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QUARTERLY REPORT4th QUARTER 2015 IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
Virginia de Medeiros ldquoFaacutebula do Olharrdquo 2013 digital photopainting printed on cotton paper framed text audio installation 120x90cm (photopainting) 40x505x5cm (framed text) made in collaboration with the photopainter Mestre Juacutelio Santos exhibition view Galeria Nara Roesler Satildeo Paulo SP Brazil
(work presented at PIPA 2015 Exhibition at MAM-Rio) photo by Everton Ballardin
This document is published exclusively for the purpose of
providing information and conferring transparency to the
management carried out by IP Capital Partners is not the
Offering Memorandums of the IP Global Fund Ltd and IP Fund
SPC (ldquoFundsrdquo) and is not to be considered as an offer for the
sale of Shares of the Funds or of any other security The Funds
are prohibited from making any invitation to the public in The
Cayman Islands to subscribe for any of their Shares Shares
may be subscribed for by exempted or ordinary non-resident
companies or other exempted or non-resident entities
established in The Cayman Islands Shares of the Funds may not
be offered or sold within the United States or to any US Person
The Funds may not be sold redeemed or transferred in Brazil
The offer and sale of Shares of the Funds in certain jurisdictions
may be restricted by law Before subscribing for the Shares each
prospective investor should (i) carefully read and retain the
Offering Memorandums of the Funds and the relevant Annex
in respect of the Class of Shares (ii) consult with hisherits own
counsel and advisors as to all legal tax regulatory financial
and related matters concerning an investment in the Funds
Past performance does not guarantee future results IP Capital
Partners takes no responsibility for the accidental publication of
incorrect information nor for investment decisions taken based
on this material Access to this document or use of the services
or information provided herein is prohibited by any person or
entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or
use would be contrary to local law rule or regulation
INDEX
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees 04
Miscellaneous 09
Performance
IP-Brazilian Equities 11
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class 12
Terms and Conditions 13
Additional Information 14
PIPA 15
4
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
The change in market prices of IP-Brazilian Equitiesrsquo
holdings resulted in a 32 (27 in BRL) variation in
the NAV per share during the fourth quarter of 2015
and -347 (-21 in BRL) for the full year During
the same periods IP-Participaccedilotildeesrsquo NAV per share
changed by 43 (38 in BRL) and -247 (128 in
BRL) respectively Over the past five years IP Brazilian
Equities has accumulated a return of -493 in dollars
(211 in BRL) compared to -282 (715 in BRL) by
IP-Participaccedilotildees and -733 (-363 in BRL) by the
Ibovespa These figures are net of all fees
RemindeRs
Before we begin wersquod like to recap some key points
about IP funds given the political and economic
uncertainty as well as the widespread anxiety
in Brazil
The IP-Participaccedilotildees fund is not solely focused on
Brazilian companies Although it originated as such
in 2008 we began to gradually invest outside of
Brazil The backdrop for this was simple the fund
should mirror what we would like to do with our own
assets And in this spirit geographic restrictions on
our investments were out of the question We would
rather restrict ourselves to good business models
with talented honest and committed executives
Influenced by IP-Globalrsquos pioneering experience since
2001 the process was natural With the maturity that
only comes with time and a good deal of curiosity we
intensified our research and accumulated knowledge
about excellent businesses abroad At the same
time the deterioration of the Brazilian business
environment the creation of Brazilian Depositary
Receipts (BDRs) and the gradual easing of restrictions
on domestic funds investing abroad were additionally
attractive incentives
Currently we only have a limited portion of IP-
Participaccedilotildees invested in Brazilian companies They
are solid profitable and well-priced companies
(Itauacutesa is one of the most relevant) We have a fair
amount of cash in the fund with a significant portion
invested in NTN-Bs (inflation linked bonds similar
to American TIPS) with relatively short maturities to
protect from inflation Outside of Brazil we invest in
great companies at prices we consider attractive The
fund also has a reasonable exposure to the US dollar
which we believe is prudent given the current context
of Brazil
Finally it should be noted that the investment team
managing IP-Participaccedilotildees has worked independently
from the IP-Global team for the past five years The
investment philosophies of both teams follow the
same guidelines but their resulting evaluations and
opinions do not always coincide Thus the content
of the reports as well as the fund investments are of
exclusive responsibility of each team
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
5
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
PRoductive FRiction
ldquoThe humility required for good judgment is not self-
doubt ndash the sense that you are untalented unintelligent
or unworthy It is intellectual humility It is a recognition
that reality is profoundly complex that seeing things
clearly is a constant struggle when it can be done at all
and that human judgment must therefore be riddled
with mistakesrdquo ndash Charlie Munger
When looking at IP-Participaccedilotildeesrsquo performance over
the last five years we are content that ndash at least in
local currency terms ndash we have protected our clientsrsquo
assets (and our own) from the serious problems in
Brazil We were often on target but of course we also
made some mistakes
No one enjoys making mistakes but dealing with them
properly is crucial to improve At IP team discussions
are central to our process of preventing diagnosing
and rectifying mistakes This can only be achieved in
