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Item 1.
Cover Page
Brochure of
Oakmont Corporation
865 South Figueroa Street
Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213)-891-6300
March 31, 2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Oakmont
Corporation (“Oakmont”). If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please
contact us at (213) 891-6300. The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified
by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
information about Oakmont also
is available on
the SEC’s website at
Additional
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Item 2.
Material Changes
Since the previous Form ADV Annual Updating Amendment filed on March 29, 2024, the Firm
has updated its ownership information due to the passing of Mr. Day. There are no other material
changes to report.
Item 3.
Table of Contents
Page
Item 1.
Cover Page ................................................................................................. 1
Item 2.
Material Changes ....................................................................................... 1
Item 3.
Table of Contents ....................................................................................... 2
Item 4.
Advisory Business ..................................................................................... 3
Item 5.
Fees and Compensation ............................................................................. 3
Item 6.
Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ........................ 5
Item 7.
Types of Clients ......................................................................................... 5
Item 8.
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss .................. 5
Item 9.
Disciplinary Information .......................................................................... 10
Item 10.
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ............................... 10
Item 11.
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and
Personal Trading ...................................................................................... 11
Item 12.
Brokerage Practices ................................................................................. 12
Item 13.
Review of Accounts ................................................................................. 14
Item 14.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation ............................................... 14
Item 15.
Custody .................................................................................................... 14
Item 16.
Investment Discretion .............................................................................. 14
Item 17.
Voting Client Securities ........................................................................... 15
Item 18.
Financial Information............................................................................... 15
Privacy Policy .................................................................................................................. 15
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Item 4.
Advisory Business
Oakmont is a California corporation that was formed in 1980. Oakmont considers itself a family
office that provides investment advice, financial planning and various administrative services to
members of a family and several individuals who have long-standing relationships with one or
more family members. These services are provided to the family members and other individuals
and to certain entities that they control or with which they are affiliated, including trusts,
foundations, corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships. Oakmont is also the
general partner or manager of pooled investment vehicles (each, a “Fund” and collectively the
“Funds”). Oakmont also serves as the administrator or manager of certain entities, each of which
was formed for a particular investment in which Oakmont clients have invested.
Joseph Deegan Day, Trustee of the Jospeh Deegan Day Trust dated 4/13/2004, as amended,
Dorothy W. Day, Trustee of the Dorothy Day Trust dated 2/13/2008, as amended and Jonathan
Sutton Day own Oakmont. Sumo Gupta is the portfolio manager of Oakmont.
Oakmont invests on a discretionary basis for its clients principally, but not solely, in equity and
equity-related securities. It also provides advice regarding debt securities, partnerships investing
in venture capital, private equity, real estate and leveraged buyout funds. Oakmont’s clients may
also invest directly in real estate and privately held companies.
Oakmont generally tailors its services to the individual needs of each client. Clients also generally
may impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities. Investors in some
of the Funds, however, have no opportunity to select or evaluate any Fund investments or strategies,
which are selected by Oakmont.
As of December 31, 2024, Oakmont had total discretionary assets under management of
$2,199,186,008 and $27,508,859 of non-discretionary assets under management at year-end.
Item 5.
Fees and Compensation
Oakmont generally charges its clients the following annual management fees for the assets that it
manages: (1) 0.85% in respect of private and alternative investments, including (without
limitation) direct private equity investments, managed alternative investment funds (e.g., private
equity, hedge, venture, real estate and other funds), fund-of-fund investments, joint ventures, direct
real estate, and other investments in illiquid assets and/or interests and (2) 0.75% in respect of
publicly-traded investments, including (without limitation) investments in publicly-traded stocks,
bonds, exchange traded funds, index funds, mutual funds and money market (and similar) funds.
