PRESERVING CAPITAL AND CHOICE. Introducing IDF Capital LLC

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1 PRESERVING CAPITAL AND CHOICE Introducing IDF Capital LLC

2 In summary At last IDF Capital delivers the advantages to high net worth private investors, family offices and their advisors that institutions have been enjoying for years Tax efficiency compounding significant returns through tax free roll up Deferral of tax on all investment income Investment flexibility, spread and choice of investments Improving tax efficiency of existing portfolios Platform accessible through numerous life insurance carriers Easy and inexpensive to set up Avoiding complicated and questionable tax planning and offshore tax havens High net worth investor and family advisors can easily create own fund of funds Capital protection facility hedges investment in alternatives Underlying investments and assets are bankruptcy remote and protected from carrier Tax effective for real estate investors particularly the tax exempt. An introduction to Insurance Dedicated Funds Privately placed, tax-advantaged investment vehicles offer the high net worth investor (HNWI) and their advisers some of the best opportunities for maximizing their after-tax wealth. A large and growing number of sophisticated, high net-worth individuals and families are currently taking advantage of the unique planning opportunities presented by investing in an Insurance Dedicated Fund (IDF). For actively traded investment funds subject to US income tax, the benefits of tax deferral and the compounding effect are tremendous. The great tax and other benefits available to investors offer significant opportunities to advisors who can help their clients obtain these benefits. Investors with long term investment wealth, with asset protection trusts, or who are involved in estate planning might all benefit from these investment vehicles. While advisors should be considering whether they themselves should be acting as managers to their own IDF through which their HNWIs invest.

3 How do IDFs work? The investor buys a Private Placement Variable Annuity (PPVA), a Policy, from a US or offshore life insurance carrier who has elected to be taxed under US rules. The life carrier invests in an Insurance Dedicated Fund (IDF) to gain tax efficiencies available under US life insurance legislation. Placing investments inside a Policy in this way allows the value to grow tax free. Money can be withdrawn from the Policy at any time and in any amount, at which time tax will be levied on the investment growth associated with the amount withdrawn. Likewise money can be added to the Policy at any time and in any amount otherwise the investment will be paid as an annuity for the settlor and/or the beneficiaries. This legislation and the accompanying tax advantages have been widely used by institutions for many years. Until now it has been too complex and expensive for the average small fund or high net worth investor (typically below US$10 million) to benefit from these advantages and so most professional advisers remain unaware of the opportunity they present. This is an opportunity they must familiarise themselves with if they are to continue to provide best advice to their clients. Real advantages to investors IDF Capital LLC is an Insurance Dedicated Fund whose unique structuring offers real advantages to the investor, in terms of: Tax efficiency Flexibility of investment strategy Ease and low cost of set up. Preserving investor choice Most IDFs are partnerships that effectively act as funds of funds with the Fund s investment advisor choosing the mix of assets and as such gives the advisor and the investor no say over the underlying investment. IDF Capital is a US based (Delaware) Series Limited Liability Company (LLC). Each series effectively acts as a new segregated IDF that is bankruptcy remote. This means a new Series can be created quickly and inexpensively for a HNWI, their adviser or a PE/Hedge Fund manager who can then introduce their own underlying investments into the wrapper to enjoy the significant resulting tax advantages by investing through our PPVA structure. Alternatively an investor can choose from a range of alternative investment series offered by IDF Capital.

4 Preserving investor capital The investor may choose to place some or all of their investment in Series A, the Capital Protection Fund (CPF). This Fund contains a portfolio of life insurance contracts targeted to provide consistent, double digit returns. Expert use of these life contracts returns the insurance product to its original purpose, namely that of providing protection to an asset and/or the owner of that asset. CPF is so named because it delivers the capital protection for other funds on the platform while its structure delivers consistent, reliable returns. To protect their capital, investors are encouraged to deposit circa 40% of their investment into CPF with the expectation that at around 10 years 100% of their capital can be returned, regardless of the performance of the other 60% invested in other more volatile alternative assets. Using CPF also ensures that the other Series can readily comply with the IDF regulations. Distribution opportunities IDF Capital and the platform funds are being distributed into a number of specific areas. They are: Professional Athletes their agents and advisors Entertainers their agents and advisors Families and HNWIs US expatriates and offshore advisors. Distributors have been, and are being, appointed in the US, London, Amsterdam, Lugano, Cyprus, Tokyo. Others will be appointed as the product range develops. IDF Capital welcomes approaches from private equity, hedge funds and individual project developers who recognise the value of the tax efficient structure in raising and preserving capital.

5 PRESERVING CAPITAL AND CHOICE To find out more us at or visit IDF Capital LLC, 115 E 57th Street, New York City, NY t: