0001752724-23-276093.txt : 20231208 0001752724-23-276093.hdr.sgml : 20231208 20231208151156 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-23-276093 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231208 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231208 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20231208 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iDirect Private Markets Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001606789 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN/A SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22963 FILM NUMBER: 231475152 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE STREET 2: 60 EAST 42ND STREET, 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10165 BUSINESS PHONE: (888) 524-9441 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE GRAND CENTRAL PLACE STREET 2: 60 EAST 42ND STREET, 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10165 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: iCapital KKR Private Markets Fund DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20210216 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Altegris KKR Commitments Master Fund DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20150318 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Altegris KKR Private Equity Master Fund DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20140429 N-CEN/A 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN/A 0001752724-21-122804 LIVE 0001606789 XXXXXXXX 811-22963 N-2 iDirect Private Markets Fund 811-22963 0001606789 549300ROP5KICGIV3S29 60 East 42nd Street 26th Floor New York 10165 US-NY US 212-634-7089 Gemini Fund Services 225 Pictoria Drive, Suite 450 Cincinnati 45246 631-470-2600 Fund Accounting and Transfer Agent Records N N N N-2 Y Neil M. Kaufman N/A N Anita K. Krug N/A N Mark Garbin N/A N Mark D. Gersten N/A N William B Kimme N/A 4221 North 203rd St Suite 100 N/A Elkhorn 68022 XXXXXX Y N N N N N Deloitte and Touche LLP 34 N/A N N N N N N N iDirect Private Markets Fund 549300ROP5KICGIV3S29 N 2 0 0 N/A N N N N N/A N/A N/A N/A Y N Y N iCapital Registered Fund Advisor LLC 801-119679 000310587 HC0NT8E026BG7Q86IX02 2021-02-16 Altegris Advisors LLC 801-71496 000154003 549300NC9P98W7ZWG626 2021-02-16 StepStone Group LP 801-68079 000143635 5493003WLJYSCF0SXV04 N N Gemini Fund Services, LLC 84-06083 N/A N N N N UMB Bank NA VNOO6EITDJ2YUEBMSZ83 N N Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1)) N Gemini Fund Services, LLC NA 84-06083 N N N Gemini Fund Services, LLC NA 84-1964 N N N 0 0 N 398567395.00000000 Common stock iCapital Private Market Fund Class I Common stock iCapital Private Markets Fund Class A N N N N N N 1.20 2.35 N/A 16.49000000 true false true INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 icletter.txt IC LETTER REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of The iCapital KKR Private Markets Fund: In planning and performing our audit of the consolidated financial statements of iCapital KKR Private Markets Fund (formerly known as Altegris KKR Commitments Master Fund) (the Fund) as of and for the year ended March 31, 2021, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Funds 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 Funds 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 consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A funds 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 consolidated 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 Trustees of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of a funds assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Funds 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 Funds 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, 2021. 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 Chicago, Illinois May 28, 2021 ADVISORY CONTRACTS 3 InvestmentAdvisoryAgreement.txt ADVISORY AGREEMENT 92690695_2 INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT made as of this 12th day of February, 2021 by and between iCapital KKR Private Markets Fund (formerly, Altegris KKR Commitments Master Fund), a Delaware statutory trust (the Fund), and iCapital Registered Fund Adviser LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Adviser). 1. Duties of Adviser. (a) The Fund hereby appoints the Adviser to act as investment adviser to the Fund, for the period and on the terms set forth in this Agreement. The Fund employs the Adviser to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Fund, continuously to review, supervise and administer the investment program of the Fund, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Funds assets to be held uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisers activities which the Fund is required to maintain and to render regular reports to the Funds officers and Board of Trustees (the Board) concerning the Advisers discharge of the foregoing responsibilities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Adviser is specifically authorized to invest discrete portions of the Funds assets (which may constitute, in the aggregate, all of the Funds assets) in unregistered investment funds or other investment vehicles (Investment Funds) which are managed by investment managers (Investment Managers). The Adviser is fully authorized and empowered to delegate any or all of these powers, duties, or responsibilities it has in this Agreement in the Funds name, place and stead to one or more sub-advisers, as the Adviser may deem necessary or advisable for implementing the investment program of the Fund, subject to compliance with all applicable provisions of Section 15 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), except to the extent otherwise permitted by any exemptive order of the Securities and Exchange Commission or similar relief. The Fund has discussed and concurs in the Advisers employing StepStone Group LP to act as the Funds sub-investment adviser (the Sub-Adviser) to provide day-to-day management of the Funds investments. The Adviser shall discharge the foregoing responsibilities subject to the control of the officers and the Board of the Fund, and in compliance with the objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the Funds prospectus and statement of additional information, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time with notice to the Adviser, and applicable laws and regulations. (b) The Adviser accepts such employment and agrees to render the services and to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services on the terms and for the compensation provided herein. 