the management fee. The
Managing Member, OAIM, may call capital from Members to pay for fund expenses (including the
management fee) at time intervals (e.g., annually, semi-annually, etc.) selected in the Managing Member’s,
OAIM’s, sole discretion. In addition, the Managing Member, OAIM, may hold back a portion of any
withdrawals or distributions to be made to Members to pay for future fund expenses including the
management fee.
2). AA Oaktree will pay an investment management fee to OAM equal to the following: (a) 0.75% (annual
rate) of each Member’s aggregate capital contributions (less any amounts returned as uninvested) for the
period from the initial closing date to but excluding the Investment Period start date, provided that any
indebtedness incurred directly or indirectly by the fund in lieu of a drawdown of capital commitments shall
be treated as capital contributions for purposes of this determination; (b) 0.75% (annual rate) of each
Member’s capital commitment during the investment period; and (c) during the period after the end of the
Investment Period, 0.75% (annual rate) of the lesser of (i) the total funded capital commitment of the
relevant Member (less any amounts returned as uninvested), provided that any indebtedness incurred by the
fund in lieu of a drawdown of capital commitments shall be treated as capital commitments that have been
drawn down for purposes of this determination and (ii) the relevant Member’s pro rata portion of the cost
basis of the investments held by the fund as of the close of the last business day of the next-to-last month of
the immediately preceding calendar quarter (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the relevant Member’s
pro rata portion of the cost basis of investments acquired with indebtedness incurred by the Fund in lieu of
a drawdown of capital commitments). Commencing on the first management fee due date after the eleventh
anniversary of the investment period start date, the management fee percentage for each Member shall be
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reduced to 0.50% per annum. The management fee shall be paid quarterly in advance. OAM may, in its
sole discretion, waive or reduce the management fee payable to OAM by any particular Member (e.g., for
employees of the Managing Member or its affiliates). The Managing Member, OAIM, may hold back 5%
of capital commitments (i.e., invest 5% less in the underlying fund) to pay for fund expenses including, but
not limited to, the management fee. The Managing Member, OAIM, may call capital from Members to pay
for fund expenses (including the management fee) at time intervals (e.g., annually, semiannually, etc.)
selected in the Managing Member’s, OAIM’s, sole discretion. In addition, the Managing Member, OAIM,
may hold back a portion of any distributions to be made to Members to pay for future fund expenses
including the management fee.
AA Millennium and AA Oaktree do not pay an incentive allocation to OAM. However, the underlying fund
managers receive an incentive allocation of 20% of the net capital appreciation attributable to the capital account of
each underlying fund investor. As a result, investors will indirectly be paying a portion of the incentive allocation
payable to the underlying fund managers by virtue of the feeder funds’ investments in the underlying funds. In
addition, investors in AA Millennium and AA Oaktree will also indirectly bear the management fees and/or fund
expenses associated with investing through the underlying fund.
ITEM 6. PERFORMANCE – BASED FEES AND SIDE BY SIDE MANAGEMENT
Although there are no performance based fee arrangements in OAM, certain OAM portfolio managers may manage
accounts or portfolios with similar or opposing strategies at the same time. This will generally pose a conflict.
ITEM 7. TYPES OF CLIENTS
OAM provides advice to individuals, foundations, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations,
business or government entities, insurance companies and endowments.
The minimum account size for OIA accounts is set forth in the table in item 4.
Please note OAM may accept accounts below the minimum based upon factors including the size of the overall
client relationship and the discretion of the client’s Financial Advisor.
Advisory contracts for separately managed accounts generally may be terminated on thirty days written notice to
OAM.
OAM serves as investment adviser to private feeder funds. The minimum subscription in these funds, unless waived,
reduced or increased by the Managing Member, OAIM, in its sole and absolute discretion, is as follows:
• AA Millennium USA Access Fund LLC (“AA Millennium”) - $250,000
• AA Oaktree Power7 Access Fund LLC Fund (“AA Oaktree”) - $250,000
ITEM 8. METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS
Consulting Services
OAM recommends managers or funds (the term funds includes mutual funds, ETFs and closed end funds) based on
strategic asset allocation as well as review of the managers. OAM uses a third party risk model providers and an
attribution to examine portfolio characteristics and risk exposure of a manager’s historical portfolio holdings. The
risk model tool is an analytic tool that assists OAM in evaluating a manager’s style consistency. OAM compares a
manager’s description of its investment process to the quantitative analysis generated through the risk tool. OAM
uses a proprietary analytic tool to analyze a potential investment strategy within the context of a larger portfolio for
diversification and correlation to the existing strategies. OAM uses historical performance analysis and analyzes
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holdings and return data. OAM also analyzes investment styles in up and down market cycles and in various credit
cycles.
Fixed Income Accounts
OIA manages fixed income accounts with the following strategies:
Short Duration Cash Management
Insurance
Intermediate Taxable
Investment Grade Tax Exempt (Active and Laddered Portfolio Accounts)
Core
Core Plus
Corporate Core Plus
High Yield
High Yield Tax Exempt
For each of these strategies, the investment process begins with an understanding of the client’s needs and
objectives. Security selection for all strategies except Investment Grade Tax Exempt is bottom-up and focuses on
optimal bond selection. Portfolio managers may analyze the financial statements of corporate bond issuers and may
value the entire capital structure or some portion thereof. In selecting core holdings, portfolio managers look for
higher yield than the strategy’s benchmark, shorter maturities, stable fundamentals and long holding periods.
Portfolio managers make duration judgments. Portfolio managers may select fixed income securities that they expect
will have a rating upgrade or are undervalued. Generally, before securities are purchased for client accounts, a
relative value analysis is conducted based on proprietary and/or public spread data. The portfolio manager’s decision
to sell securities involves many factors which include:
risk/return becomes unfavorable
attractive alternative is available
deteriorating credit fundamentals
portfolio balancing is required
client specific needs
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OIA Taxable Accounts Methodology
OIA’s security analysis methods for taxable accounts may include some or all of the following proprietary models to
evaluate a company’s credit worthiness, project earnings and conduct scenario analysis to test earnings, leverage,
cash flow and ratings assumptions. OIA’s analysts may also perform company background checks, on-site visits and
meetings with senior management teams of the companies under consideration. OIA analysis focuses on the
following:
Industry analysis
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– Company analysis
– Capital structure / security analysis
Indenture Covenant Analysis
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OIA uses a variety of third party data services available to the public or to financial services professionals. OIA’s
analysts subscribe to industry specific literature and websites.
OIA Investment Grade Tax Exempt Methodology
OIA Investment Grade Tax Exempt Methodology – Active and Laddered Portfolio Accounts
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OIA offers two types of investment grade tax exempt portfolios — active separately managed accounts and laddered
portfolios.
