Section 7514.7 - Public investment funds; disclosures(a) Every public investment fund shall require each alternative investment vehicle in which it invests to make the following disclosures at least annually: (1) The fees and expenses that the public investment fund pays directly to the alternative investment vehicle, the fund manager, or related parties.(2) The public investment fund's pro rata share of fees and expenses not included in paragraph (1) that are paid from the alternative investment vehicle to the fund manager or related parties. The public investment fund may independently calculate this information based on information contractually required to be provided by the alternative investment vehicle to the public investment fund. If the public investment fund independently calculates this information, then the alternative investment vehicle shall not be required to provide the information identified in this paragraph.(3) The public investment fund's pro rata share of carried interest distributed to the fund manager or related parties.(4) The public investment fund's pro rata share of aggregate fees and expenses paid by all of the portfolio companies held within the alternative investment vehicle to the fund manager or related parties.(5) Any additional information described in subdivision (c) of Section 7928.710.(b) Every public investment fund shall disclose the information provided pursuant to subdivision (a) at least once annually in a report presented at a meeting open to the public. The public investment fund's report required pursuant to this subdivision shall also include the gross and net rate of return of each alternative investment vehicle, since inception, in which the public investment fund participates. The public investment fund may report the gross and net rate of return and information required by subdivision (a) based on its own calculations or based on calculations provided by the alternative investment vehicle.(c) For purposes of this section: (1) "Alternative investment" means an investment in a private equity fund, venture fund, hedge fund, or absolute return fund.(2) "Alternative investment vehicle" means the limited partnership, limited liability company, or similar legal structure through which a public investment fund invests in an alternative investment.(3) "Fund manager" means the general partner, managing manager, adviser, or other person or entity with primary investment decisionmaking authority over an alternative investment vehicle and related parties of the fund manager.(4) "Carried interest" means any share of profits from an alternative investment vehicle that is distributed to a fund manager, general partner, or related parties, including allocations of alternative investment vehicle profits received by a fund manager in consideration of having waived fees that it might otherwise have been entitled to receive.(5) "Portfolio companies" means individual portfolio investments made by the alternative investment vehicle.(6) "Gross rate of return" means the internal rate of return for the alternative investment vehicle prior to the reduction of fees and expenses described in subdivision (a).(7) "Public investment fund" means any fund of any public pension or retirement system, including that of the University of California.(8) "Operational person" means any operational partner, senior adviser, or other consultant or employee whose primary activity for a relevant entity is to provide operational or back office support to any portfolio company of any alternative investment vehicle, account, or fund managed by a related person.(9) "Related person" means any current or former employee, manager, or partner of any related entity that is involved in the investment activities or accounting and valuation functions of the relevant entity or any of their respective family members.(10) "Related party" means: (B) Any operational person.(C) Any entity more than 10 percent of the ownership of which is held directly or indirectly, whether through other entities or trusts, by a related person or operational person regardless if the related person or operational person participates in the carried interest received by the general partner or the special limited partner.(D) Any consulting, legal, or other service provider regularly engaged by portfolio companies of an alternative investment vehicle, account, or fund managed by a related person and that also provides advice or services to any related person or relevant entity.(11) "Relevant entity" means the general partner, any separate carry vehicle, the investor adviser, any of the investment adviser's parent or subsidiary entities, or any similar entity related to any other alternative investment vehicle, account, or fund advised or managed by any current or former related person.(d)(1) This section applies to all new contracts the public investment fund enters into on or after January 1, 2017, and to all existing contracts pursuant to which the public investment fund makes a new capital commitment on or after January 1, 2017.(2) With respect to existing contracts not covered by paragraph (1), the public investment fund shall undertake reasonable efforts to obtain the information described in subdivision (a) and comply with the reporting requirements contained in subdivision (b) with respect to any information obtained after January 1, 2017.Amended by Stats 2021 ch 615 (AB 474),s 148, eff. 1/1/2022, op. 1/1/2023.Amended by Stats 2017 ch 561 (AB 1516),s 68, eff. 1/1/2018.Added by Stats 2016 ch 361 (AB 2833),s 2, eff. 1/1/2017.