2. Portfolio Transactions. (a) The Adviser is authorized to select the brokers or dealers that will execute the purchases and sales of securities for the Fund and is directed to use its best efforts to obtain the best available price and most favorable execution, except as prescribed herein. (b) The Adviser may select affiliates of the Adviser as brokers or dealers in connection with purchase and sale transactions for the Fund. The Fund understands that such affiliates may provide execution services relative to the purchase and/or sale of securities for the Fund, provided that any such affiliate of the Adviser discloses at least annually, and as may be required under the Funds Rule 17e-1 Procedures, as amended from time to time with notice to the Adviser (the Procedures), the amount of the commission it has received. By executing this Agreement, the Fund authorizes an affiliate of the Adviser to effect securities transactions on behalf of the Fund and to retain compensation therewith, provided that any such compensation is permissible under the Procedures. This authorization is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 11(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 11a2-2(T) thereunder. (c) Unless and until otherwise directed by the Board of the Fund, the Adviser may also be authorized to effect individual securities transactions at commission rates in excess of the minimum commission rates available, if the Adviser determines in good faith that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage or research services provided by such broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the Advisers overall responsibilities with respect to the Fund. The execution of such transactions shall not be deemed to represent an unlawful act or breach of any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise.92690695_2 (d) The Adviser will promptly communicate to the officers and the Board of the Fund such information relating to portfolio transactions as they may reasonably request. 3. Compensation of the Adviser. (a) For the services to be rendered by the Adviser as provided in Section 1 of this Agreement, the Fund shall pay to the Adviser at the end of each month (starting with the month investment operations commence) a fee (the Management Fee) at the rate of 0.10% (1.20% on an annualized basis) of the Funds net assets. The Management Fee will be computed based on the net asset value of the Fund as of the end of business on the last business day of each month in the manner set out in the Funds Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the Trust Agreement). The Adviser will pay all fees of the Sub-Adviser in connection with its duties in respect of the Fund. (b) [Reserved.] (c) In the event of termination of this Agreement, the Management Fee provided in this Section 3 shall be computed on the basis of the period ending on the last business day on which this Agreement is in effect subject to a pro rata adjustment based on the number of days elapsed in the current month as a percentage of the total number of days in such month. (d) In addition to the Management Fee, the Fund shall be responsible for its investment related expenses and all other expenses assumed by the Fund in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement (except to the extent any such expenses are otherwise waived or assumed by the Adviser). 4. Other Services. The Adviser will provide to the Fund, or will arrange at its expense to be provided to the Fund, such management and administrative services as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Adviser and the Fund. These services initially will include, among other things providing to the Fund office facilities, equipment, personnel and other services. 5. Reports. The Fund and the Adviser agree to furnish to each other current prospectuses, proxy statements, reports to the shareholders of the Fund (collectively, Shareholders and each a Shareholder), certified copies of their financial statements, and such other information with regard to their affairs as each may reasonably request. 6. Status of Adviser. The services of the Adviser to the Fund are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Adviser shall be free to render similar services to others. 7. Liability of Adviser. In the absence of (a) willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Adviser in performance of its obligations and duties hereunder, (b) reckless disregard by the Adviser of its obligations and duties hereunder, or (c) a loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty with respect to the receipt of compensation for services (in which case any award of damages shall be limited to the period and the amount set forth in Section 36(b)(3) of the 1940 Act, the Adviser shall not be subject to any liability whatsoever to the Fund, or to any Shareholder for any error of judgment, mistake of law or any other act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder including, without limitation, for any losses that may be sustained in connection with the purchase, holding, redemption or sale of any security on behalf of the Fund. 8. Indemnification. (a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Fund shall, subject to Section 8(c) of this Agreement, indemnify the Adviser (including for this purpose each officer, director, shareholder, member (including each officer, director and employee of such member), principal, employee or agent of, or any person who controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Adviser, and