an appropriate environment and amidst a culture that
values a clash of ideas
To strengthen this culture and preserve this
environment we pay special attention to three key
points (i) the profound trust between members of the
investment team (ii) the constant search for the truth
and (iii) full transparency
Without trust it is impossible to establish a culture
based on the productive clash of ideas This requires
an environment where even the deepest criticism
should not be taken personally
This quest for truth of which we speak is not
fundamentally philosophical Itrsquos practical and applied
to everyday life In investment theses itrsquos not possible
to reach absolute truths What we have is a spectrum
of probabilities linked to possible outcomes and our
best judgment
The more we discuss research and reflect the more
we can refine these probabilities and identify potential
risks and opportunities Through this process we
come to a better understanding closer to the ldquotruthrdquo
We see these discussions as a means to improve our
results over time A small well-prepared group is able
to bring together different experiences eliminate
certain biases and point out flaws or risks that were
not initially considered
A key issue however is ensuring the proper size of the
group If itrsquos too large the energy spent to synchronize
knowledge and absorb the different points of view
leads to long stressful and inefficient meetings
Wersquove already been through this and certainly will not
repeat the same mistake
Another challenge is to prevent the instinct for
ldquopolitenessrdquo from interfering with the need to
torpedo our own investment theses to arrive at the
valuable survivors
6
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
This is where the third point comes in there must be
total transparency We must be brutally honest and
express exactly what wersquore thinking Trust us this is
much harder to implement than it seems When we
instituted this ldquorulerdquo our discussions became very
heated With time we learned the proper tone for
disagreement how to depersonalize discussions and
keep the focus entirely on ideas And given human
nature perhaps the hardest part of all to accept that
someone elsersquos argument is better and to change
onersquos mind
Steve Jobs once shared an interesting story One
day an 80-year-old man who lived near his house
called Jobs over to his garage He wanted to show
him a curious object It was a rotating metal drum
connected to a motor by a belt They went out to
the yard collected some coarse ugly stones placed
them inside the barrel and closed the lid The old
man added water and started the engine causing the
drum to rotate He then asked Jobs still a young man
to return the next day When they opened the barrel
inside were beautiful stones The coarse stones
after clashing against each other for some time
creating friction and noise came out as beautiful
polished stones
The analogy is inevitable Persistent people willing to
argue their points of view generate a lot of noise but
also test and refine their ideas In the end we leave
the barrel (in our case a meeting room) with better
hypotheses and conclusions Today our discussions
remain ldquolivelyrdquo but the dynamic is pleasant and
effective There is an order that turns the heat into
productivity At this point we all know each other well
and those who designed this process for the team are
still with IP while new and talented people are being
prepared and are eventually added to the group
PRosPects
Dilma Rousseffrsquos government has lost the ability to
disguise its real intentions It took less than a week
for the new finance minister to state that the country
needs ldquomore State and less marketrdquo It is difficult to
expect anything positive from a government so intent
on harming the economy
In a world of interest rates still close to zero the
market should be invited to compensate for the
collapse of governmentrsquos capacity for investment But
how A pragmatic solution to the fiscal crisis seems
even further away than it was a year ago Government
revenue and the Brazilian economy are in free fall Debt
interest and inflation are at even higher levels Given
his history the new finance minister Nelson Barbosa
would need to be even stricter than his predecessor
to convince markets and entrepreneurs to invest An
unlikely scenario especially given the entangled web
in which politics finds itself Unemployment is rapidly
deteriorating How can difficult and unpopular
reforms be carried out in this environment
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
7
Without major reforms the de-indexation of the
economy and control over spending it will be difficult
to attract investments in sufficient volume to change
this trajectory Foreigners have not yet given up
hope They still fill investment conferences and dream
of a Brazilian ldquoturning pointrdquo There is also still a
persistent flow of direct investment Until when The
government must not abuse this goodwill or it may
end for good
In a recent interview Nelson Jobim1 said that if politics
is unable to fix the crisis the crisis will fix politics The
question is what level of recession unemployment
and inflation the country will have to endure to finally
resolve its political crisis It seems likely therefore that
in order to improve we must first deteriorate further
We will eventually get past this Our mission is to
survive until Jobimrsquos prophecy materializes and at the
same time not fail to take advantage of opportunities
in Brazilian companies that we admire which in some
cases may come out of the crisis even stronger
The prices for good Brazilian companies are finally
correcting to levels more consistent with reality On
the other hand the risks for many businesses have
also increased
Ultimately crises are good for our fund In the short
term they may be negative but they allow us to
ldquoplant the seedsrdquo for excellent future returns which
more than compensate the initial losses However
given that the current crisis may extend further we
have made it our mantra to ldquoenjoy responsiblyrdquo
Some say that the US market is expensive Following
