MASTERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Masters Capital Management LLC is an employee owned hedge fund sponsor based out of Atlanta, Georgia. The company was established in 1995 by Michael W. Masters, who is still with the company today acting as its CEO and CIO and who holds the controlling majority of ownership in the company. Masters Capital Management has grown from its inception to now operate with 17 employees of which 14 are investment professionals. The company conducts its research internally and invests in the public equity and fixed income markets on a global scale. The Masters Capital Management focuses on the selection of companies across all stages that utilize nanotechnology. Masters Capital Management invests most heavily in the finance sector, which alone makes up over a third of its total asset allocations, and also invests in the consumer staples, consumer discretionary, transports, materials, and information technology sectors, among others to a lesser degree, in order of decreasing allocation. The company’s top 10 holdings together make up over two third of its total asset allocations and the firm has a high turnover rate of approximately 89.5%. Masters Capital Management currently holds approximately $900 million in total assets under management spread across 6 accounts, all of which are discretionary accounts. Although the company’s total number of accounts has remained relatively unchanged in recent years, its total assets under management has been increasing, growing significantly from $135 million back in 2010 to well over 6 times that amount today. Masters Capital Management mainly caters to pooled investment vehicles, which alone makes up over three quarters of its entire client base, and also provides its services to investment advisors. The company provides security portfolios and the selection of subadvisors for its clients and takes advisory fees in the form of a percentage of assets and various performance based fees.