Spearhead IDFs
Below are brief descriptions and downloadable tear sheets for the IDFs that are currently available on the Spearhead platform.
ADAR 1 Insurance Dedicated Fund
ADAR1 Capital Management, LLC (“ADAR1") is an SEC-registered Registered Investment Advisor founded in March 2019 by Dr. Daniel Schneeberger. Within the healthcare space, ADAR1 employs an open mandate, opportunistic approach with the goal of achieving attractive long-term returns for its partners, independent of the future trajectory of economic growth or changes in equity risk premiums. ADAR1 invests in healthcare/biotechnology securities by utilizing deep scientific analysis of binary events/clinical data readouts, in addition to fundamental and special situation strategies within healthcare.
ELm Wealth Insurance Dedicated Fund
Elm Partners Management LLC (“Elm Wealth") is an SEC-registered investment advisor, and headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Elm Wealth began conducting business in 2012 and is operated by Victor J. Haghani (Chief Investment Officer) and James White (Chief Executive Officer). The Elm Wealth Insurance Dedicated Fund seeks to generate capital appreciation based on total return at a sufficient premium to inflation using Dynamic Index Investing®. Dynamic Index Investing® begins with a baseline portfolio of Underlying Funds of approximately 75% equity exposure, and 25% U.S. Fixed-income and money-market exposure. The fund then evaluates each asset class based on an estimate of the long-term expected inflation-adjusted return measured relative to safe assets and based on the riskiness of each asset class, as determined by the Adviser, and will rebalance the weightings of the Underlying Funds to achieve the desired allocation. These asset classes include but are not limited to Equities, Futures, Mutual Funds, Index Funds, Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”), Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”), Fixed Income and Money Market instruments.
FIG Tax Lien Insurance Dedicated Fund
Finch Investment Group (“FIG”), and its affiliate, FIG Capital Management, LLC (“FCM”), is a SEC-registered investment adviser and a national leader in the acquisition, servicing, and collection of property tax liens. The FIG Tax Lien Insurance Dedicated Fund (the “Fund”) was created to achieve long-term capital appreciation through interest income and capital gains from a diversified portfolio of tax liens on a tax-advantaged basis. The Fund is designed as an evergreen, open-ended vehicle solely focused on tax lien investments.
Freedom 3 Insurance Dedicated Fund
Freedom 3 Capital (“F3C") is an SEC-Registered Investment Advisor founded in 2013 that focuses on investing within the middle market private credit space. F3C primarily provides family-owned and entrepreneur-led businesses with capital solutions that enable them to grow their business. The investment objective of the Freedom 3 Insurance Dedicated Fund (the “Fund” or “F3C IDF”) is to generate net cash yield and capital appreciation by participating in a combination of private credit funds and direct investments employed by F3C.
Global Strategic Risk Management Insurance Dedicated Fund
Global Strategic Risk Management (“GSRM") is an investment adviser headquartered in Providence, RI. GSRM was founded in 2023 by Russell Jeffrey, an expert in fixed income and mortgage-backed securities with an extensive history of hedge fund management, including previous ventures at Providence Investment Management (2004–2017) and Watch Hill (1994–2002).
The Fund is a housing centric fixed income relative value hedge fund focused on identifying inefficiencies within and between various classes of securities within the fixed income universe. The Fund aims to identify mispricings in US Agency issued housing securities such as mortgages and housing credit. Strategy focuses on constructing portfolios with low duration, rigorously stress-tested across various scenarios with the aim to deliver strong risk adjusted returns.
Neuberger Berman Private Debt Insurance Fund
NB Private Debt was founded in 2013 as part of NB Private Markets, a $114 billion platform dedicated to supporting the private equity ecosystem. The direct lending strategy leverages the broader platform’s investment in over 700 private equity funds and 7,000 underlying portfolio companies. NB Private Debt invests in first lien, senior secured loans to U.S. private equity-owned companies. The IDF aims to invest in high quality issuers in recession-resilient industries, benefiting from secular tailwinds. The IDF strategy seeks to construct a highly diversified portfolio with over 100 loans, utilizing a selective investment style centered around capital preservation.
Silverview Credit Lending IDF
Silverview Credit Partners LP (“Silverview”) was founded in 2015 by former senior team members of UBS’ Legacy Investment Bank. Silverview is a registered investment advisor specialized in identifying differentiated special situations lending opportunities in the non-sponsored, lower middle market space. Silverview has developed a streamlined lending solution to source, underwrite, and fund loan opportunities in a timely manner through the family of funds it manages. Silverview Credit Lending IDF (“Silverview IDF”) seeks to generate alpha across all market conditions by originating, underwriting and structuring private loans in the lower middle market. Silverview currently manages an asset base of approximately $590 million, has 13 employees, and its primary office is in Tampa, FL.
Zilker Multi-Strategies IDF - Series I
Maslow Wealth Advisors ("MWA") is a SEC-registered investment adviser with its principal place of business located in Austin, Texas. MWA (formerly Durbin Bennett Private Wealth Management, LLC) began conducting business in 2001. MWA focuses on several key areas with its clients, including tax optimization, portfolio management, financial planning, and estate alignment. The Fund is a multi-strategy fund that seeks to generate attractive risk adjusted returns with low to moderate volatility and low correlation to traditional long-only global equity and fixed income markets.
Zilker Multi-Strategies IDF - Series II
Maslow Wealth Advisors ("MWA") is a SEC-registered investment adviser with its principal place of business located in Austin, Texas. MWA (formerly Durbin Bennett Private Wealth Management, LLC) began conducting business in 2001. MWA focuses on several key areas with its clients, including tax optimization, portfolio management, financial planning, and estate alignment. The Fund is a multi-strategy fund that seeks to generate attractive risk adjusted returns with low to moderate volatility and low correlation to traditional long-only global equity and fixed income markets.