their respective executors, heirs, assigns, successors or other legal representatives (each such person, including the Adviser, being referred to as an indemnitee)) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses arising by reason of being or having been Adviser to the Fund, or the past or present performance of services to the Fund in accordance with this Agreement by the indemnitee, except to the extent that the loss, claim, damage, liability, cost or expense has been finally determined in a judicial decision on the merits from which no further appeal may be taken in any action, suit, investigation or other proceeding to have been incurred or suffered by the indemnitee by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the indemnitees office. These losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses include, but are not limited to, 92690695_2 amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise, or as fines or penalties, and counsel fees and expenses, incurred in connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit, investigation or other proceeding, whether civil or criminal, before any judicial, arbitral, administrative or legislative body, in which the indemnitee may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise, or with which such indemnitee may be or may have been threatened, while in office or thereafter. The rights of indemnification provided under this Section 8 are not to be construed so as to provide for indemnification of an indemnitee for any liability (including liability under U.S. federal securities laws which, under certain circumstances, impose liability even on persons that act in good faith) to the extent (but only to the extent) that indemnification would be in violation of applicable law, but shall be construed so as to effectuate the applicable provisions of this Section 8. (b) Expenses, including counsel fees and expenses, incurred by any indemnitee (but excluding amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise, or as fines or penalties) may be paid from time to time by the Fund in advance of the final disposition of any action, suit, investigation or other proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnitee to repay to the Fund amounts paid if a determination is made that indemnification of the expenses is not authorized under Section 8(a) of this Agreement, so long as (i) the indemnitee provides security for the undertaking, (ii) the Fund is insured by or on behalf of the indemnitee against losses arising by reason of the indemnitees failure to fulfill his, her or its undertaking, or (iii) a majority of the trustees (each, a Trustee, and collectively, the Trustees) of the Fund who are not interested persons (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund (Independent Trustees) (excluding any Trustee who is or has been a party to any other action, suit, investigation or other proceeding involving claims similar to those involved in the action, suit, investigation or proceeding giving rise to a claim for advancement of expenses under this Agreement) or independent legal counsel in a written opinion determines based on a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) that reason exists to believe that the indemnitee ultimately shall be entitled to indemnification. (c) As to the disposition of any action, suit, investigation or other proceeding (whether by a compromise payment, pursuant to a consent decree or otherwise) without an adjudication or a decision on the merits by a court, or by any other body before which the proceeding has been brought, that an indemnitee is liable to the Fund or its Shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the indemnitees office, indemnification shall be provided in accordance with Section 8(a) of this Agreement if (i) approved as in the best interests of the Fund by a majority of the Independent Trustees (excluding any Trustee who is or has been a party to any other action, suit, investigation or other proceeding involving claims similar to those involved in the action, suit, investigation or proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification under this Agreement) upon a determination based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) that the indemnitee acted in good faith and in the reasonable belief that the actions were in the best interests of the Fund and that the indemnitee is not liable to the Fund or its Shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the indemnitees office or (ii) the Trustees secure a written opinion of independent legal counsel based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial-type inquiry) to the effect that indemnification would not protect the indemnitee against any liability to the Fund or its Shareholders to which the indemnitee would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the indemnitees office. (d) Any indemnification or advancement of expenses made in accordance with this Section 8 shall not prevent the recovery from any indemnitee of any amount if the indemnitee subsequently is determined in a final judicial decision on the merits in any action, suit, investigation or proceeding involving the liability or expense that gave rise to the indemnification or advancement of expenses to be liable to the Fund or its Shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the indemnitees office. In any suit brought by an indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification under this Section 8 it shall be a defense that, and in any suit in the name of the Fund to recover any indemnification or advancement of expenses made in accordance with this Section 8 the Fund shall be entitled to recover the expenses upon a final adjudication from which no further right of appeal may be taken that, the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct described in this Section 8. In any suit brought to enforce a right to indemnification or to 92690695_2 recover any indemnification or advancement of expenses made in accordance with this