several years of strong advances there is naturally an
increased vulnerability to crises and external shocks
And when we ponder on what can go wrong with the
world the list is quite extensive On the other hand
our view is that by being very selective and careful
there are great business available at prices that can
provide good returns over the medium term
In our experience exceptional businesses managed by
competent and committed people create value over
time If you can acquire them at sensible valuations
they provide good returns over the mediumlong
term - with or without crises That said an all-in
strategy doesnrsquot make sense We know that sooner or
later the next crisis will come The opportunities that
may arise on such occasions are extraordinary and
usually do not last long Hence another component
of our approach is to carry a healthy dose of cash and
prepare ourselves to take advantage of such moments
of stress
With the usual caveat that we look at larger windows
than a single year to evaluate the results of our
funds the year 2015 left us satisfied Not because
we believe our returns were stellar but because
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
1 Nelson Jobim served as a judge on the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court from 1997 to 2006 was president of the Supreme Federal Court from 2004 to 2006 and most recently was minister of defense from 2007 to 2011
8
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
they were obtained even after the decline in prices
of certain assets in Brazil and abroad - which we see
as temporary Put differently today the ldquospringrdquo is
more tightly compressed and the funds have greater
potential returns in the coming years than a year ago
The rapid decline in market prices at the start of the
year only reinforced this perception
Happy 2016
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
9
MISCELLANEOUS
ldquoThe first principle is that you must not fool yourself ndash and you are the easiest person to foolrdquo mdash Richard Feynman
ldquoThe most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop diggingrdquo mdash Warren Buffett
ldquoGreat teams do not hold back with one another They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry They admit their mistakes their weaknesses and their concerns without fear of reprisalrdquo mdash Patrick Lencioni
ldquoI once had a ski instructor who had taught Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time how to ski He explained that Jordan enjoyed his mistakes and got the most out of them At the start of high school Jordan was an unimpressive basketball player he became a champion because he loved using his mistakes to improve Yet despite Jordanrsquos example and of countless other successful people it is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learningrdquo mdash Ray Dalio
ldquoPeople try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that canrsquot live within its incomerdquo mdash Robert Half
ldquoSnap back to reality Oh there goes gravityrdquo mdash Eminem
Miscellaneous
PERFORMANCE
11
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Brazilian Equities Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Brazilian Equities Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in Brazilian companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
PERFORMANCE IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)(1)PERFORMANCE
2102
IP-
Braz
ilian E
quiti
es
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
Since February 26th 1993(1)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)(1)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)(1)
(1) For the period before IP-Brazilian Equities inception on April 2010 for reference we show (a) the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms from February 1993 to December 1995 and (b) theoffshore vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees Class) results from December 1995 to April 2010 The returns up to April 2010 are net of all fees and after that gross of performance fee(2) Inception of IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 53Next 5 17Other 7Cash 21
portfolioSmall Caps (smaller than US$ 1bi) 26Mid Caps (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi) 16Large Caps (larger than US$ 5bi) 36
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -135 -526 -217November 15 179 -142 -389October 15 278 480 714September 15 -793 -1129 -297August 15 -1338 -1469 -901July 15 -974 -1240 -687June 15 131 308 -252May 15 -893 -1164 -399April 15 847 1780 772March 15 -818 -1103 -140February 15 -097 172 311January 15 -335 -641 06112 months -3466 -4103 -1460
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -3466 -4103 -14602014 -1123 -1437 -1822013 -1644 -2629 -2272012 1550 -142 18632011 -941 -2726 -18172010 2764 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -1273 -2326 -448Last 10 years 357 -246 398Last 15 years 734 243 899Since Inception(2) 1468 797 657
IP-Brazilian Equities
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
This document is published exclusively for the purpose of
providing information and conferring transparency to the
management carried out by IP Capital Partners is not the
Offering Memorandums of the IP Global Fund Ltd and IP Fund
SPC (ldquoFundsrdquo) and is not to be considered as an offer for the
sale of Shares of the Funds or of any other security The Funds
are prohibited from making any invitation to the public in The
Cayman Islands to subscribe for any of their Shares Shares
may be subscribed for by exempted or ordinary non-resident
companies or other exempted or non-resident entities
established in The Cayman Islands Shares of the Funds may not
be offered or sold within the United States or to any US Person
The Funds may not be sold redeemed or transferred in Brazil
The offer and sale of Shares of the Funds in certain jurisdictions
may be restricted by law Before subscribing for the Shares each
prospective investor should (i) carefully read and retain the
Offering Memorandums of the Funds and the relevant Annex
in respect of the Class of Shares (ii) consult with hisherits own