Clients who select a laddered portfolio can choose a portfolio with securities whose maturities range from 1 to 5
years, from 1 to 10 years and from 5 to 15 years. Within the laddered portfolios, active management components are
limited to ongoing credit monitoring and reinvestment of maturing bonds.
Investment analysis is done internally by OIA portfolio managers and analysts. While credit ratings by the national
rating agencies (Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and Fitch) are observed as a baseline, they are not the sole
determining factor in security selection or liquidation.
In the actively managed accounts, the investment methodology begins with a top-down approach that analyzes
general economic conditions, both nationally and geographically as well as the overall interest rate/inflation
environment over the next 12-24 months. Domestic economic data releases are reviewed by the portfolio
management team for general trends in GDP and inflation. Interest rate forecasts will be an important factor in
determining maturity selection and bond structure, as well as geographic areas that the portfolio management team
believes are performing above national averages. Security selection for all portfolios is guided by an investment
discipline which limits all tax-exempt investments to General Obligation, Essentials, Revenue or Pre-Refunded
securities. Corporate issuers and bonds for projects that we deem non-essential to a community may not be allowed
as investments in the portfolio. Occasionally, a new client portfolio may be established with bond positions that
deviate from this discipline, in which case the bonds are reviewed on a case by case basis by the portfolio managers
to determine whether they will be accepted.
All investments are reviewed for general creditworthiness based on three key categories:
1. General economic conditions in municipality and surrounding areas. Statistics that are reviewed may
include general population poverty levels, concentrated manufacturing or service businesses in area,
percentage of student population on free lunch programs, and residential foreclosure rates in investment
area;
2. Underfunded pension and/or healthcare liability; and
3. All bonds, but specifically revenue bonds are reviewed as to the purpose of the bond and the security of the
revenue stream that supports the projects(s). Finally all credits are reviewed as to general trends in financial
management to determine whether credit is improving or deteriorating. This may include review of
leverage and bond coverage ratios. The dominant sources of information for analysis are the bond offering
statements and ongoing financial disclosures of specific credits.
Once a credit is determined to be appropriate for investment, an analysis of general market conditions and relative
value to similar credits is conducted to determine an appropriate valuation of the bond. Allocation of a purchase will
be determined by available cash in specific client accounts, individual client tax parameters (state residency), risk
profiles, and potential cash flow needs.
Municipal Bond Laddered Portfolio Specific Risks (1-5 year, 1-10 year and 5-15 year maturity portfolios):
– Credit Quality: Many municipal bonds have good credit ratings, but some higher-yield bonds pose
additional risks. Credit quality monitoring will be conducted for municipal security laddered portfolios on
the same basis as it is for an actively managed municipal security portfolio. The portfolio management
team will seek to apply the same ‘sell’ discipline to all portfolios based on its internal credit analysis.
– Maturity: Municipal bond laddered portfolios are designed to be held until maturity in order to benefit from
the repayment of principal. In general, investors should select a laddered bond portfolio with maturity dates
that correspond to their desired portfolio maturity.
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– Yield: Municipal bond laddered portfolios yields will vary based on their maturity, credit quality, and
other factors. Once the investor selects a time horizon for a laddered portfolio, the portfolio will not be
managed for interest rate risks.
OIA High Yield Tax Exempt Methodology
Investment methodology begins with top down, bottom up credit research that analyzes the sector, the
documentation for the project, the management team for the company and the macroeconomics and demographics of
the market. The sub-advisory team may also seek to engage in workout or re-structuring agreements that are meant
to enhance the value or safety of their investment position.
Top down economic factors such as interest rates, credit cycles and political trends are assessed. Individual local
and state analysis is conducted including fiscal policy, political climate, surplus/deficits as well as industry analysis.
While value is the primary focus, duration management, sector allocation, yield curve positioning, buy/sell trade
execution, and geographic allocation also play a role in security selection.
Taxable Investment Strategies
Short Duration Cash Management
The OIA Short Duration Cash Management strategy seeks to consistently outperform the Bloomberg U.S.
Government 1-3 Year Index while diversifying the portfolio, seeking to manage portfolio risk levels and offering
liquidity to investors. OIA employs cash management strategies focused on individual security selection. Key
strategies include fundamental research analysis and management of portfolio risk factors. Investments are made
primarily in high credit quality direct obligations of issuers having a stated maturity of 2 years or less, with a target
average duration of one year.
Insurance Investment Accounts Management
The Insurance Investment Accounts Management product seeks to consistently outperform the client’s customized
performance benchmark while diversifying the portfolio, seeking to manage portfolio risk levels, maintaining a
controlled duration discipline consistent with the client’s investment guidelines for general or separate accounts.
Intermediate Fixed Income
The OIA Intermediate Fixed Income strategy seeks to consistently outperform the Bloomberg Intermediate
Government/Credit Index while diversifying the portfolio, seeking to manage portfolio risk level and maintaining a
controlled duration discipline. OIA employs intermediate fixed income strategies focused on individual security
selection. Key strategies include fundamental research analysis, a controlled duration discipline, emphasis on all
spread sectors and management of portfolio risk factors. Investments are made primarily in investment-grade
corporate bonds, mortgage backed and other structured securities, U.S. government securities and taxable municipal
bonds.
Core Fixed Income
The OIA Core Fixed Income strategy seeks to consistently outperform the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
while broadly diversifying the portfolio, seeking to manage portfolio risk levels and maintaining a controlled
duration discipline. OIA employs core fixed income strategies focused on individual security selection. Key
strategies include fundamental research analysis, a controlled duration discipline, emphasis on all spread sectors and
management of portfolio risk factors. Investments are made primarily in investment-grade corporate bonds,
mortgage backed and other structured securities, U.S. government securities and taxable municipal bonds.
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Core Plus Fixed Income
The OIA Core Plus Fixed Income strategy seeks to consistently outperform the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond
Index while diversifying the portfolio, seeking to manage portfolio risk levels and maintaining a controlled duration
discipline. OIA employs core plus fixed income strategies focused on individual security selection. Key strategies
include fundamental research analysis, a controlled duration discipline, emphasis on all spread sectors and
management of portfolio risk factors. Investments are made primarily in investment-grade corporate bonds,
mortgage backed and other structured securities, U.S. government securities, taxable municipal bonds and non-
investment grade bonds; however, up to 20% of portfolio assets may be invested in securities rated below
investment grade.
Corporate Core Plus Fixed Income
The OIA Corporate Core Plus Fixed Income strategy seeks to consistently outperform the Bloomberg U.S. Credit
Index. We focus on active portfolio management, utilizing a bottom-up style emphasizing optimal security
selection. We seek to manage portfolio risk through a tightly controlled duration discipline and emphasis on sectors
of the market that provide additional income. The portfolio usually invests 75% or more in Investment Grade U.S.