Section 8, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to any indemnification or advancement of expenses, under this Section 8 shall be on the Fund (or on any Shareholder acting derivatively or otherwise on behalf of the Fund or its Shareholders). (e) An indemnitee may not satisfy any right of indemnification or advancement of expenses granted in this Section 8 or to which he, she or it may otherwise be entitled except out of the assets of the Fund, and no Shareholder shall be personally liable with respect to any such claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses. (f) The rights of indemnification provided in this Section 8 shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which any person may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law. Nothing contained in this Section 8 shall affect the power of the Fund to purchase and maintain liability insurance on behalf of the Adviser or any indemnitee. 9. Permissible Interests. Subject to and in accordance with the Trust Agreement, Trustees, officers, agents and Shareholders of the Fund are or may be interested in the Adviser (or any successor thereof) as directors, officers, agents, shareholders or otherwise; directors, officers, agents, partners, and shareholders of the Adviser are or may be interested in the Fund as Trustees, officers, Shareholders or otherwise; and the Adviser (or any successor) is or may be interested in the Fund as a Shareholder or otherwise; and the effect of any such interrelationships shall be governed by the Trust Agreement and the provisions of the 1940 Act. 10. Duration and Termination. This Agreement will become effective as of the date first written above and will continue for an initial two-year term and will continue thereafter so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually (a) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval to the extent required by law, and (b) by the Board of the Fund or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund; provided, however, that if the Shareholders of the Fund fail to approve the Agreement as provided herein, the Adviser may continue to serve in such capacity in the manner and to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and the rules thereunder. This Agreement may be terminated by the Fund at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of a majority of the entire Board of the Fund or by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund on 60 days written notice to the Adviser. This Agreement may be terminated by the Adviser at any time, without the payment of any penalty, upon 90 days written notice to the Fund. This Agreement will automatically and immediately terminate in the event of its assignment, provided that an assignment to a successor to all or substantially all of the Advisers business or to a wholly-owned subsidiary of such successor which does not result in a change of actual control of the Advisers business shall not be deemed to be an assignment for the purposes of this Agreement. 11. Use of Name. The Fund acknowledges that, as between the Fund and the Adviser, the Adviser or its members own and control the term iCapital. The Adviser grants to the Fund a royalty- free, non-exclusive license to use the name iCapital in the name of the Fund for the duration of this Agreement and any extensions or renewals thereof. Such license may, upon termination of this Agreement, be terminated by the Adviser, in which event the Fund shall promptly take whatever action may be necessary (including calling a meeting of its Board of Trustees or Shareholders) to change its name and to discontinue any further use of the name iCapital in the name of the Fund or otherwise. The name iCapital may be used or licensed by the Adviser in connection with any of its activities, or licensed by the Adviser to any other party. 12. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms assignment,interested person and a vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities shall have the respective meanings set forth in Section 2(a)(4), Section 2(a)(19) and Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act. 13. Amendment of Agreement. This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent, but the consent of the Fund must be approved (a) by vote of a majority of those members of the Board of the Fund who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons of any such party, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose 92690695_2 of voting on such amendment, and (b) by vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, in each case, to the extent required by law. 14. Severability. If any provisions of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby. 15. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed in a manner inconsistent with the 1940 Act. 16. Notices. Any notice under this Agreement shall be given in writing and deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or facsimile or five days after mailed by certified mail, post-paid, by return receipt requested to the other party at the principal office of such party. 17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original. 18. Fund Obligations. The parties to this Agreement agree that the obligations of the Fund under this Agreement shall not be binding upon any of the Trustees, Shareholders, officers, employees or agents, whether past, present or future, of the Fund, individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Fund.IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first written above. iCAPITAL REGISTERED FUND ADVISER LLC: iCAPITAL KKR PRIVATE MARKETS FUND (formerly, Altegris KKR Commitments Master Fund) By By Name Stephen Jacobs Name: Nick Veronis Title General Counsel Title: Trustee and PresidentIN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first written above. iCAPITAL REGISTERED FUND ADVISER LLC iCAPITAL KKR PRIVATE MARKETS FUND (formerly, Altegris KKR Commitments Master Fund) By By Name: Stephen Jacobs Name: Nick Veronis Title: General Counsel Title: Trustee and President