Discretionary Sub‑Advisers |
Principal Strategy | |
Aperture Investors, LLC | Equity Hedge Strategies | |
Bayforest Capital Limited | Multi-Strategy Strategies | |
Bayview Asset Management, LLC | Relative Value Strategies | |
Blackstone Liquid Credit Strategies LLC | Relative Value Strategies | |
Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C. | Relative Value Strategies | |
Caspian Capital LP | Event-Driven Strategies | |
Clear Sky Advisers, LLC | Macro Strategies | |
D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C. | Multi-Strategy Strategies | |
Emso Asset Management Limited | Macro Strategies | |
Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc. | Equity Hedge Strategies | |
HealthCor Management, L.P. | Equity Hedge Strategies | |
Jasper Capital Hong Kong Limited | Equity Hedge Strategies | |
Magnetar Asset Management LLC | Event-Driven Strategies | |
Mariner Investment Group, LLC | Relative Value Strategies | |
Mesarete Capital LLP | Relative Value Strategies | |
Nephila Capital Ltd. | Event-Driven Strategies | |
Sage Rock Capital Management LP | Event-Driven Strategies | |
Seiga Asset Management Limited | Equity Hedge Strategies | |
TrailStone Commodity Trading US, LLC | Macro Strategies | |
Two Sigma Advisers, LP | Equity Hedge Strategies | |
Waterfall Asset Management, LLC | Relative Value Strategies |
Discretionary Sub‑Advisers |
Principal Strategy |
Principal Sub‑Strategy | ||
Aperture Investors, LLC | Equity Hedge Strategies | Equity Long/Short | ||
Bayforest Capital Limited | Multi-Strategy Strategies | N/A | ||
Bayview Asset Management, LLC | Relative Value Strategies | Fixed Income – Asset Backed | ||
Blackstone Liquid Credit Strategies LLC | Relative Value Strategies | Fixed Income – Asset Backed | ||
Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C. | Relative Value Strategies | Fixed Income – Asset Backed | ||
Caspian Capital LP | Event-Driven Strategies | Distressed/Restructuring | ||
Clear Sky Advisers, LLC | Macro Strategies | Commodity – Energy | ||
D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C. | Multi-Strategy Strategies | N/A | ||
Emso Asset Management Limited | Macro Strategies | Discretionary Thematic | ||
Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc. | Equity Hedge Strategies | Equity Long/Short | ||
HealthCor Management, L.P. | Equity Hedge Strategies | Equity Long/Short | ||
Jasper Capital Hong Kong Limited | Equity Hedge Strategies | Quantitative Directional | ||
Magnetar Asset Management LLC | Event-Driven Strategies | Risk Arbitrage Strategies | ||
Mariner Investment Group, LLC | Relative Value Strategies | Fixed Income – Asset Backed | ||
Mesarete Capital LLP | Relative Value Strategies | Fixed Income – Sovereign | ||
Nephila Capital Ltd. | Event-Driven Strategies | Reinsurance | ||
Sage Rock Capital Management LP | Event-Driven Strategies | Event-Driven Multi-Strategy | ||
Seiga Asset Management Limited | Equity Hedge Strategies | Equity Long/Short | ||
TrailStone Commodity Trading US, LLC | Macro Strategies | Commodity – Energy | ||
Two Sigma Advisers, LP | Equity Hedge Strategies | Equity Market Neutral | ||
Waterfall Asset Management, LLC | Relative Value Strategies | Fixed Income – Asset Backed |
• | Mariner Investment Group, LLC (“Mariner”), located at 500 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 405, Harrison, NY 10528, is an investment adviser registered with the SEC. Mariner may manage a portion of the Fund’s assets using Relative Value Strategies. Founded in 1992, Mariner has approximately $6.1 billion in assets under management as of February 28, 2022. |
• | Mariner Investment Group, LLC (“Mariner”). Mariner is currently wholly-owned by MIG Holdings, LLC, which is 100% owned by certain Mariner employees, their family members, and trusts set up by such persons. |
Name and Year of Birth of Officers |
Position(s) Held with the Fund |
Term of Office1 and Length of Time Served |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | |||
Brian F. Gavin (1969) |
President (Principal Executive Officer) | August 2012 – Present | Chief Operating Officer & Senior Managing Director,2 Blackstone (2007 – Present) | |||