Oakmont also charges certain clients an additional or stand-alone fixed annual fee that is negotiated
with each client based on the level and types of services provided to that client. These fees are
typically payable in quarterly installments in advance or in arrears, depending on the terms of each
client’s investment management agreement. In certain cases, Oakmont waives or reduces its fees
(including the fees, allocations and distributions discussed below) for certain clients as required
by law or at its discretion.
The compensation that each Fund pays Oakmont is different and is disclosed to investors in that
Fund’s governing documents. Such compensation typically includes either or both of (a) a
management fee based on the net asset value of investors’ capital accounts on the date the fee
accrues and becomes payable or based on investors’ capital contributions and (b) a performance
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allocation or carried interest distribution as described below. The Funds that pay management fees
pay them in accordance with those Funds’ governing documents.
Performance allocations typically are equal to a specified percentage of net profits (including both
realized and unrealized gains and losses) otherwise allocable to investors in a Fund. The amount
of such performance allocation depends on the Fund’s terms. Performance allocations are assessed
in arrears annually (and on withdrawals) and are only applied to the profits that exceed an
investor’s so-called highwater mark.
Carried interest distributions typically are made on distributions after investors receive a return of
their invested capital and in some cases, a preferred return. The amount of each Fund’s carried
interest distribution and preferred return are disclosed in that Fund’s governing documents.
Oakmont may also charge a one-time or annual fixed, or an asset-based, administrative fee to
limited liability companies to which Oakmont serves as administrator. Each of these companies
is formed for a particular investment in which Oakmont clients have invested.
Oakmont typically deducts its compensation directly from client accounts, but may bill a client for
such amounts on request.
Most clients may terminate their relationship with Oakmont based on the agreed upon terms in
their investment advisory agreements. Oakmont’s relationship with each Fund is terminable on
expiration of the Fund’s term, dissolution or on Oakmont’s withdrawal as general partner or
manager. Each investor in a Fund may withdraw only as provided in that Fund’s governing
documents. The investors in some Funds generally may not withdraw until the Fund is dissolved.
In all cases, expenses and the pro rata portion of any management fee, performance allocation or
carried interest distribution through the date of termination are charged to the account. Generally,
prepaid advisory or management fees are not refunded on the termination of an account or a
withdrawal from a Fund except as otherwise set forth in the client’s account agreement.
Each client account is responsible for its own costs and expenses, including trading costs and
expenses (such as brokerage commissions and clearing and settlement charges) and ongoing legal,
tax, accounting and bookkeeping fees and expenses. Please see the discussion in Item 12 regarding
Oakmont’s brokerage practices. Each client is also responsible for its proportionate share of the
cost of any surprise examination required by applicable custody rules. Not all investment advisers
charge this expense to clients.
Oakmont believes that its fees are competitive with fees charged by other investment advisers for
comparable services. Comparable services may be available, however, from other sources for
lower fees.
The disclosure in this Item 5, together with the disclosure in Item 12, allow a plan that is subject
to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and that invests in a Fund to use the
“alternative reporting option” to report Oakmont’s compensation as “eligible indirect
compensation” on the Schedule C of the plan’s Form 5500 Annual Return/Report of Employee
Benefit Plan.
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Item 6.
Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
Certain Funds pay or allocate to Oakmont performance-based compensation. Oakmont’s affiliate,
The Cypress Funds LLC (“Cypress”), is under common control with Oakmont and also manages
funds that pay performance fees. These arrangements create incentives for Oakmont to cause
clients to invest in funds managed by Cypress or Oakmont that charge performance-based
compensation because of the greater fees that might be earned.
Oakmont has addressed the conflicts of interest discussed in this Item 6 by disclosing the conflicts
to clients, implementing policies and procedures described in Item 11, including policies
governing the allocation of investment opportunities, and regularly reviewing such policies and
procedures and allocations.
Item 7.
Types of Clients
Oakmont provides investment advice to high-net-worth individuals, individuals, trusts,
corporations, foundations, partnerships and limited liability companies. Oakmont’s clients and
other investors may also be members or partners of entities to which Oakmont provides
administrative services. Oakmont typically does not require a minimum account opening balance
for separately managed accounts or to invest in a Fund.
