0001752724-19-057943.txt : 20190614 0001752724-19-057943.hdr.sgml : 20190614 20190614150858 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-057943 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190614 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190614 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190614 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001557794 IRS NUMBER: 300748288 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22743 FILM NUMBER: 19898670 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 28TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10154 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-583-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 345 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 28TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10154 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Blackstone Investor Solutions Funds DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20120907 0001557794 S000045538 Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund C000141764 Class I C000145025 Class D Shares C000145026 Class R Shares C000145027 Class Y Shares N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0201 N-CEN LIVE 0001557794 XXXXXXXX 811-22743 false false false N-1A S000045538 true Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds 811-22743 0001557794 549300C1ND700M70DR68 345 PARK AVENUE 28TH FLOOR NEW YORK 10154-0004 US-NY US 212-583-5000 Blackstone Alternative Investment Advisors LLC 345 Park Avenue New York 10154-0004 212-583-5000 The other books and other documents required to be maintained by the Registrant pursuant to Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Act State Street Bank and Trust Company 1 Lincoln Street Boston 02111 617-786-3000 Custody and Accounting Records Y N N-1A 1 Y Paul J. 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LLC 8-129 000000361 FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30 25528631.00000000 Nomura Holdings, Inc. 8-24357 000110814 549300B3CEAHYG7K8164 JP 73463000.00000000 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 8-8177 000007059 MBNUM2BPBDO7JBLYG310 66629756.33 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 8-7221 000007691 8NAV47T0Y26Q87Y0QP81 134612625.00000000 542772395.81000000 N 6484773595.75000000 Committed 250000000.00000000 N N N N true INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 NCEN_2041994421431813.txt REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Board of Trustees of Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds and the shareholders of Blackstone Alternative Multi-Strategy Fund and Subsidiaries In planning and performing our audit of the consolidated financial statements of Blackstone Alternative Multi- Strategy Fund and Subsidiaries (the "Fund"), a series of Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds, as of and for the year ended March 31, 2019, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Fund's internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A fund's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A fund's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the fund; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of a fund's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the fund's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness, as defined above, as of March 31, 2019. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of the Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. Deloitte & Touche LLP New York, New York May 28, 2019