counsel and advisors as to all legal tax regulatory financial
and related matters concerning an investment in the Funds
Past performance does not guarantee future results IP Capital
Partners takes no responsibility for the accidental publication of
incorrect information nor for investment decisions taken based
on this material Access to this document or use of the services
or information provided herein is prohibited by any person or
entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or
use would be contrary to local law rule or regulation
INDEX
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees 04
Miscellaneous 09
Performance
IP-Brazilian Equities 11
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class 12
Terms and Conditions 13
Additional Information 14
PIPA 15
4
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
The change in market prices of IP-Brazilian Equitiesrsquo
holdings resulted in a 32 (27 in BRL) variation in
the NAV per share during the fourth quarter of 2015
and -347 (-21 in BRL) for the full year During
the same periods IP-Participaccedilotildeesrsquo NAV per share
changed by 43 (38 in BRL) and -247 (128 in
BRL) respectively Over the past five years IP Brazilian
Equities has accumulated a return of -493 in dollars
(211 in BRL) compared to -282 (715 in BRL) by
IP-Participaccedilotildees and -733 (-363 in BRL) by the
Ibovespa These figures are net of all fees
RemindeRs
Before we begin wersquod like to recap some key points
about IP funds given the political and economic
uncertainty as well as the widespread anxiety
in Brazil
The IP-Participaccedilotildees fund is not solely focused on
Brazilian companies Although it originated as such
in 2008 we began to gradually invest outside of
Brazil The backdrop for this was simple the fund
should mirror what we would like to do with our own
assets And in this spirit geographic restrictions on
our investments were out of the question We would
rather restrict ourselves to good business models
with talented honest and committed executives
Influenced by IP-Globalrsquos pioneering experience since
2001 the process was natural With the maturity that
only comes with time and a good deal of curiosity we
intensified our research and accumulated knowledge
about excellent businesses abroad At the same
time the deterioration of the Brazilian business
environment the creation of Brazilian Depositary
Receipts (BDRs) and the gradual easing of restrictions
on domestic funds investing abroad were additionally
attractive incentives
Currently we only have a limited portion of IP-
Participaccedilotildees invested in Brazilian companies They
are solid profitable and well-priced companies
(Itauacutesa is one of the most relevant) We have a fair
amount of cash in the fund with a significant portion
invested in NTN-Bs (inflation linked bonds similar
to American TIPS) with relatively short maturities to
protect from inflation Outside of Brazil we invest in
great companies at prices we consider attractive The
fund also has a reasonable exposure to the US dollar
which we believe is prudent given the current context
of Brazil
Finally it should be noted that the investment team
managing IP-Participaccedilotildees has worked independently
from the IP-Global team for the past five years The
investment philosophies of both teams follow the
same guidelines but their resulting evaluations and
opinions do not always coincide Thus the content
of the reports as well as the fund investments are of
exclusive responsibility of each team
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
5
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
PRoductive FRiction
ldquoThe humility required for good judgment is not self-
doubt ndash the sense that you are untalented unintelligent
or unworthy It is intellectual humility It is a recognition
that reality is profoundly complex that seeing things
clearly is a constant struggle when it can be done at all
and that human judgment must therefore be riddled
with mistakesrdquo ndash Charlie Munger
When looking at IP-Participaccedilotildeesrsquo performance over
the last five years we are content that ndash at least in
local currency terms ndash we have protected our clientsrsquo
assets (and our own) from the serious problems in
Brazil We were often on target but of course we also
made some mistakes
No one enjoys making mistakes but dealing with them
properly is crucial to improve At IP team discussions
are central to our process of preventing diagnosing
and rectifying mistakes This can only be achieved in
an appropriate environment and amidst a culture that
values a clash of ideas
To strengthen this culture and preserve this
environment we pay special attention to three key
points (i) the profound trust between members of the
investment team (ii) the constant search for the truth
and (iii) full transparency
Without trust it is impossible to establish a culture
based on the productive clash of ideas This requires
an environment where even the deepest criticism
should not be taken personally
This quest for truth of which we speak is not
fundamentally philosophical Itrsquos practical and applied
to everyday life In investment theses itrsquos not possible
to reach absolute truths What we have is a spectrum
of probabilities linked to possible outcomes and our
best judgment
The more we discuss research and reflect the more
we can refine these probabilities and identify potential
risks and opportunities Through this process we
come to a better understanding closer to the ldquotruthrdquo
We see these discussions as a means to improve our
results over time A small well-prepared group is able
to bring together different experiences eliminate
certain biases and point out flaws or risks that were
not initially considered
A key issue however is ensuring the proper size of the
group If itrsquos too large the energy spent to synchronize
knowledge and absorb the different points of view
leads to long stressful and inefficient meetings
Wersquove already been through this and certainly will not
repeat the same mistake
Another challenge is to prevent the instinct for
ldquopolitenessrdquo from interfering with the need to