Item 8.
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Investment Strategy
Oakmont’s clients typically have long-term investment horizons. Therefore, its primary goal for
clients is long-term capital appreciation and its primary risk concern is permanent capital loss, not
volatility. Oakmont’s clients typically have concentrated portfolios with equity orientations.
Oakmont seeks to accomplish these objectives by using bottom-up, fundamental research and
analysis in its investment decision-making process.
Oakmont also makes recommendations to clients about outsourcing capital to funds and other
investments not managed by Oakmont when Oakmont believes that exposure to such investments
is appropriate for the clients, but Oakmont lacks the applicable expertise.
This investment strategy summary represents Oakmont’s current intentions, is general in nature
and is not exhaustive. Except as may otherwise be agreed in any account agreement with a client,
there are no limits on the types of investments in which Oakmont may take positions on behalf of
its clients, the types of positions that it may take, the concentration of its investments or the amount
of leverage that it may use. Oakmont may use any trading or investment techniques, whether or
not contemplated by the expected investment strategies described above. In addition, there are
limitations on describing any investment strategy due to its complexity, confidentiality and
indefinite nature. Depending on conditions and trends in securities markets and the economy
generally, Oakmont may pursue any objectives or use any techniques that it considers appropriate
and in its clients’ interests.
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Risk Factors
Investing in securities involves risk of loss. Below are some of the risks that investors should
consider before investing with Oakmont. Any of these risks could materially and adversely affect
investment performance, the value of any account or any security held in an account, and could
cause investors to lose substantial amounts of money. The list below is only a brief summary of
some of the risks to clients and investors. Each potential client or investor should review all
materials from Oakmont carefully, consult with its professional advisers and discuss with
Oakmont’s representatives any questions that such person may have before investing with
Oakmont.
Market and Counterparty Risks
Investor sentiment on the market, an industry or an individual security is not
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predictable and can adversely affect an account’s investments.
An account may hold stocks that disappoint earnings expectations and decline, and
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may short stocks that beat earnings expectations and rise.
Some of an account’s positions may be or become illiquid, in which case Oakmont
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may not be able to sell such positions.
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Changes in economic conditions can adversely affect investment performance.
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Counterparties such as brokers, dealers and custodians may default on their
obligations. For example, a client may lose its assets on deposit with a broker if the broker,
its clearing broker or an exchange clearing house becomes bankrupt.
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Oakmont may not be successful in fending off cybersecurity attacks from viruses,
malware, computer hackers or other malicious corruption of its information technology
systems. Cybersecurity breaches may cause disruptions to Oakmont’s business operations,
cause losses due to theft or other reasons, interfere with net asset value calculations, impede
trading, or lead to violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines and
penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional
compliance costs.
Risks of an Account Managed by Oakmont
Clients may not achieve their investment objectives. A strategy may not be
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successful and clients and investors may lose some or all of their investment.
Oakmont may not be able to obtain complete or accurate information about an
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investment and may misinterpret the information that it does receive. Oakmont also may
receive material, non-public information about an issuer that prevents it from trading that
issuer’s securities for a client when the client could make a profit or avoid losses.
Oakmont may take positions in securities of small, unseasoned companies that are
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less actively traded and more volatile than those of larger companies.
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An account may have higher portfolio turnover and transaction costs than a similar
account managed by another investment adviser. These costs reduce investments and
potential profit or increase loss.
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Client accounts may borrow on margin, which increases volatility and risk of loss.
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Oakmont may acquire for a client a large position in an issuer’s securities, but the
client nevertheless is unlikely to have any control over the issuer’s management. In addition,
if Oakmont’s clients hold a large position in an issuer’s securities, a client’s subsequent
sales of those securities could depress the market for them.
