Common use of SERVICES TO BE RENDERED BY Clause in Contracts

SERVICES TO BE RENDERED BY. MCCM TO THE FUND A. As an investment sub-adviser to the Fund, MCCM will be involved with all aspects of the Fund’s investment program including, without limitation, asset allocation, portfolio construction, and manager search and selection. B. As part of the services it will provide hereunder, MCCM will: (i) advise the Adviser in writing as to the recommended allocation of assets of the Fund among portfolio managers, including dates for retaining and terminating portfolio managers, and provide (quarterly during the Adviser’s and MCCM’s quarterly Core Alternatives Fund meeting (the “CA Meeting”)) to the Adviser a quarterly “Strategy Outlook” describing MCCM’s macro perspective and overview for strategy weightings in the Fund; (ii) as part of the CA Meeting, provide, document and review portfolio construction for the Fund implementing the Strategy Outlook and portfolio manager selection process as necessary (in the discretion of the Adviser); (iii) research, identify, recommend, monitor, evaluate and meet with potential portfolio managers as part of its manager due diligence responsibilities. This process will incorporate, without limitation, and as deemed reasonably necessary in the reasonable discretion of MCCM, initial onsite review, an assessment of the performance of portfolio managers recommended by MCCM and which are managing assets of the Fund and a periodic written recommendations to the Adviser and an annual written update for all underlying funds that are not in the process of being redeemed; (iv) conduct operational due diligence as reasonably agreed upon by the Adviser and MCCM from time to time. (v) upon the mutual agreement of the Adviser and MCCM, prepare a private equity cash flow model, including a review of the current and estimated exposure level to private investments. This review will also incorporate a review of commitment levels for the Fund’s vintage year program. The Private Equity Cash Flow Model is to be provided, documented and reviewed during the Adviser’s and MCCM’s dedicated “Private Investment Meeting”; (vi) provide risk management oversight in a manner consistent with the risk management oversight provided to similar clients of MCCM as reasonably agreed upon by the Adviser and MCCM from time to time; (vii) upon the reasonable request of the Adviser, review and comment upon offering documents and ancillary sales materials prepared by the Adviser for the Fund; (viii) provide underlying fund, strategy and manager level exposure reporting, including, without limitation, an analysis of geography, leverage, underlying fund size and other statistical exposures. Exposure reporting must be documented and provided to the Adviser as of each quarter end, within 60 days after the quarter end; (ix) participate, at the request of the Adviser and as mutually agreed to by MCCM, in educational meetings with customers and other prospective investors in the Fund; (x) maintain such books and records as mutually deemed appropriate by MCCM and the Adviser relating to the recommendations, retention, performance and services of portfolio managers recommended by MCCM and selected by the Fund’s Investment Committee to manage the assets of the Fund; and (xi) hold a quarterly financial advisor call with the Adviser. C. In furnishing services hereunder, MCCM shall be subject to, and shall perform in accordance with, the following: (i) the Fund’s limited partnership agreement and/or other governing instruments, as the same may be hereafter modified and/or amended from time to time (“Governing Documents”); (ii) the currently effective registration statement of the Fund and each feeder fund as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and delivered to MCCM; (iii) the Investment Company Act and the Advisers Act and the rules under each, and all other federal and state laws or regulations applicable to the Fund; (iv) the Fund’s Compliance Manual and other policies and procedures adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Fund; and (v) the written instructions of the Adviser. In performing the services hereunder, MCCM shall act with the same levels of care and diligence as it acts with respect to performing services for the other funds advised by it, it being understood that MCCM may provide additional and/or different services to other clients that are not provided to the Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing, MCCM acknowledges that no investment will be made without the affirmative vote of each of the members of the Adviser’s and MCCM’s joint investment committee (the “Investment Committee”). D. MCCM, at its expense, will furnish: (i) all necessary facilities (including office space, furnishings, and equipment) and personnel, including salaries, expenses and fees of any personnel required for MCCM to faithfully perform its duties under this Agreement; and (ii) administrative facilities and all equipment necessary for the efficient conduct of MCCM’s duties under this Agreement. E. On occasions when MCCM deems the purchase of a security to be in the best interest of the Fund as well as other clients of MCCM, allocation of the securities so purchased, as well as the expenses incurred in the transaction, will be made by MCCM in the manner which MCCM considers to be the most equitable and consistent with its fiduciary obligations to the Fund and to its other clients. The Adviser agrees that MCCM and its affiliates may give advice and take action in the performance of their duties with respect to any of their other clients that may differ from advice given, or the timing or nature of actions taken, with respect to the Fund. The Adviser also acknowledges that MCCM and its affiliates are fiduciaries to other entities and persons, some of which have similar investment objectives (and will hold the same or similar investments) as the Fund, and that MCCM will carry out its duties hereunder together with its duties under such relationships. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer upon MCCM any obligation to purchase or to recommend for purchase for the Fund any investment that MCCM, its affiliates, officers or employees may purchase or sell for its or their own account or for the account of any client, if in the sole and absolute discretion of MCCM it is for any reason impractical or undesirable to take such action or make such recommendation for the Fund. F. MCCM will maintain all accounts, books and records with respect to the Fund as are required of an investment adviser pursuant to the Advisers Act and the rules thereunder.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Investment Sub Advisory Agreement (Hatteras Core Alternatives TEI Institutional Fund, L.P.), Investment Sub Advisory Agreement (Hatteras Core Alternatives Institutional Fund, L.P.)