torpedo our own investment theses to arrive at the
valuable survivors
6
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
This is where the third point comes in there must be
total transparency We must be brutally honest and
express exactly what wersquore thinking Trust us this is
much harder to implement than it seems When we
instituted this ldquorulerdquo our discussions became very
heated With time we learned the proper tone for
disagreement how to depersonalize discussions and
keep the focus entirely on ideas And given human
nature perhaps the hardest part of all to accept that
someone elsersquos argument is better and to change
onersquos mind
Steve Jobs once shared an interesting story One
day an 80-year-old man who lived near his house
called Jobs over to his garage He wanted to show
him a curious object It was a rotating metal drum
connected to a motor by a belt They went out to
the yard collected some coarse ugly stones placed
them inside the barrel and closed the lid The old
man added water and started the engine causing the
drum to rotate He then asked Jobs still a young man
to return the next day When they opened the barrel
inside were beautiful stones The coarse stones
after clashing against each other for some time
creating friction and noise came out as beautiful
polished stones
The analogy is inevitable Persistent people willing to
argue their points of view generate a lot of noise but
also test and refine their ideas In the end we leave
the barrel (in our case a meeting room) with better
hypotheses and conclusions Today our discussions
remain ldquolivelyrdquo but the dynamic is pleasant and
effective There is an order that turns the heat into
productivity At this point we all know each other well
and those who designed this process for the team are
still with IP while new and talented people are being
prepared and are eventually added to the group
PRosPects
Dilma Rousseffrsquos government has lost the ability to
disguise its real intentions It took less than a week
for the new finance minister to state that the country
needs ldquomore State and less marketrdquo It is difficult to
expect anything positive from a government so intent
on harming the economy
In a world of interest rates still close to zero the
market should be invited to compensate for the
collapse of governmentrsquos capacity for investment But
how A pragmatic solution to the fiscal crisis seems
even further away than it was a year ago Government
revenue and the Brazilian economy are in free fall Debt
interest and inflation are at even higher levels Given
his history the new finance minister Nelson Barbosa
would need to be even stricter than his predecessor
to convince markets and entrepreneurs to invest An
unlikely scenario especially given the entangled web
in which politics finds itself Unemployment is rapidly
deteriorating How can difficult and unpopular
reforms be carried out in this environment
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
7
Without major reforms the de-indexation of the
economy and control over spending it will be difficult
to attract investments in sufficient volume to change
this trajectory Foreigners have not yet given up
hope They still fill investment conferences and dream
of a Brazilian ldquoturning pointrdquo There is also still a
persistent flow of direct investment Until when The
government must not abuse this goodwill or it may
end for good
In a recent interview Nelson Jobim1 said that if politics
is unable to fix the crisis the crisis will fix politics The
question is what level of recession unemployment
and inflation the country will have to endure to finally
resolve its political crisis It seems likely therefore that
in order to improve we must first deteriorate further
We will eventually get past this Our mission is to
survive until Jobimrsquos prophecy materializes and at the
same time not fail to take advantage of opportunities
in Brazilian companies that we admire which in some
cases may come out of the crisis even stronger
The prices for good Brazilian companies are finally
correcting to levels more consistent with reality On
the other hand the risks for many businesses have
also increased
Ultimately crises are good for our fund In the short
term they may be negative but they allow us to
ldquoplant the seedsrdquo for excellent future returns which
more than compensate the initial losses However
given that the current crisis may extend further we
have made it our mantra to ldquoenjoy responsiblyrdquo
Some say that the US market is expensive Following
several years of strong advances there is naturally an
increased vulnerability to crises and external shocks
And when we ponder on what can go wrong with the
world the list is quite extensive On the other hand
our view is that by being very selective and careful
there are great business available at prices that can
provide good returns over the medium term
In our experience exceptional businesses managed by
competent and committed people create value over
time If you can acquire them at sensible valuations
they provide good returns over the mediumlong
term - with or without crises That said an all-in
strategy doesnrsquot make sense We know that sooner or
later the next crisis will come The opportunities that
may arise on such occasions are extraordinary and
usually do not last long Hence another component
of our approach is to carry a healthy dose of cash and
prepare ourselves to take advantage of such moments
of stress
With the usual caveat that we look at larger windows
than a single year to evaluate the results of our
funds the year 2015 left us satisfied Not because
we believe our returns were stellar but because
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
1 Nelson Jobim served as a judge on the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court from 1997 to 2006 was president of the Supreme Federal Court from 2004 to 2006 and most recently was minister of defense from 2007 to 2011
8
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
they were obtained even after the decline in prices
of certain assets in Brazil and abroad - which we see
as temporary Put differently today the ldquospringrdquo is