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An account’s investments may not be diversified. Therefore, a loss in any one
position, industry or sector in which an account has invested may cause significant losses.
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Oakmont may cause clients to invest in securities of non-U.S. private and
government issuers. The risks of these investments include political risks; economic
conditions of the country in which the issuer is located; limitations on foreign investment;
currency exchange risks; withholding taxes; limited information about the issuer; limited
liquidity; and limited regulatory oversight.
Oakmont’s activities could cause adverse tax consequences to clients and investors,
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including liability for interest and penalties.
Oakmont’s activities could cause an account that is subject to the Employee
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Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to engage in a prohibited transaction under that
Act.
Risks Related to Particular Types of Investments
• Oakmont’s clients make private equity investments, which involve a high degree of risk and
can result in complete losses. The applicable portfolio companies may be operating at a loss
or with substantial variations in operating results from period to period and may need
substantial additional capital to achieve or maintain competitive positions. They may face
intense competition from companies with much greater financial resources, much more
extensive development, production, marketing and service capabilities, and a much larger
number of qualified managerial and technical personnel. These private investments tend to be
in smaller businesses, which increases financial risks.
• Oakmont clients invest in real estate, directly or through a pooled investment vehicle or other
fund structure. Any such investment could suffer losses as a result of the following general
risks relating to investing in real estate:
o Adverse changes in economic and market conditions, supply of, or demand for,
similar or competing properties, changes in taxes or interest rates and the
availability of mortgage funds, all of which could depress the prices of real estate
and make sales difficult. Real estate investments can also be subject to changing
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demand and supply dynamics in any particular market or location, such as
responses to work-from-home trends, which are hard to predict accurately.
o Uninsurable events such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and wars.
o Stringent environmental regulation. A real estate owner is liable for cleanup costs
or damages caused by hazardous materials or toxic substances even if they were
on the property before the current owner acquired it or were released by owners of
nearby properties. An investor or a fund in which the investor invests might be
required to pay such cleanup costs and might not be able to sell a property that has
environmental problems.
o Material title defects, which can render a property worthless.
o Delays in construction work and unsatisfactory performance by contractors,
which could cause real estate improvements to cost more and take longer than
expected.
o Competing for tenants and maintaining rental rates and occupancy levels in a
highly competitive market, which may cause rental income to be insufficient to
meet a property’s operating expenses.
o Non-compliance with building codes, which would cause properties to be subject
to remedial actions or other legal recourse by government agencies, fines or other
monetary remedies.
o Liability to customers, tenants and guests.
• Changes in economic conditions can adversely affect investment performance. At times,
economic conditions in the U.S. and elsewhere have fluctuated significantly, resulting in
volatile securities markets and large investment losses. Government actions responding to
these conditions could lead to negative consequences for investors. As of March 2023, the
Federal Reserve has been steadily raising its benchmark interest rate and engaging in
quantitative tightening in an attempt to reduce the rate of inflation in the U.S. These actions
may continue. Such actions, or any actions to address future recessions, may have material
and adverse effects on the value of the investments, and could lead to material losses for
investors.
• Certain accounts invest in restricted securities that are subject to long holding periods or
that are not traded in public markets. These securities are difficult or impossible to sell at
prices comparable to the market prices of similar publicly-traded securities and may never
become publicly traded.
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Risks related to Oakmont’s Management of Accounts
• Oakmont determines the value of the investments held in client portfolios, whether or not
a public market exists for those instruments. For certain investments, Oakmont relies on
the valuation provided by third parties, including various counterparties, as it determines
appropriate. If Oakmont’s valuation is inaccurate and it charges a client an asset- or
performance-based fee, it might receive more compensation from that client than it should,
a new investor in a Fund might receive an interest that is worth less than the investor paid
and an investor that is withdrawing assets from a Fund might receive more than the amount
to which the investor is entitled, to the detriment of other investors in that Fund.