Corporate Fixed Income securities and can invest anywhere from 0% to 25% in non-investment grade U.S Corporate
securities.
High Yield Fixed Income
The OIA High Yield Fixed Income strategy seeks to consistently outperform the ICE BofA U.S. High Yield
Excluding 144A Index while diversifying the portfolio and seeking to manage portfolio risk levels. OIA employs
high yield fixed income strategies focused on individual security selection. Key strategies include fundamental
research analysis and management of portfolio risk factors. Investments are made primarily in high-yield corporate
bonds.
Tax Exempt Investment Strategies
Investment Grade Tax Exempt
The OIA Investment Grade Tax Exempt strategy focuses on active portfolio management, using a relative value
approach of sector rotation and security selection. Securities selected must be rated investment grade or better. The
top down investment process begins by composing a maturity structure based on a 9-12 month interest rate forecast.
The average duration of the portfolio is targeted to be within a range of plus or minus 20% of the appropriate
benchmark. The next step is to identify what OIA believes to be attractive sectors within the tax-exempt markets.
This step includes the selection of specific securities based on desired bond structure, state focus, bond categories
and tax constraints. The final step in the process involves identifying what OIA believes are undervalued securities
within the appropriate sector classes and structures.
High Yield Tax Exempt
The OIA High Yield Tax Exempt strategy is no longer being offered to new accounts and existing accounts are in
process of being liquidated. The strategy seeks to produce strong risk adjusted total returns and current yield through
a non-diversified high yield tax exempt portfolio. The strategy focuses on active portfolio management utilizing a
top-down/bottom-up style emphasizing security selection and value investing. Security selection will focus primarily
on project revenue bonds in five broad sectors: healthcare; education; housing; transportation and power, but also
may include manufacturing, tax increment financing, general obligation debt and debt of distressed municipalities.
The strategy usually will invest 70% or more of assets in below investment grade tax-exempt securities. It is
expected that the average credit quality will be B/BB. The strategy may maintain a majority of positions in non-rated
bonds. The strategy will strive to maintain less than 25% exposure to bonds subject to the alternative minimum tax.
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The two most important elements of this strategy are value investing and proprietary credit research.
The goal of the strategy is to outperform the Barclays Municipal High Yield Index.
Additionally, the portfolio manager factors in top-down economic factors such as interest rates, credit cycles and
political trends. Individual local and state analysis is conducted including fiscal policy, political climate,
surplus/deficits, as well as industry analysis. While value is the primary focus, duration management, sector
allocation, yield curve positioning, buy/sell trade execution, and geographic allocation also play a role in security
selection.
Short Duration Tax-Exempt
The OIA Tax Exempt Short Duration Strategy seeks to provide attractive tax free income within a conservative
limited duration, high quality and low volatility SMA. Focusing on a preservation of principal and a modified
bottom up approach that emphasizes optimal security selection, portfolio risk is managed through a tightly
controlled duration discipline that is employed in an effort to mitigate volatility as well as a focus on high quality
credits with a minimum credit rating of “A” or better. All portfolios are short-term in maturity structure and can be
individually customized based upon each client's risk parameters, income requirements, and tax considerations.
For each of the strategies mentioned above, investors should bear in mind that investing in securities involves
significant risks of loss that clients should be prepared to bear.
Investment Strategies for Private Feeder Funds / Access Funds
1). AA Millennium USA Access Fund LLC (“AA Millennium”)
AA Millennium is a private feeder fund advised by OAM that invests primarily in the Millennium USA LP, a
private investment fund managed by Millennium Management LLC (“Millennium”). This structure allows
individual investors to gain indirect access to the underlying fund with lower minimum investment requirements
than they would typically need to invest directly. Investors in the access fund are not investing directly in the
underlying fund, but rather in a vehicle designed to pool assets and invest in it on their behalf.
Millennium USA LP, the underlying fund for AA Millennium, is a multi-strategy fund launched in 1990 by Israel
Englander, who is the Chairman and CEO of the firm. .
2). AA Oaktree Power 7 Access Fund, LLC (“AA Oaktree”)
AA Oaktree is a private feeder fund advised by OAM that invests primarily in the Oaktree Power Opportunities
Fund VII, L.P. a private investment fund managed by Oaktree Capital Management (“Oaktree”). This structure
allows individual investors to gain indirect access to the underlying fund with lower minimum investment
requirements than they would typically need to invest directly. Investors in the access fund are not investing directly
in the underlying fund, but rather in a vehicle designed to pool assets and invest in it on their behalf.
Certain Risks related to the Strategies and Methodologies used by OAM
Risk of Fixed Income Securities
There are risks associated with investing in bonds. These include risks related to interest rate movements (interest
rate risk, spread risk and reinvestment risk), and the risk of credit quality deterioration (credit or default risk).
Clients may lose all or some of their monies when investing in bonds and should be prepared to bear such losses.
These risks need to be evaluated and effectively managed if the client is to achieve the potential benefits of investing
in fixed income securities. While we seek to manage these risks, there is no guaranty that we will succeed in
managing any or all of them. The sub-advisory team may also seek to engage in workout or re-structuring
agreements that are meant to enhance the value or safety of their investment position however these actions may not
result in added value.
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Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate risk is the risk associated with the price volatility of a bond. As interest rates rise, bond prices generally
decline. The longer the maturity of a fixed coupon bond, the greater the price declines for a given change in interest
rates. Interest rate risk is the risk that market interest rate fluctuations result in a decline in the security’s price
between the time the investor buys it and the time (before maturity) at which he or she sells it. The bond’s price will
decline when rates rise and vice versa.
Factors that affect interest rate risk include differences in coupon rates (the higher the coupon, the less the price
movement), fixed vs variable coupons, and call features.
Spread Risk
Spread risk is the risk associated with changes in yields between issuers, credit ratings, sectors and/or markets. For
example, sector spreads are yield differences between similarly rated bonds of different sectors. AA rated bonds of
financial firms may trade at much higher yields than similarly rated industrial bonds. This spread relationship may
change substantially while the general level of interest rates may remain unchanged.
Reinvestment Risk
Reinvestment risk is the risk that the cash flow received from a bond may be reinvested at a lower rate of return.
Short-maturity bonds and callable bonds are the instruments most frequently associated with reinvestment risk.
Callable bonds may subject the investors to reinvestment risk. Such bonds allow the issuer to repay the principal
(with accrued interest) early. This gives the issuer the flexibility to refinance the debt if rates are low or declining.
The timing of bond calls occurs precisely when investors do not want to receive their principal back, i.e., when they
can only reinvest at either lower rates or in lower-quality securities. To compensate them for this reinvestment risk,
investors in callables typically demand (and get) a higher interest rate as compared to non-callables.
Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that you might not be able to buy or sell investments quickly for a price that is close to the
true underlying value of the asset.