more tightly compressed and the funds have greater
potential returns in the coming years than a year ago
The rapid decline in market prices at the start of the
year only reinforced this perception
Happy 2016
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
9
MISCELLANEOUS
ldquoThe first principle is that you must not fool yourself ndash and you are the easiest person to foolrdquo mdash Richard Feynman
ldquoThe most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop diggingrdquo mdash Warren Buffett
ldquoGreat teams do not hold back with one another They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry They admit their mistakes their weaknesses and their concerns without fear of reprisalrdquo mdash Patrick Lencioni
ldquoI once had a ski instructor who had taught Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time how to ski He explained that Jordan enjoyed his mistakes and got the most out of them At the start of high school Jordan was an unimpressive basketball player he became a champion because he loved using his mistakes to improve Yet despite Jordanrsquos example and of countless other successful people it is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learningrdquo mdash Ray Dalio
ldquoPeople try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that canrsquot live within its incomerdquo mdash Robert Half
ldquoSnap back to reality Oh there goes gravityrdquo mdash Eminem
Miscellaneous
PERFORMANCE
11
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Brazilian Equities Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Brazilian Equities Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in Brazilian companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
PERFORMANCE IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)(1)PERFORMANCE
2102
IP-
Braz
ilian E
quiti
es
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
Since February 26th 1993(1)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)(1)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)(1)
(1) For the period before IP-Brazilian Equities inception on April 2010 for reference we show (a) the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms from February 1993 to December 1995 and (b) theoffshore vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees Class) results from December 1995 to April 2010 The returns up to April 2010 are net of all fees and after that gross of performance fee(2) Inception of IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 53Next 5 17Other 7Cash 21
portfolioSmall Caps (smaller than US$ 1bi) 26Mid Caps (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi) 16Large Caps (larger than US$ 5bi) 36
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -135 -526 -217November 15 179 -142 -389October 15 278 480 714September 15 -793 -1129 -297August 15 -1338 -1469 -901July 15 -974 -1240 -687June 15 131 308 -252May 15 -893 -1164 -399April 15 847 1780 772March 15 -818 -1103 -140February 15 -097 172 311January 15 -335 -641 06112 months -3466 -4103 -1460
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -3466 -4103 -14602014 -1123 -1437 -1822013 -1644 -2629 -2272012 1550 -142 18632011 -941 -2726 -18172010 2764 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -1273 -2326 -448Last 10 years 357 -246 398Last 15 years 734 243 899Since Inception(2) 1468 797 657
IP-Brazilian Equities
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
INDEX
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees 04
Miscellaneous 09
Performance
IP-Brazilian Equities 11
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class 12
Terms and Conditions 13
Additional Information 14
PIPA 15
4
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
The change in market prices of IP-Brazilian Equitiesrsquo
holdings resulted in a 32 (27 in BRL) variation in
the NAV per share during the fourth quarter of 2015
and -347 (-21 in BRL) for the full year During
the same periods IP-Participaccedilotildeesrsquo NAV per share
changed by 43 (38 in BRL) and -247 (128 in
BRL) respectively Over the past five years IP Brazilian
Equities has accumulated a return of -493 in dollars
(211 in BRL) compared to -282 (715 in BRL) by
IP-Participaccedilotildees and -733 (-363 in BRL) by the
Ibovespa These figures are net of all fees
RemindeRs
Before we begin wersquod like to recap some key points
about IP funds given the political and economic
uncertainty as well as the widespread anxiety
in Brazil
The IP-Participaccedilotildees fund is not solely focused on
Brazilian companies Although it originated as such
in 2008 we began to gradually invest outside of
Brazil The backdrop for this was simple the fund
should mirror what we would like to do with our own
assets And in this spirit geographic restrictions on
our investments were out of the question We would
rather restrict ourselves to good business models
with talented honest and committed executives
Influenced by IP-Globalrsquos pioneering experience since
2001 the process was natural With the maturity that
only comes with time and a good deal of curiosity we
intensified our research and accumulated knowledge
about excellent businesses abroad At the same
time the deterioration of the Brazilian business
environment the creation of Brazilian Depositary
Receipts (BDRs) and the gradual easing of restrictions
on domestic funds investing abroad were additionally
attractive incentives
Currently we only have a limited portion of IP-
Participaccedilotildees invested in Brazilian companies They
are solid profitable and well-priced companies
(Itauacutesa is one of the most relevant) We have a fair
amount of cash in the fund with a significant portion
invested in NTN-Bs (inflation linked bonds similar
to American TIPS) with relatively short maturities to
protect from inflation Outside of Brazil we invest in
great companies at prices we consider attractive The
fund also has a reasonable exposure to the US dollar
which we believe is prudent given the current context
of Brazil
Finally it should be noted that the investment team
managing IP-Participaccedilotildees has worked independently
from the IP-Global team for the past five years The