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In some cases, the client and not Oakmont is responsible for any trade errors that Oakmont
makes in an account, even when the error negatively impacts the client. Client accounts
are required to indemnify Oakmont for certain costs and expenses, as disclosed in each
account agreement.
• Oakmont and its affiliates and employees generally are not responsible to any client or
investor for losses incurred in an account unless the conduct resulting in the loss breached
Oakmont’s fiduciary duty to the client or investor.
• Oakmont provides certain investors or clients more frequent or detailed services, and
reports that it does not provide to other investors or clients.
• Oakmont and its affiliates rely, in part, on the skills and expertise of a few key personnel.
If these personnel were to cease to provide services to Oakmont, Oakmont’s ability to
continue to effectively manage its clients’ accounts could be compromised.
Risks of Investing in Private Funds
• There is not and will not be an active market for Fund interests or for other limited liability
company and partnership interests that Oakmont clients may purchase. It may be
impossible to transfer any such interests or withdraw from a Fund or other investment
vehicle, should liquidity be immediately necessary.
• The Funds and the other investment funds in which Oakmont clients invest typically do
not make distributions, but instead reinvest substantially all income and gain. Therefore,
a Fund investor or client may have taxable income from a partnership without a cash
distribution to pay the related taxes.
• A Fund may not be able to generate cash necessary to satisfy investor withdrawals and
redemptions. Substantial withdrawals and redemptions in a short period could force
Oakmont to sell the Fund’s portfolio positions too rapidly, and to reduce the size of the
Fund such that it cannot generate returns or reduce losses. Further, a Fund may limit or
suspend withdrawals or redemptions of an investor’s assets.
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• A Fund may dissolve or expel any investor at any time, even if such actions adversely
affect one or more investors.
• A Fund may establish a reserve for contingencies if Oakmont considers it appropriate.
Investors may not withdraw or redeem assets covered by that reserve until it is lifted.
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If a Fund becomes insolvent, investors may be required to return with interest any
distributions and forfeit any undistributed profits.
• Oakmont is not a registered broker-dealer, Fund interests are not registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, and the Funds are not registered investment companies under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. Oakmont believes that none of these registrations is
required because exemptions are available under applicable law. If a regulatory authority
deems that any of these registrations is required, Oakmont and the Funds could be subject
to expensive legal action and potential termination. In addition, investors in the Funds do
not have certain regulatory protection that they would have if these registrations were in
place.
Item 9.
Disciplinary Information
Not applicable.
Item 10.
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
As described above in Item 6, Oakmont and Cypress are under common control. Certain key
Oakmont personnel are also members of Cypress. These key personnel participate in the
compensation Cypress is paid by its funds. Further, Oakmont shares office space with Cypress
and certain Oakmont employees provide services to Cypress. For example, Oakmont’s portfolio
manager, Mr. Gupta, also serves as the portfolio manager of Cypress. All such employees have
conflicts of interest over the amount of time they spend on Oakmont’s activities and the activities
of Cypress.
Oakmont solicits certain of its clients to invest in the funds managed by Cypress. The conflicts of
interest created by these arrangements are discussed in Item 6, and include Oakmont and its
personnel participating in management fees and performance-based compensation as a result of an
Oakmont client’s investment in the Cypress funds. Further, both Oakmont and Cypress may cause
clients to invest in the same investment opportunities, and Oakmont and Cypress may have
conflicting interests in allocating those opportunities.
At its discretion and depending on the size of the investment opportunity, Oakmont may permit its
employees, affiliates and sometimes others to participate in some of the entities in which Oakmont
serves as manager or administrator.
Oakmont and Cypress have addressed the conflicts of interest discussed in this Item 10 by
disclosing the conflicts to clients, implementing policies and procedures described in Item 11,
including policies governing the allocation of investment opportunities, and regularly reviewing
such policies and procedures and allocations.
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Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Item 11.