Credit Risk
Credit or default risk is the risk that the issuer may be unable to make timely principal and interest payments on the
bond. It is the critical determinant of a fixed income security’s quality.
All fixed income securities have credit risk. U.S. Treasury securities are generally considered to have the least credit
risk of all fixed income investments. Most corporate bonds are rated by a nationally recognized statistical rating
agency such as Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s. Standard & Poor’s rates bonds from AAA (the best) to D (in
default) with the ratings AAA, AA, A, and BBB considered to be “investment grade” and bonds rated BB, B, CCC,
CC, C and D considered speculative grade. Generally the lower the rating the greater chance the obligor may not be
able to repay their bonds in full and on time (default). Many factors contribute to the ultimate recovery of principal
(and possibly back interest) should an issue default. Investors should pay particular attention to the issue’s ranking
in the capital structure of the issuer.
High yield bonds are bonds rated BB or lower. These bonds are speculative and carry a very significant risk of
default. Adverse changes in economic conditions or developments regarding the issuer are more likely to cause price
volatility for issuers of high yield debt than would be the case for issuers of higher grade debt securities. In addition,
the market for high yield debt may be less attractive than that of higher-grade debt securities. These bonds tend to
have significantly higher price volatility so an investor selling a high yield bond prior to maturity may receive only a
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fraction of the original purchase price. Additionally, in the event of default bondholders may receive limited
recoveries, if any.
Municipal Securities Risk
Issuers of municipal securities tend to derive a significant portion of their revenue from taxes, particularly property
and income taxes. Accordingly, decreases in personal income levels and property values and other unfavorable
economic factors, such as a general economic recession, adversely affect municipal securities. Municipal issuers
may also be adversely affected by rising healthcare costs, increasing unfunded pension liabilities and by the phasing
out of federal programs providing financial support. Where municipal securities are issued to finance particular
projects, especially those relating to education, healthcare, transportation, housing, water or sewer and utilities,
issuers often depend on revenues from those projects to make principal and interest payments. Adverse conditions
and developments in those sectors can result in lower revenues to issuers of municipal securities and can also have
an adverse effect on the broader municipal securities market.
There may be less public information available on municipal issuers or projects than other issuers, and valuing
municipal securities may be more difficult. In addition, the secondary market for municipal securities is less well
developed and liquid than other markets, and dealers may be less willing to offer and sell municipal securities in
times of market turbulence. Changes in the financial condition of one or more individual municipal issuers (or one
or more insurers of municipal issuers), or one for more defaults by municipal issuers or insurers, can adversely
affect liquidity and valuations in the market for municipal securities. The value of municipal securities can also be
adversely affected by regulatory and political developments affecting the ability of municipal issuers to pay interest
or repay principal, actual or anticipated tax law changes or other legislative actions, and by uncertainties and public
perceptions concerning these and other factors.
The rate of interest paid on municipal securities normally is lower than the rate of interest paid on fully taxable
securities. Some municipal securities, such as general obligation issues, are backed by the issuer’s taxing authority,
while other municipal securities, such as revenue issues, are backed only by revenues from certain facilities or other
sources and not by the issuer itself.
The municipal market can be susceptible to unusual volatility, particularly for lower-rated and unrated securities.
Liquidity can be reduced unpredictably in response to overall economic conditions or credit tightening.
Risks of the High Yield Tax Exempt Strategy
The strategy will not be diversified. Being non-diversified may magnify the strategy’s losses from adverse events
affecting a particular issuer.
The High Yield Tax Exempt Strategy focuses primarily on a wide variety of project revenue debt, which typically
includes stand-alone projects with dedicated cash flow streams. Risks include the ability of a particular project to
repay its debt based on that cash flow stream, generally without the municipality or its ability to tax as a form of
repayment.
Certain revenue bonds are backed by settlements with tobacco companies. In 1998, the largest U.S. tobacco
manufacturers reached an out of court agreement, known as the Master Settlement Agreement (the “MSA”), to settle
claims against them by 46 states and six other U.S. jurisdictions. The tobacco manufacturers agreed to make annual
payments to the government entities in exchange for the release of all litigation claims. A number of the states have
sold bonds that are backed by those future payments. The settlement payments are based on factors, including, but
not limited to, annual domestic cigarette shipments, cigarette consumption, inflation and the financial capability of
participating tobacco companies. Payments could be reduced if consumption decreases, if market share is lost to
non-MSA manufacturers, or if there is a negative outcome in litigation regarding the MSA.
Although the investment team may engage in workout or restructuring discussions with issuers, there is no guaranty
that such discussions will result in agreement and or benefits for the bond investors. In fact, the fact that the issuer is
engaging in such discussions reflects certain weaknesses in the credit.
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Liquidity Risk
U.S. Government bonds generally have the greatest liquidity, meaning that they can be purchased and sold quickly
at prices very close to the inter-dealer market. At the other end of the liquidity spectrum are small issues of low rated
bonds. As a result of regulatory changes affecting banks and broker-dealers, there may be less liquidity in the bond
market.
Risks of Undervalued Securities
OIA may select fixed income securities that they believe are undervalued. A risk is that OIA’s analysis may be
incorrect and the securities may be worth less than OIA’s analysis.
Risks of Consulting Services
OAM provides consulting services to institutional clients on investment policy, asset allocation, manager selection,
and reporting. The investment policy and asset allocation is designed to provide proper diversification and to take
an acceptable level of risk based on the client’s objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance. However, unforeseen
events occur regularly which could incur unintended risk to the client portfolio in the short-to-intermediate term. All
managers recommended by OAM are registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 at the time of the
recommendation.
Risks of Private Feeder Funds / Access Funds
Each Access Fund’s primary business is to invest its assets in the underlying fund. As such, the fund will act as a
feeder fund by investing in the underlying fund. In addition to the usual risks associated with the various
investments made by the underlying fund, an investment in the fund contains the following additional risks. If a
prospective investor was able to invest directly in or with the underlying fund the investor might avoid the additional
layer of fees associated with an investment in the fund. By investing in the underlying fund indirectly through the
fund, an investor will not only bear the fees associated with an investment in the fund, but will also indirectly bear
the fees associated with investing through the underlying fund. The underlying fund manager or its affiliates will
also receive performance or incentive-based allocations or fees to which they are entitled based on the governing
documents of the underlying fund and as a result, investors in the fund will indirectly bear such performance /
incentive allocations or fees.
Before investing in the Access Funds, potential investors should review the detailed explanation of risks as well as
other information in the fund’s Private Placement Memorandum (PPM). Read the PPM carefully prior to investing.
Private funds are highly speculative investments and are not intended as a complete investment program. They are
designed only for sophisticated investors who can bear the economic risk of the loss of their investment in a fund
and who have limited need for liquidity of their investment. Investors must be prepared to bear these risks for an
indefinite period of time.