investment philosophies of both teams follow the
same guidelines but their resulting evaluations and
opinions do not always coincide Thus the content
of the reports as well as the fund investments are of
exclusive responsibility of each team
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
5
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
PRoductive FRiction
ldquoThe humility required for good judgment is not self-
doubt ndash the sense that you are untalented unintelligent
or unworthy It is intellectual humility It is a recognition
that reality is profoundly complex that seeing things
clearly is a constant struggle when it can be done at all
and that human judgment must therefore be riddled
with mistakesrdquo ndash Charlie Munger
When looking at IP-Participaccedilotildeesrsquo performance over
the last five years we are content that ndash at least in
local currency terms ndash we have protected our clientsrsquo
assets (and our own) from the serious problems in
Brazil We were often on target but of course we also
made some mistakes
No one enjoys making mistakes but dealing with them
properly is crucial to improve At IP team discussions
are central to our process of preventing diagnosing
and rectifying mistakes This can only be achieved in
an appropriate environment and amidst a culture that
values a clash of ideas
To strengthen this culture and preserve this
environment we pay special attention to three key
points (i) the profound trust between members of the
investment team (ii) the constant search for the truth
and (iii) full transparency
Without trust it is impossible to establish a culture
based on the productive clash of ideas This requires
an environment where even the deepest criticism
should not be taken personally
This quest for truth of which we speak is not
fundamentally philosophical Itrsquos practical and applied
to everyday life In investment theses itrsquos not possible
to reach absolute truths What we have is a spectrum
of probabilities linked to possible outcomes and our
best judgment
The more we discuss research and reflect the more
we can refine these probabilities and identify potential
risks and opportunities Through this process we
come to a better understanding closer to the ldquotruthrdquo
We see these discussions as a means to improve our
results over time A small well-prepared group is able
to bring together different experiences eliminate
certain biases and point out flaws or risks that were
not initially considered
A key issue however is ensuring the proper size of the
group If itrsquos too large the energy spent to synchronize
knowledge and absorb the different points of view
leads to long stressful and inefficient meetings
Wersquove already been through this and certainly will not
repeat the same mistake
Another challenge is to prevent the instinct for
ldquopolitenessrdquo from interfering with the need to
torpedo our own investment theses to arrive at the
valuable survivors
6
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
This is where the third point comes in there must be
total transparency We must be brutally honest and
express exactly what wersquore thinking Trust us this is
much harder to implement than it seems When we
instituted this ldquorulerdquo our discussions became very
heated With time we learned the proper tone for
disagreement how to depersonalize discussions and
keep the focus entirely on ideas And given human
nature perhaps the hardest part of all to accept that
someone elsersquos argument is better and to change
onersquos mind
Steve Jobs once shared an interesting story One
day an 80-year-old man who lived near his house
called Jobs over to his garage He wanted to show
him a curious object It was a rotating metal drum
connected to a motor by a belt They went out to
the yard collected some coarse ugly stones placed
them inside the barrel and closed the lid The old
man added water and started the engine causing the
drum to rotate He then asked Jobs still a young man
to return the next day When they opened the barrel
inside were beautiful stones The coarse stones
after clashing against each other for some time
creating friction and noise came out as beautiful
polished stones
The analogy is inevitable Persistent people willing to
argue their points of view generate a lot of noise but
also test and refine their ideas In the end we leave
the barrel (in our case a meeting room) with better
hypotheses and conclusions Today our discussions
remain ldquolivelyrdquo but the dynamic is pleasant and
effective There is an order that turns the heat into
productivity At this point we all know each other well
and those who designed this process for the team are
still with IP while new and talented people are being
prepared and are eventually added to the group
PRosPects
Dilma Rousseffrsquos government has lost the ability to
disguise its real intentions It took less than a week
for the new finance minister to state that the country
needs ldquomore State and less marketrdquo It is difficult to
expect anything positive from a government so intent
on harming the economy
In a world of interest rates still close to zero the
market should be invited to compensate for the
collapse of governmentrsquos capacity for investment But
how A pragmatic solution to the fiscal crisis seems
even further away than it was a year ago Government
revenue and the Brazilian economy are in free fall Debt
interest and inflation are at even higher levels Given
his history the new finance minister Nelson Barbosa
would need to be even stricter than his predecessor
to convince markets and entrepreneurs to invest An
unlikely scenario especially given the entangled web
in which politics finds itself Unemployment is rapidly
deteriorating How can difficult and unpopular
reforms be carried out in this environment
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
7
Without major reforms the de-indexation of the
economy and control over spending it will be difficult
to attract investments in sufficient volume to change
this trajectory Foreigners have not yet given up
hope They still fill investment conferences and dream
of a Brazilian ldquoturning pointrdquo There is also still a
