0001752724-22-132556.txt : 20220610 0001752724-22-132556.hdr.sgml : 20220610 20220610090834 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-22-132556 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220610 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220610 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220610 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: 221007751 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 X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0001557794 XXXXXXXX 811-22743 false false false N-1A S000045538 C000145027 C000145026 C000145025 C000141764 Blackstone Alternative Investment Funds 811-22743 0001557794 549300C1ND700M70DR68 345 PARK AVENUE 28TH FLOOR NEW YORK 10154-0004 US-NY US 212-583-5000 Mariner Investment Group, LLC 500 Mamaroneck Avenue 4th Floor Harrison 10528 914-670-4300 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. EMSO Asset Management Limited Iron Trades House 21 Grosvenor Place London GB SW1X 7HN 44-20-7150-3700 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Bayforest Capital Limited 48 Dover Street London GB W1S 4FF 44-0-203-968-5227 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Blackstone Alternative Investment Advisors LLC 345 Park Avenue 28th floor 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 Clear Sky Advisers, LLC 4400 Post Oak Parkway Suite 2280 Houston 77027 713-263-3300 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Mesarete Capital LLP 2/3 Golden Square London GB W1F 9HR 44-0-203-148-2330 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Trailstone Commodity Trading US, LLC 2901 Via Fortuna Drive Suite 125 Austin 78746 512-628-4300 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Blackstone Real Estate Special Situations Advisors L.L.C. 345 Park Avenue 15th floor New York 10154 212-583-5000 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. HealthCor Management, L.P. 55 Hudson Yards 28th floor New York 10001 212-622-7800 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. State Street Bank and Trust Company 1 Lincoln Street Boston 02111 617-786-3000 Custody and Accounting Records Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc. 410 Greenwich Avenue Greenwich 06830 203-618-0101 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Aperture Investors, LLC 250 West 55th Street 30th Floor New York 10019 212-521-5180 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Jasper Capital Hong Kong Limited 188 Des Voeux Road Unit 1701 Central and Western District HK 999007 852-2666-0857 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Sage Rock Capital Management LP 60 East 42nd Street Suite 1365 New York 10165 212-257-4859 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Caspian Capital LP 10 East 53rd Street 35th floor New York 10022 212-826-6970 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Seiga Asset Management Limited 60 Wyndham Street Suite 2003A Central and Western District HK 999007 852-3705-7700 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Two Sigma Advisers, LP 100 Avenue of the Americas 16th floor New York 10013-1689 212-625-5700 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Waterfall Asset Management, LLC 1251 Avenue of the Americas 50th Floor New York 10020 212-257-4600 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Magnetar Asset Management LLC 1603 Orrington Avenue 13th floor Evanston 60201 847-905-4400 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Blackstone Liquid Credit Strategies LLC 345 Park Avenue 31st floor New York 10154 212-503-2100 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. U.S. Bank National Association 425 Walnut Street Cincinnati 45202 513-632-2443 Records related to its role as a Fund custodian. Bayview Asset Management, LLC 4425 Ponce de Leon Boulevard 5th floor Coral Gables 33146 305-854-8880 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. Nephila Capital Ltd. 31 Victoria Street 3rd floor west Hamilton BM HM 10 441-296-4684 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C. 1166 Avenue of the Americas 9th Floor New York 10036 212-478-0000 Records related to its role as a sub-adviser. N N N-1A 1 Y Kristen M. Leopold N/A N John M. Brown N/A N Peter Koffler 001749876 Y Paul J. Lawler N/A N Peter M. Gilbert N/A N Frank J. 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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, 2022, 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 consolidated 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, 2022.

 

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.

 

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

New York, New York

May 26, 2022