Such risks include, but are not limited to:
• The fund may not meet its investment objective and there is a possibility that investors will not recover the
full amount they initially invested.
• There are certain restrictions on transferring interests and there is no public market for fund interests.
• The fund has no operating history upon which prospective investors may base an evaluation of the fund’s
likely performance. Furthermore, past results are not indicative of future performance, and the fund’s
performance may be volatile.
• The fund’s fees and expenses will offset the fund’s profits.
• The fund may involve complex tax structures that result in delays in distributing important tax information.
• The fund is subject to fewer regulatory requirements than registered funds.
• The fund is subject to potential conflicts of interest with the Managing Member, Investment Adviser,
Underlying Fund Manager and their respective affiliates.
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• With the increased use of technologies to conduct business, the fund is susceptible to operational,
information security and related risks. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate attacks or
unintentional events.
• Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and other severe
weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease, including pandemics (e.g., COVID-19) and
epidemics, have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, adversely impacting
individual companies, sectors, industries, markets, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings,
investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of client accounts. These disruptions could prevent
the fund and Underlying Fund from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner and
negatively impact the fund’s and Underlying Fund’s ability to achieve their respective investment
objectives or investment strategies. Any such event(s) could have a significant adverse impact on the value
of the Fund’s investments and the risk profile of the Fund.
AA Millennium may further be subject to the following risks:
• Securities that are not freely tradeable, and all other assets of the fund, will be valued by the Managing
Member of the fund based upon all relevant factors, with respect to the fund’s portfolio investments, the
Managing Member intends to rely on the values reported by the Underlying Fund and Underlying Fund
Manager, provided that freely tradeable securities held by the fund, if any, will be valued at market value.
• The success of the fund will depend in large part upon the skill and expertise of the Managing Member,
Investment Adviser and Underlying Fund Manager. The Underlying Fund Manager selects all investments
for the Underlying Fund. The likelihood that Members will realize income or gain from investing in the
fund will depend entirely on the acumen and expertise of the Underlying Fund Manager’s personnel.
• The fund invests or intends to invest substantially all of its assets in interests of the Underlying Fund.
Investors should give careful consideration to the risk factors, conflicts of interest and other information
included in the Underlying Fund documents. Certain of these risks include the risk of employing leverage,
trading on foreign exchanges, and engaging in other speculative investment practices, which can
substantially increase the risk of losses to which the fund may be subject.
AA Oaktree may further be subject to the following risks:
• Risks relating to the power sector: Investing in power facilities and related assets and the companies that
provide the equipment, services and systems to such power facilities and related assets is subject to a
variety of risks, not all of which can be foreseen or quantified, including operating, economic,
environmental, commercial, regulatory, political and financial risks.
• Leverage: The fund may make investments in companies whose capital structures have leverage. Such
investments are inherently more sensitive than others to declines in revenues and to increases in expenses
and interest rates creating greater possibility of default or bankruptcy of the borrower.
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Illiquidity of Investments: The fund’s investments may consist of securities and obligations which are
thinly traded, securities and obligations for which no market exists, or securities and obligations which are
restricted as to their transferability. These factors may limit the ability to sell such securities at their fair
market value.
• Lack of diversification: Other than as set forth in the fund’s governing documents, the fund will be under
no obligation to diversify its investments. Accordingly, the investment portfolio of the fund may be subject
to more rapid changes in value than would be the case if the fund were required to maintain broad
diversification among companies, industries and types of securities.
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ITEM 9. DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
On March 11, 2019, OAM and its affiliate Oppenheimer & Co Inc. (“Oppenheimer”) became subject to an order
(the “Order”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Order arose out of recommendations or
purchases made by Oppenheimer or OAM for advisory clients during the period from January 1, 2014 through
August 15, 2018 ( the “Relevant Period”) of mutual fund share classes that charged 12b-1 fees instead of lower cost
share classes of the same funds for which clients were eligible. During the Relevant Period, Oppenheimer and its
Financial Advisors received 12b-1 fees for advising clients to invest in or hold such mutual fund share classes.
Oppenheimer and OAM self-reported to the SEC the violations discussed in the Order pursuant to the SEC’s
Division of Enforcement’s Share Class Selection Disclosure Initiative. Pursuant to the Order, Oppenheimer and
OAM were censured and agreed to (i) pay $3,528,377 consisting of disgorgement of $3,169,123 and prejudgment
interest of $359,254, (ii) cease and desist from committing or causing any violations and future violations of
Sections 206(2) and 207 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) and (iii) distribute the amount
of $3,528,377 to affected investors during the Relevant Period. Oppenheimer and OAM also undertook to (i) review
and correct as necessary all relevant disclosure documents concerning mutual fund share class selection and 12b-1
fees, (ii) evaluate whether existing clients should be moved to a lower cost share class and move clients as
necessary, (iii) evaluate, update if necessary and review the effectiveness of implementation of policies and
procedures so that they are reasonably designed to prevent future violations of the Advisers Act in connection with
disclosures regarding mutual fund share class selection.
OAM is one member of a diversified financial services company. OAM has affiliates that are subject to both civil
and regulatory legal actions. Each affiliate is identified in our ADV Part 1 in Section 7A and these actions are
disclosed in the affiliate’s ADV as well as other regulatory filings and notices. As a result, regulatory action
involving an affiliate in the future may result in a material adverse effect on the business or operations of that
affiliate.
ITEM 10. OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
Several management persons of OAM including Albert Lowenthal, Chairman and CEO (who will be Chairman
effective May 5, 2025), Robert Lowenthal (who will become Chief Executive Officer effective May 5, 2025) and
Bryan McKigney, President are registered as registered representatives of Oppenheimer but generally do not
conduct business in that capacity.
OAM’s advisory services generally are offered to clients by Financial Advisors of Oppenheimer. Financial Advisors
of Oppenheimer receive a portion of the fees paid by their clients to OAM for the advisory services described in this
Brochure. The amount of this compensation may be greater than what the Financial Advisor would receive if the
client participated in other programs. A Financial Advisor therefore may have a financial incentive to recommend
the services described in this Brochure over other services. When choosing an advisory program, clients should ask
about other programs offered by OAM or its affiliate Oppenheimer. Although there are differences in the
compensation structure among programs, there also are differences in the strategies and services provided. A
Financial Advisor’s Branch Office Manager reviews each new advisory account for suitability.
Oppenheimer may take positions or actions that are contrary to the interests of clients of OIA.
OAM is the sponsor of several hedge funds and private equity funds. Interests in those funds are sold by
Oppenheimer as principal placement agent. Financial Advisors of Oppenheimer receive a portion of the
management fees and incentive fees paid by the funds. This creates an incentive for Financial Advisors of
Oppenheimer to recommend the purchase of funds that pay an incentive fee or higher incentive fee over other funds
that do not pay an incentive fee or other investment products.