Sarah Kassman (1991) |
Secretary | February 2022 – Present | Associate, Blackstone (2022 – Present); Analyst, Blackstone (2018 – 2021) | |||
Kevin Michel (1986) |
Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Legal Officer | Chief Compliance Officer (July 2021 – Present); Chief Legal Officer (July 2021 – Present) |
Senior Vice President, Blackstone (2021 – Present); Vice President, Blackstone (2018 – 2020); Associate, Blackstone (2015 – 2017) | |||
Thomas Procida (1980) |
Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | Treasurer (August 2021 – Present); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer (February 2022 – Present) |
Managing Director, Blackstone (2019 – Present); Senior Vice President, Blackstone (2015 – 2019) | |||
Sherilene Sibadan (1976) |
Anti-Money Laundering Officer | July 2019 – Present | Managing Director, Blackstone (2022 – Present); Senior Vice President, Blackstone (2016 – 2021) |
Name and Year of Birth of Officers |
Position(s) Held with the Fund |
Term of Office1 and Length of Time Served |
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | |||
Stacey Weckstein (1988) |
Interim Secretary | February 2022 – Present | Analyst, Blackstone (2022 – Present); Coordinator, Blackstone (January 2022 – March 2022); Administrative Assistant, Blackstone (2017 – 2021) |
1 | Term of office of each Officer is indefinite until his or her death, resignation, removal, or disqualification. |
2 | Executive title, not a board directorship. |
Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e)
File Nos. 333-185238 and 811-22743
BLACKSTONE ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT FUNDS
Supplement dated March 31, 2022 to the
Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund (the “Fund”)
Statement of Additional Information, dated July 30, 2021,
as revised September 9, 2021, as supplemented
Addition of Sub-Adviser
Pursuant to action taken by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, Mariner Investment Group, LLC will serve as a discretionary sub-adviser to the Fund.
Effective immediately, the following disclosure is added to the section “Investment Management and Other Services—The Sub-Advisers” in the Statement of Additional Information:
• | Mariner Investment Group, LLC (“Mariner”). Mariner is currently wholly-owned by MIG Holdings, LLC, which is 100% owned by certain Mariner employees, their family members, and trusts set up by such persons. |
Officers
Effective immediately, the “Officers” table in the “Management—Board of Trustees Composition and Fund Leadership Structure” section of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Name and Year of Birth |
Position(s) Held with |
Term of Office1 and |
Principal Occupation(s) During | |||
Brian F. Gavin (1969) |
President (Principal Executive Officer) | August 2012 – Present | Chief Operating Officer & Senior Managing Director,2 Blackstone (2007 – Present) | |||
Sarah Kassman (1991) |
Secretary | February 2022 – Present | Associate, Blackstone (2022 – Present);
Analyst, Blackstone | |||
Kevin Michel (1986) |
Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Legal Officer | Chief Compliance Officer
Chief Legal Officer |
Senior Vice President, Blackstone
Vice President, Blackstone
Associate, Blackstone | |||
Thomas Procida (1980) |
Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | Treasurer
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer |
Managing Director, Blackstone
Senior Vice President, Blackstone | |||
Sherilene Sibadan (1976) |
Anti-Money Laundering Officer | July 2019 – Present | Managing Director, Blackstone (2022 – Present);
Senior Vice President, Blackstone |
Name and Year of Birth |
Position(s) Held with |
Term of Office1 and |
Principal Occupation(s) During | |||
Stacey Weckstein (1988) |
Interim Secretary | February 2022 – Present | Coordinator, Blackstone
Administrative Assistant, Blackstone (2017 – 2021) |
1 | Term of office of each Officer is indefinite until his or her death, resignation, removal, or disqualification. |
2 | Executive title, not a board directorship. |