Trading
Oakmont has adopted a Code of Ethics in compliance with Rule 204A-1 under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, that establishes standards of conduct for its supervised persons. The Code
of Ethics includes general requirements that Oakmont’s supervised persons comply with their
fiduciary obligations to clients and applicable securities laws, and specific requirements relating
to, among other things, personal trading, insider trading, conflicts of interest and confidentiality of
client information. It requires supervised persons to comply with the personal trading restrictions
described below and to report their personal securities transactions and holdings to Oakmont’s
CCO, and requires the CCO, or his designee, to review those reports. It also requires supervised
persons to report any violations of the Code of Ethics promptly to the CCO. Each supervised
person receives a copy of the Code of Ethics and any amendments to it and must acknowledge in
writing having received those materials. Annually, each supervised person must certify that he or
she complied with the Code of Ethics during the preceding year. Clients and prospective clients
may obtain a copy of Oakmont’s Code of Ethics by contacting Oakmont.
Oakmont and Cypress have adopted policies and procedures prohibiting their supervised persons
from purchasing publicly traded securities for their own accounts, other than mutual funds,
exchange-traded funds, U.S. government securities, money market instruments and shares of
money market funds. However, their supervised persons may continue to own securities they held
when they became supervised persons or when such policies and procedures were adopted, as the
case may be, but they may not personally purchase any new publicly traded securities. Supervised
persons also may sell those legacy securities and participate in private investments with the written
pre-approval of the CCO. In addition, certain Oakmont employees have accounts managed by
investment advisers unaffiliated with Oakmont and Cypress. No such employee has control over
the securities purchased and sold for any such account. Oakmont receives and reviews copies of
the statements for these accounts as part of its compliance program, but those independent advisers
are not required to pre-clear those accounts’ trades with Oakmont’s CCO and the accounts could
end up trading in the same securities as the Oakmont’s clients. For the reasons described above,
Oakmont’s and Cypress’s supervised persons could personally own the same securities that
Oakmont purchases and sells for clients, and could use knowledge about actual or proposed
securities transactions and recommendations for a client to profit personally by the market effect
of such transactions and recommendations. However, as discussed above, Oakmont and Cypress
have adopted policies and procedures to address these potential conflicts.
Cypress may buy or sell for its clients securities that Oakmont does not believe appropriate to buy
or sell for its clients. Oakmont is not obligated to acquire for any Oakmont client any security that
Cypress acquires for its clients.
Because Oakmont manages more than one account, there is a conflict of interest over its time
devoted to managing any one account and allocating investment opportunities among all accounts
that it manages. For example, Oakmont selects investments for each client based solely on that
client’s investment considerations. Different clients may have differing investment strategies and
expected levels of trading. Oakmont may buy or sell a security for one type of client but not for
another, or may buy (or sell) a security for one type of client while simultaneously selling (or
buying) the same security for another type of client. Oakmont may give advice to, and take action
on behalf of, any client that differs from the advice that it gives or the timing or nature of action
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that it takes on behalf of any other client. Oakmont is not obligated to acquire for any account any
security that Oakmont may acquire for any other client.
Item 12.
Brokerage Practices
Oakmont has complete discretion in selecting the brokers that it uses for client transactions and
the commission rates that clients pay such brokers. In selecting a broker for any transaction or
series of transactions, Oakmont considers a number of factors, including, for example:
financial strength and stability;
• net price, clearance, settlement and reputation;
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• confidentiality;
• efficiency of execution and error resolution;
• block trading and block positioning capabilities;
• willingness to execute related or unrelated difficult transactions in the future;
• willingness to commit capital;
• knowledge of market participants;
• order of call;
• special execution capabilities;
• offering to Oakmont on-line access to computerized data regarding clients’
accounts;
• computerized trading systems; and
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the availability of stocks to borrow for short trades.