Oppenheimer is also a registered broker-dealer and full service investment firm as well as a registered investment
adviser. Oppenheimer provides services such as investment banking, equity research, institutional sales, municipal
finance and debt capital markets. Oppenheimer Trust Company, an affiliate of Oppenheimer, provides trust services
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to high net worth individuals, not for profit organizations and businesses. Oppenheimer Trust Company may
recommend OAM advisory programs or products to its trust clients.
Mutual funds or managers that may be recommended in Consulting Services relationships do not pay any fees to
OAM for such recommendations. Advisers or distributors of mutual funds that may be recommended in Consulting
Services relationships also may be available in other advisory programs. Certain companies pay for or reimburse
OAM or Oppenheimer for various costs relating to client and prospective client meeting sales and marketing
materials and educational training and sales meetings held with Financial Advisors of Oppenheimer. These affiliates
of mutual funds also pay for the cost of reasonable entertainment in connection with Oppenheimer sponsored or
client related events. Oppenheimer acts as the placement agent for the sale of interests in collective investment
vehicles for which subsidiaries of OAM serve as investment advisor or general partner.
Funds that may be recommended in Consulting Services relationships may have other business relationships with
Oppenheimer such as institutional trading. OAM does not consider any such relationships when determining
whether or not to recommend a fund for a consulting client.
Certain fund companies pay Oppenheimer a system support or networking per client account. Oppenheimer retains
these fees.
Research
Oppenheimer has procedures in place that seek to avoid improper communications between Oppenheimer research
employees and employees of other Oppenheimer departments including Financial Advisors of Oppenheimer. OAM
employs Strategists that provide research to asset management affiliates and to third parties that may also be
distributed by our affiliated broker-dealer.
Investment Banking
In order to prevent the improper use of material, non-public information from one part of Oppenheimer to another,
Oppenheimer has created “information barriers” or “information walls” around each department that holds this
information. Each business unit that regularly holds customer confidential information (such as investment banking)
is on the “Private Side” of the information wall. In contrast, each business unit that does not hold confidential
information is on the “Public Side” of the wall. Financial Advisors of Oppenheimer are considered to be on the
“Public Side” of the wall. Employees on the Private Side of each information wall are prohibited from providing any
material, non-public information to employees on the Public Side of the information wall.
Regulatory requirements prohibit Private Side investment banking personnel who are in possession of material, non-
public information from discussing a pending transaction with individuals on the Public Side (or employees on the
Private Side who do not have a “need to know”). Only those employees directly involved in or necessary to the due
diligence process of an investment banking transaction are permitted to be brought “over the wall.”
Compensation from Other Advisers
OAM does not receive compensation from other investment advisers for recommending those advisers to clients.
Financial Advisors of Oppenheimer, a broker-dealer and affiliate of OAM, receive compensation for the sale of
interests in hedge funds recommended by OAM out of payments made by the funds to Oppenheimer. Certain hedge
funds make higher payments to Oppenheimer than other funds on the OAM hedge fund platform and accordingly,
Financial Advisors who sell these funds receive higher payments than they receive from selling other hedge funds.
This practice represents a conflict of interest and gives OAM and the Financial Advisor an incentive to recommend
investment products based on the compensation received, rather than on a client’s needs.
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ITEM 11. CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS AND
PERSONAL TRADING
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transaction and Personal Trading
OAM has adopted a written Code of Ethics pursuant to Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. A
copy of the Code of Ethics will provided upon request to any client or prospective client. The purpose of the Code of
Ethics is to set forth standards of conduct expected of advisory personnel and address conflicts, such as front
running, that arise from personal trading by advisory personnel. The Code of Ethics addresses these conflicts as
follows:
1. Certain advisory personnel with access to the securities trading of advisory clients are deemed as “access
persons”;
2. These access persons of the adviser are required to certify that they are in compliance with the Code of
Ethics on an annual basis;
3. Access persons are also required to provide compliance personnel with brokerage accounts through which
they conduct personal trading, and
4. Access persons are required to obtain written pre-clearance by compliance personnel of all personal
securities transactions (other than certain exceptions to this requirement as defined in the Code of Ethics).
OAM and certain of its affiliates are engaged or may engage in investment activities for separate accounts for
individuals and institutions or for their own accounts. These various accounts may from time to time purchase, sell
or hold certain investments which are also being purchased, sold or held by other client accounts of OAM. For client
accounts of OAM pursuing the same investment strategy, OAM will seek to allocate investments among these
accounts on an equitable basis, taking into account such factors as the relative amounts of capital available for new
investments. OAM and its officers and employees devote as much of their time to the activities of its clients as
OAM deems necessary and appropriate. Please contact Brian Roth at Brian.Roth@opco.com for a copy of this Code
of Ethics.
ITEM 12. BROKERAGE PRACTICES
OIA considers the following factors in selecting broker-dealers for client transactions:
– Price of the security
– Commission rates
– Operational facilities of the broker-dealer or electronic trading platform
– Reliability and stability of the broker-dealer or electronic trading platform
OIA does not receive research or other products or services other than execution from a broker-dealer or third party
in connection with client securities transactions. OIA does not consider whether it or a related person receives client
referrals from a broker-dealer or the security in selecting or recommending broker-dealers. Neither OIA nor a related
party requests, recommends or requires that a client direct it to execute transactions through a specified broker-
dealer.
OIA will utilize electronic trading platforms that seek to obtain a best price from a number of disclosed and
undisclosed platform participants. OIA will enter both purchase and sale transactions in the same security on the
same day. While it does not intend to engage in cross transactions, since it selects counterparties based on the best
bid or offer, it may result in opposite direction trades being executed with the same counterparty.
OIA permits clients who have separate accounts that are not part of a wrap fee program to direct brokerage. When a
client directs brokerage, OIA may not be able to achieve the most favorable execution of transactions or include that
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account in an allocation. As a result, the performance of an account where a client directs brokerage will differ
significantly. For example, in a directed brokerage account, a client may pay higher brokerage commissions, spreads
or transaction costs because OIA may not be able to aggregate orders to reduce transactions costs or the client may
receive less favorable prices.
OIA and its advisory affiliates refer to employees who perform investment advisory services as “Portfolio
Managers” or “investment adviser representatives.” Portfolio Managers that deliver their services with the assistance
of other Portfolio Managers are referred to as a “team.” The Investment Grade Tax Exempt team manages separate
accounts for clients of OIA with the investment objective of investment grade tax exempt fixed income. The
Investment Grade Tax Exempt team provides investment advisory services to their clients with the assistance of the
members of the team but without the assistance of portfolio managers of other teams. The Taxable team manages
taxable fixed income strategies for clients of OIA and for clients of Oppenheimer Investment Management LLC, an
advisory affiliate. The Portfolio Managers of the Taxable team deliver their services with the assistance of the
members of the Group but without the assistance of portfolio managers of other teams.
