Important Notice
This site and the materials herein are directed only to certain types of investors and to persons in certain jurisdictions where Carlyle AlpInvest Private Markets SICAV – UCI Part II or any of its feeder vehicles, parallel vehicles, alternative investment vehicles and co-invest vehicles, as applicable (collectively, "SICAV”) is authorized for distribution. In addition, this website and its contents have not been prepared for and are not intended for access by US persons as defined in the Securities Act of 1933. By selecting an investor type from the below list, you certify that you qualify as that investor type based on the definitions below:
Professional Investor includes:
- any person or entity that is a credit institution, investment firm, other regulated financial institution, insurance company, collective investment scheme, pension fund or, for investors in the European Economic Area, persons or entities that qualify as a Professional Investor under the European Union Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Directive 2014/65/EU);
- for investors in the United Kingdom, any person or entity that is a credit institution, investment firm, other regulated financial institution, insurance company, collective investment scheme, pension fund or any persons or entities that qualify as a Professional Investor under section 3.5 Conduct of Business Sourcebook of the FCA Handbook of Rules and Guidance;
- for investors in Switzerland, any persons or entities (a) who is a Professional Client as defined in article 4(3) of the Swiss Federal Act on Financial Services (FinSA) or (b) a Private Client within the meaning of article 4(2) FinSA who is in a long-standing investment advisory or investment management relationship with a regulated financial intermediary and who did not declare that they shall not be treated as qualified investors in accordance with article 10 (3ter) of the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes;
- for investors in Australia, any person or entity who qualify as a “wholesale client” within the meaning of Section 761G of the Corporations Act 2001. Please refer to the following link for the definition of "wholesale client";1
- for investors in Hong Kong, any person who is a professional investor as defined under part 1 of schedule 1 to the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, the Laws of Hong Kong) and sections 3 to 7 of the Securities and Futures (Professional Investor) Rules (Cap. 571D, the Laws of Hong Kong). Please refer to the following link for the definition of “professional investor”;2 and
- for investors in Singapore, any persons in Singapore who is (i) an “accredited investor” as defined in section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act 2001 of Singapore, or (ii) an “institutional investor” as defined in section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act 2001 of Singapore.
Non-Professional Investor: any person or entity who is not a Professional Investor.
By selecting a country from the below list, you certify that you are resident in that country. Should you reside in a country that is not listed below, you should not proceed.
[1] APPENDIX I - AUSTRALIA
"Wholesale Client"
A “wholesale client” within the meaning of Section 761G of the Corporations Act 2001, includes:
(i) the holder of an AFS licence;
(ii) a body regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, other than a trustee of any of the following (within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993): superannuation fund, approved deposit fund, pooled superannuation trust or public sector superannuation scheme, such as an insurance company;
(iii) a registered entity within the meaning of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001;
(iv) a trustee of a superannuation fund, an approved deposit fund, a pooled superannuation trust or a public sector superannuation scheme within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth) and the fund, trust or scheme has net assets of at least AU$10 million;
(v) a person that controls at least AU$10 million (including any amount held by an associate or under a trust that the person manages);
(vi) a listed entity, or a related body corporate of a listed entity;
(vii) an exempt public authority;
(viii) a body corporate or an unincorporated body that carries on a business of investment in financial products, interests in land or other investments and, for those purposes, invests funds re-ceived (directly or indirectly) following an offer or invitation to the public (within the meaning of the Corporations Act);
(iv) a foreign entity that, if established or incorporated in Australia, would be covered by i to viii above; or
(x) a person who has a certificate from a qualified accountant that states that the person has net assets of at least AU$2.5 million or has a gross income for each of the past two financial years of at least AU$250,000
[2] APPENDIX II – HONG KONG
"Professional Investor"
Extract of the definition of “professional investor” from section 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong)
A “professional investor" (專業投資者) means –
(a) any recognized exchange company, recognized clearing house, recognized exchange controller or recognized investor compensation company, or any person authorized to provide automated trading services under section 95(2) of this Ordinance;
(b) any intermediary, or any other person carrying on the business of the provision of investment services and regulated under the law of any place outside Hong Kong;
(c) any authorized financial institution, or any bank which is not an authorized financial institution but is regulated under the law of any place outside Hong Kong;
(d) any insurer authorized under the Insurance Ordinance (Cap. 41), or any other person carrying on insurance business and regulated under the law of any place outside Hong Kong; (Amended 12 of 2015 s. 144)
(e) any scheme which—
(i) is a collective investment scheme authorized under section 104 of this Ordinance; or
(ii) is similarly constituted under the law of any place outside Hong Kong and, if it is regulated under the law of such place, is permitted to be operated under the law of such place,
or any person by whom any such scheme is operated;
(f) any registered scheme as defined in section 2(1) of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Cap. 485), or its constituent fund as defined in section 2 of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes (General) Regulation (Cap. 485 sub. leg. A), or any person who, in relation to any such registered scheme, is an approved trustee or service provider as defined in section 2(1) of that Ordinance or who is an investment manager of any such registered scheme or constituent fund;
(g) any scheme which—
(i) is a registered scheme as defined in section 2(1) of the Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance (Cap. 426); or
(ii) is an offshore scheme as defined in section 2(1) of that Ordinance and, if it is regulated under the law of the place in which it is domiciled, is permitted to be operated under the law of such place,
or any person who, in relation to any such scheme, is an administrator as defined in section 2(1) of that Ordinance;
(h) any government (other than a municipal government authority), any institution which performs the functions of a central bank, or any multilateral agency;
(i) except for the purposes of Schedule 5 to this Ordinance, any corporation which is—
(i) a wholly owned subsidiary of—
(A) an intermediary, or any other person carrying on the business of the provision of investment services and regulated under the law of any place outside Hong Kong; or
(B) an authorized financial institution, or any bank which is not an authorized financial institution but is regulated under the law of any place outside Hong Kong;
(ii) a holding company which holds all the issued share capital of—
(A) an intermediary, or any other person carrying on the business of the provision of investment services and regulated under the law of any place outside Hong Kong; or
(B) an authorized financial institution, or any bank which is not an authorized financial institution but is regulated under the law of any place outside Hong Kong; or
(iii) any other wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company referred to in subparagraph (ii); or
(j) any person of a class which is prescribed by rules made under section 397 of this Ordinance for the purposes of this paragraph as within the meaning of this definition for the purposes of the provisions of this Ordinance, or to the extent that it is prescribed by rules so made as within the meaning of this definition for the purposes of any provision of this Ordinance.