Oakmont purchases from brokers or allows brokers to pay for the following (each a “soft dollar”
relationship):
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research reports, services and conferences, including third-party research fees
such as surveys and custom industry and company research;
industry and company comments;
technical data;
• economic and market information;
• portfolio strategy advice;
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• periodical subscription fees;
• performance measurement data;
• on-line pricing;
• news wire and data processing charges;
• software;
• quotation services and equipment (including software related thereto, such as
that provided by Bloomberg, Reuters or similar providers;
• custody, recordkeeping and similar services;
• general business or operational consulting;
• proxy voting services;
• portfolio and risk management systems; and
• computer hardware and software.
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Oakmont receives soft dollar credits based on principal, as well as agency, securities transactions
or by directing a broker that executes transactions to share some of its commissions with a broker
that provides soft dollar benefits to Oakmont. Oakmont uses the soft dollar benefits to service all
client accounts. Oakmont does not allocate soft dollar benefits to client accounts in proportion to
the soft dollar credits generated by the client accounts.
Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides a “safe harbor” to investment
advisers who use commission dollars of their advised accounts to obtain investment research and
brokerage services that provide lawful and appropriate assistance to the adviser in performing
investment decision-making responsibilities. Conduct outside of the safe harbor of section 28(e)
is subject to the traditional standards of fiduciary duty under state and federal law. If Oakmont
uses commission dollars to pay for products or services that provide administrative or other non-
research assistance to itself or its affiliates, such payments may not fall within the section 28(e)
safe harbor. Oakmont intends to comply with section 28(e) in all material respects, however.
Oakmont pays broker commissions and mark-ups that exceed those that another broker might
charge for effecting the same transaction because of the value of the brokerage, research, other
services and soft dollar relationships that such broker provides. Oakmont determines in good faith
that such compensation is reasonable in relation to the value of such brokerage, research, other
services and soft dollar relationships, in terms of either the specific transaction or Oakmont’s
overall fiduciary duty to its clients. An account may, however, pay higher commissions and mark-
ups than are otherwise available or may pay more commissions or mark-ups based on account
trading activity.
Oakmont generally considers the amount and nature of the research, execution and other services
provided by brokers as well as the extent to which its clients rely on such services, and attempts to
allocate brokerage transactions on that basis. Oakmont believes that allocating brokerage
transactions in this manner helps it obtain research and execution capabilities that benefit its clients.
Oakmont’s relationships with brokers that provide soft dollar services influence its judgment and
create conflicts of interest in allocating brokerage business between firms that provide soft dollar
services and firms that do not. Oakmont has an incentive to select or recommend a broker based
on its interest in receiving soft dollar services rather than clients’ interest in receiving the most
favorable execution. These conflicts of interest are particularly influential to the extent that
Oakmont uses soft dollars to pay expenses it would otherwise be required to pay itself.
Oakmont addresses these conflicts of interest by periodically evaluating the trade execution
services that it receives from the brokers that it uses. Such evaluation includes comparing those
services to the services available from other brokers. It considers, among other things:
the quality of execution services;
the desirability of continuing with various soft dollar services;
• alternative market makers and market centers;
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• adding brokers to, or removing them from, the approved list that it uses; and
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increasing or decreasing targets for each broker and the appropriate level of
commission rates.
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Oakmont typically aggregates securities sale and purchase orders for a client with similar orders
being made contemporaneously for other client accounts. In such event, Oakmont charges or
credits a client the average transaction price of all securities purchased or sold in such transactions.
As a result, the price may be less favorable to the client than it would be if Oakmont were not
executing similar transactions concurrently for other accounts. Oakmont may also cause a client
to buy or sell securities directly from or to another client, if such a cross-transaction is in the
interests of both clients.
Item 13.
Review of Accounts
Oakmont’s portfolio manager reviews the publicly-traded securities held in each account that
Oakmont manages. Oakmont’s President periodically reviews the other investments in a client’s
portfolio. Those reviews consider investment objectives, company and market prospects and the
client’s liquidity needs. Reports are made to clients at the frequency clients request.
Item 14.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Not applicable.
Item 15.
Custody
Clients’ cash and publicly traded securities are maintained at a qualified custodian. Unless the
client is a limited partnership or limited liability company that is subject to an annual audit as
described in the next paragraph, the qualified custodian sends a statement at least quarterly to such
client (and each limited partner and member of a client that is a limited partnership or limited
liability company). Each such client should carefully review those statements and compare them
with any statements or other reports that such client receives directly from Oakmont.
Under the SEC’s custody rule applicable to investment advisers, Oakmont is deemed to have
custody of the Funds’ assets, even though independent custodians actually hold the assets. An
adviser (or its affiliate) with “custody” of a Fund’s assets must cause certain account statements
detailing holdings and transactions to be sent to clients, and imposes certain other obligations.
However, advisers need not comply with those requirements if, among other things, the Fund
provides investors with audited financial statements by a specified time each year and those
financial statements meet certain requirements. Oakmont satisfies those conditions and therefore
is not subject to reporting and other obligations..
Item 16.
Investment Discretion
Oakmont has discretionary authority to manage investment accounts on behalf of certain clients
pursuant to a grant of authority in those clients’ advisory agreements. Such discretionary authority
is limited by the requirement that clients advise Oakmont of:
the investment objectives of the account;
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• any changes or modifications to those objectives; and
• any specific investment restrictions relating to the account.
A client must promptly notify Oakmont in writing if the client considers any investments
recommended or made for the account to violate such objectives or restrictions. A client may at
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any time direct Oakmont to sell any securities or take such other lawful actions as the client may
specify to cause the account to comply with the client’s investment objectives. A client may also
notify Oakmont at any time not to invest any funds in the client’s account in specific securities or
specific categories of securities.
Item 17.
Voting Client Securities
Oakmont has engaged Institutional Shareholders Services Inc. (“ISS”) to assist with managing,
tracking, reconciling and reporting Oakmont’s proxy voting, maintaining its proxy voting records
and making informed proxy voting decisions. Proxies of client accounts over which Oakmont has
voting authority are voted on behalf of each such account based on Oakmont’s or ISS’s
determination of such account’s best interests. ISS makes recommendations as to how to vote
proxies and votes them on Oakmont’s behalf unless Oakmont provides alternative instructions, in
which case ISS votes proxies according to those instructions. In determining whether a proposal
serves an account’s best interests, Oakmont and/or ISS considers a number of factors, including:
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the proposal’s economic effect on shareholder value;
the threat that the proposal poses to existing rights of shareholders;
the dilution of existing shares that would result from the proposal;
the effect of the proposal on management or director accountability to
shareholders; and
if the proposal is a shareholder initiative, whether it wastes time and
resources of the company or reflects the grievance of one individual.
Oakmont or ISS abstains from voting proxies when it believes that it is appropriate to do so.
If a material conflict of interest over proxy voting arises between Oakmont and a client, Oakmont
will request that ISS determine how the proxy should be voted.
A client or investor can obtain a copy of Oakmont’s proxy voting policy and a record of votes cast
by Oakmont on behalf of that client or the Funds in which that investor has invested, as applicable,
by contacting Oakmont.
Item 18.
Financial Information
Oakmont has no financial commitment that impairs its ability to meet contractual and fiduciary
commitments to clients, and Oakmont has not been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
Privacy Policy
Oakmont and its affiliated entities:
• collect non-public personal information about their clients and investors from the
following sources:
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information received from clients or investors on applications or other forms, and
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information about clients’ or investors’ transactions with Oakmont, its affiliates or
others;
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• do not disclose any non-public personal information about their current and former
clients or investors to anyone, except to service providers that perform services and
functions for them and as permitted by law;
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restrict access to non-public personal information about their clients and investors to their
employees who need to know that information to provide services to clients and
investors; and
• maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal
standards to guard clients’ and investors’ personal information.
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