The teams allocate investments among client accounts in a fair and equitable manner. A variety of factors (to the
extent applicable in each instance) will be considered in making such allocations. These factors include, in no
particular order:
(1) Investment objectives or strategies for particular accounts
(2) Tax considerations of an account
(3) Risk or investment concentration parameters for an account
(4) Supply or demand for a security at a given price level
(5) Size of available investment
(6) Cash availability and liquidity requirements for accounts
(7) Regulatory restrictions
(8) Account ramp-up
(9) Minimum investment size of an account, and
(10) Relative size of account.
Investments may not be allocated to one client account over another based on any of the following considerations:
(1) To favor one client account at the expense of another
(2) To generate higher fees paid one client account over another or to produce greater compensation to the
advisory entity
(3) To develop or enhance a relationship with a client or prospective client and
(4) To compensate a client for past services or benefits provided to the advisory entity or to induce future
benefits or services.
TRADE ALLOCATION AND ROTATION
All trades are done on a competitive basis away from Oppenheimer & Co. Best execution is monitored by
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.’s (“OAM”) Brokerage Committee. In any liquidations or sales, competitive
bids are received. Depending on market conditions, the goal in any liquidation is to receive a minimum of three
bids. In any purchase, the bond is evaluated for fair price based on competitive spreads relative to the MMD
(Municipal Market Data) scale on the corresponding day.
All trades are allocated prior to the purchase of a particular bond. Allocations for both the SMA and Ladder
programs are determined by available cash, specific client tax situations (state of residency), target average
maturity/duration of the individual account, as well as specific client restrictions.
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The OIA Tax Exempt team utilizes the following tools for allocations:
Investor tools Perform System
1.
The OIA Tax Exempt Fixed team utilizes the Allocator on the Investor tools Perform system. Portfolio amounts can
be entered manually or proposed by Perform (via an Allocation feature). The Allocation feature incorporates all
Portfolio Strategy’s investment targets and client specific restrictions when allocating bonds. The Allocation feature
immediately provides portfolio rule feedback and displays the effect of the trade on portfolio statistics, allowing for
modifications prior to trade execution. The allocation process begins with the system’s Select Criteria function.
This search function filters accounts based on numerous criteria including but not limited to account model type
(restricted, short duration etc.), state residency, general market subset, cash minimums or maximums, duration (both
effective and modified), or market value. Once a group of accounts are identified as eligible to participate in trade
allocation, manual adjustments may be made to the allocation based on additional information found in the Perform
System and in the OIA inquiry sheets (see below).
The allocation of bonds to identified accounts can be manual (bonds purchased for a specific purpose), targeted
across the board percentage, or from the auto allocation function supplied by the system which ranks purchases
based on a pre-determined management style components. The auto allocation function has been built to target
bonds across duration buckets based on management styles. Auto allocation also takes into consideration specific
account restrictions which may include minimum cash balances, maturity or duration restrictions, or quality
restrictions. In some cases where mailing address differs from tax domicile, Perform cannot account for state coding
restrictions which are noted in OIA inquiry sheets.
2. OIA Inquiry Sheet
receives an email
from DL
- Data Administration Development DL-
Each morning, OIA TEFI
DataAdministrationDevelopment@opco.com containing an excel spreadsheet named Inquiry_MuniPorts_NoModel
(“Inquiry Sheet”). The Inquiry Sheet consists of several tabs that are uploaded from various reports from Perform.
The first tab “in sheet” is created using formulas that VLOOKUP from rows and cells extracted from the other tabs
uploaded by Perform. OIA TEFI will visually assess via the inquiry invest needs to assess market participation for
that day. Utilizing the Perform System Allocations are based on several factors, including allocation models ranking
(Trading – Allocation Models); portfolio rules; management styles; and strategy rules. Blotters are created in the
Trading Center of Perform based on the aforementioned. An automated allocation may be produced and any
warnings are overridden only when justified by an OIA TEFI employee. Allocations are used in conjunction with
the Inquiry Sheet to edit for final allocation.
The teams will not aggregate client transactions unless they believe that aggregation is consistent with their duty to
seek best execution (which includes best price) for its clients and is consistent with clients’ investment advisory
agreements. Each account that participates in an aggregated order will participate at the same prices for all
transactions of the respective team in that security on a given day with all transaction costs shared on a pro rata
basis. Transactions for advisory accounts that are custodied at Oppenheimer may be aggregated with transactions for
accounts that are custodied at other custodians. It is often not possible to receive the same price or time of execution
in multiple transactions in an aggregated order. Therefore such aggregated order may be executed in one or more
transactions at varying prices and each client’s order that is custodied at Oppenheimer will receive the average price
for the day with respect to such transactions. Transactions for accounts that are custodied at custodians other than
Oppenheimer cannot receive the average price of transactions executed at different times. OAM will not receive any
additional compensation as a result of an aggregated order.
Oppenheimer’s broker-dealer affiliate receives remuneration, compensation or other consideration for directing
customer orders for securities to particular market centers for execution. Such consideration, if any, may take the
form of credits against fees due such market centers, monetary payments, research, reciprocal agreements for the
provision of order flow, products or services or other items of remuneration.
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Oppenheimer’s broker-dealer affiliate also receives payment for routing the options orders to designated broker-
dealers or market centers for execution. Compensation may be in the form of a per contract cash payment. The
source and amount of any compensation received in connection with options transactions and any additional
information concerning the options order flow payments will be furnished upon written request.
Private Feeder Funds / Access Funds
The underlying fund managers have complete discretion in deciding which securities are bought and sold for the
underlying fund, the amount and price of those securities, the brokers or dealers to be used for a particular
transaction, and commissions or markups and markdowns paid.
ITEM 13. REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
OIA portfolio managers seek to review accounts on a daily basis utilizing the portfolio accounting systems, third
party services and analytical spreadsheets. Accounts are generally screened daily for cash flow and account balance
information. OIA performance is reviewed internally on a quarterly basis. Reviews may be conducted entirely
within a trade order management or portfolio accounting system and may not generate additional reporting.
The Client Services Department of OAM performs the following reviews of OIA accounts.
Firm’s Custodial System to Portfolio System Reconciliation
A daily comparison of cash and security positions is made between the books and records of the firm as applicable
and the portfolio accounting system to ensure proper calculation of performance and billing. This reconciliation
allows for the identification of positions, account switches or account closes.
OAM Monthly Performance Review
The portfolio holdings and activity for outlying accounts may be examined to verify the performance return.
Factors Prompting Review of Client Accounts Other than a Periodic Review
Accounts may be reviewed more frequently than monthly as a result of any of the following:
• Cash balance that needs to be reinvested
• Sale of a security in the account
• Buying a security to replace a sold security or to utilize cash in the account
• Reviewing the duration of the account
• Reviewing overall credit quality of the account
Portfolios are reviewed as market conditions dictate for total return and interest rate sensitivity.
Clients are provided a written report of their accounts on a quarterly basis. The report lists all holdings, performance
of the account and comparisons to relevant indexes.
Private Feeder Funds / Access Funds
Annually, the funds will furnish audited financial statements to all Members and tax information necessary for the
completion of income tax returns.
On a monthly basis, each Member invested in AA Millennium will be furnished with unaudited account statements
and such other reports as the Managing Member deems fit in its sole discretion. Monthly reports will be delivered to
Members as soon as reasonably practicable after the fund receives the required information from the Underlying
Fund and Underlying Fund Manager to prepare such reports.
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On a quarterly basis, each Member invested in AA Oaktree will be furnished with unaudited account statements and
such other reports as the Managing Member deems fit in its sole discretion. Quarterly reports will be delivered to
Members as soon as reasonably practicable after the fund receives the required information from the Underlying
Fund and Underlying Fund Manager to prepare such reports.
ITEM 14. CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
OAM receives economic benefits from third parties for providing investment advice or other advisory services to
clients such as the incremental addition of assets under management.
OAM pays cash compensation for client referrals in accordance with Rule 206(4)-1 under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940. Compensation paid is a percentage of the assets under management or the fee payable by the referred
clients and may continue for the length of the client’s advisory relationship with OAM. The client does not incur any
additional fees as a result of such client referral arrangements.
Employees of OAM and Oppenheimer and their affiliates receive reduced fees on their advisory accounts.
Private Feeder Funds / Access Funds
Oppenheimer Financial Advisors receive a portion of the management fee paid with respect to interests in the
Access Funds held by their clients. Additionally, certain Oppenheimer Financial Advisors may, with the investor’s
consent, charge investors an additional upfront placement fee.
ITEM 15. CUSTODY
OAM does not have direct custody of client funds or securities. Some clients choose to have their funds or securities
custodied at Oppenheimer, a registered broker-dealer and a qualified custodian. Oppenheimer sends clients a
monthly account statement. Clients may decide to custody their funds and securities at a qualified custodian that is
not affiliated with OAM. Clients will receive account statements from the broker-dealer, bank or other qualified
custodian and should carefully review those statements. Clients also receive a quarterly performance report from
OAM. Clients should compare the account statements they receive from their qualified custodian to the quarterly
performance report they receive from OAM.
If a client chooses Oppenheimer to serve as the qualified custodian the client should be aware that Oppenheimer is
an affiliate of OAM and may earn additional fees for serving as such. In the course of executing client instructions,
OAM may authorize and facilitate the transfer of client funds between qualified custodians the execution of
securities transactions and to comply with client instructions.
Clients may request a copy of the most recent Report on Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.'s Description of the System and
the Suitability of the Design and Operating Effectiveness of its Controls Related to Its Custody Services (prepared
pursuant to Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagement No. 18) by contacting Brian Roth at
Brian.Roth@opco.com.
Private Feeder Funds / Access Funds
AA Millennium and AA Oaktree are each subject to an annual audit. Each fund’s audited financial statements will
be distributed to investors within 180 days after the fund’s fiscal year end. Such financial statements will be
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and will be audited by:
• AA Millennium: BDO USA LLP
• AA Oaktree: BDO USA LLP
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ITEM 16. INVESTMENT DISCRETION
OAM accepts discretionary authority to manage securities accounts for clients. This authority is stated in the
investment management agreement that OAM enters into with the client. Clients may specify certain types of
securities that they do not want us to purchase for their account.
Private Feeder Funds / Access Funds
The success of the Funds will depend in large part upon the skill and expertise of the Managing Member, Investment
Adviser and Underlying Fund Manager. The Underlying Fund Manager selects all investments for the Underlying
Fund. The likelihood that Members will realize income or gain from investing in the Fund will depend entirely on
the acumen and expertise of the Underlying Fund Manager’s personnel. Accordingly, no person should purchase
Interests unless they are willing to entrust all aspects of the investment activities of the Fund to the Managing
Member, Investment Adviser and Underlying Fund Manager.
The Operating Agreement provides that the Managing Member has exclusive and absolute discretion and authority
in the management and control of the business and affairs of the Fund, subject only to specific and express
limitations in the Operating Agreement or provided by the laws of Delaware notwithstanding the Operating
Agreement. The Managing Member may exercise this discretion and authority conditionally or unconditionally,
arbitrarily, or inconsistently in varying or similar circumstances, without accountability to the Fund or any Member.
ITEM 17. VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
OAM has engaged Glass Lewis & Co. Inc. (“Glass Lewis”) to provide research and advice on shareholder voting.
OAM has reviewed and adopted Glass Lewis guidelines on proxy voting. Proxy Edge is integrated with voting
recommendations from Glass Lewis and the system is set to automatically vote a meeting for all holders based upon
the Glass Lewis recommendation. Although definitive voting decisions and / or recommendations made by Glass
Lewis will be accepted, the Proxy Oversight Working Group (the “Working Group”) retains the authority to
override the Glass Lewis recommendation during this process. From time to time Glass Lewis may not have specific
guidance and thus the item is handled on a case-by-case basis. Certain case-by-case items, such as majority owner
questions, may not require the convening of the Working Group. However, there may be certain case-by-case items
that may require the convening of the Working Group. For proposals that fall into this category, the OAM Proxy
Administrator will arrange for a meeting to be held by the Working Group. Working Group members will meet
either in-person, telephonically, or electronically, and will vote in favor of what would be considered to be in the
best economic interests of the clients. The final vote will be determined by the Working Group’s majority vote prior
to the voting deadline due date. OAM may consult with Glass Lewis for matters that are decided on a case by case
basis.
Unless a client directs otherwise, OAM will not send annual reports, proxy statements and other materials issued by
portfolio companies in which a client’s assets are invested.
Clients may request information on how OAM has voted proxies for their accounts and may request OAM’s Proxy
Voting Policies and Procedures by contacting:
Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc.
85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004
Attn: Proxy Voting Department
212-885-4798
Clients must specifically request that OAM vote their proxies. If OAM does not have authority to vote client
securities, clients will receive their proxies directly from their custodian.
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Private Feeder Funds / Access Funds
To the extent any of these funds is entitled to vote on any matter with respect to its portfolio securities, each of the
Funds has delegated responsibility to vote any proxies the fund may receive to OAIM, who will vote the proxy in
accordance with its proxy voting policies and procedures. These policies are reasonably designed to ensure that
OAIM votes proxies in the best interests of investors in the applicable Fund and addresses how OAIM resolves any
conflict of interest that may arise when voting proxies.
ITEM 18. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Not applicable.
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