persistent flow of direct investment Until when The
government must not abuse this goodwill or it may
end for good
In a recent interview Nelson Jobim1 said that if politics
is unable to fix the crisis the crisis will fix politics The
question is what level of recession unemployment
and inflation the country will have to endure to finally
resolve its political crisis It seems likely therefore that
in order to improve we must first deteriorate further
We will eventually get past this Our mission is to
survive until Jobimrsquos prophecy materializes and at the
same time not fail to take advantage of opportunities
in Brazilian companies that we admire which in some
cases may come out of the crisis even stronger
The prices for good Brazilian companies are finally
correcting to levels more consistent with reality On
the other hand the risks for many businesses have
also increased
Ultimately crises are good for our fund In the short
term they may be negative but they allow us to
ldquoplant the seedsrdquo for excellent future returns which
more than compensate the initial losses However
given that the current crisis may extend further we
have made it our mantra to ldquoenjoy responsiblyrdquo
Some say that the US market is expensive Following
several years of strong advances there is naturally an
increased vulnerability to crises and external shocks
And when we ponder on what can go wrong with the
world the list is quite extensive On the other hand
our view is that by being very selective and careful
there are great business available at prices that can
provide good returns over the medium term
In our experience exceptional businesses managed by
competent and committed people create value over
time If you can acquire them at sensible valuations
they provide good returns over the mediumlong
term - with or without crises That said an all-in
strategy doesnrsquot make sense We know that sooner or
later the next crisis will come The opportunities that
may arise on such occasions are extraordinary and
usually do not last long Hence another component
of our approach is to carry a healthy dose of cash and
prepare ourselves to take advantage of such moments
of stress
With the usual caveat that we look at larger windows
than a single year to evaluate the results of our
funds the year 2015 left us satisfied Not because
we believe our returns were stellar but because
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
1 Nelson Jobim served as a judge on the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court from 1997 to 2006 was president of the Supreme Federal Court from 2004 to 2006 and most recently was minister of defense from 2007 to 2011
8
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
they were obtained even after the decline in prices
of certain assets in Brazil and abroad - which we see
as temporary Put differently today the ldquospringrdquo is
more tightly compressed and the funds have greater
potential returns in the coming years than a year ago
The rapid decline in market prices at the start of the
year only reinforced this perception
Happy 2016
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
9
MISCELLANEOUS
ldquoThe first principle is that you must not fool yourself ndash and you are the easiest person to foolrdquo mdash Richard Feynman
ldquoThe most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop diggingrdquo mdash Warren Buffett
ldquoGreat teams do not hold back with one another They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry They admit their mistakes their weaknesses and their concerns without fear of reprisalrdquo mdash Patrick Lencioni
ldquoI once had a ski instructor who had taught Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time how to ski He explained that Jordan enjoyed his mistakes and got the most out of them At the start of high school Jordan was an unimpressive basketball player he became a champion because he loved using his mistakes to improve Yet despite Jordanrsquos example and of countless other successful people it is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learningrdquo mdash Ray Dalio
ldquoPeople try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that canrsquot live within its incomerdquo mdash Robert Half
ldquoSnap back to reality Oh there goes gravityrdquo mdash Eminem
Miscellaneous
PERFORMANCE
11
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Brazilian Equities Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Brazilian Equities Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in Brazilian companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
PERFORMANCE IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)(1)PERFORMANCE
2102
IP-
Braz
ilian E
quiti
es
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
Since February 26th 1993(1)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)(1)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)(1)
(1) For the period before IP-Brazilian Equities inception on April 2010 for reference we show (a) the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms from February 1993 to December 1995 and (b) theoffshore vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees Class) results from December 1995 to April 2010 The returns up to April 2010 are net of all fees and after that gross of performance fee(2) Inception of IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 53Next 5 17Other 7Cash 21
portfolioSmall Caps (smaller than US$ 1bi) 26Mid Caps (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi) 16Large Caps (larger than US$ 5bi) 36
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -135 -526 -217November 15 179 -142 -389October 15 278 480 714September 15 -793 -1129 -297August 15 -1338 -1469 -901July 15 -974 -1240 -687June 15 131 308 -252May 15 -893 -1164 -399April 15 847 1780 772March 15 -818 -1103 -140February 15 -097 172 311January 15 -335 -641 06112 months -3466 -4103 -1460
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -3466 -4103 -14602014 -1123 -1437 -1822013 -1644 -2629 -2272012 1550 -142 18632011 -941 -2726 -18172010 2764 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -1273 -2326 -448Last 10 years 357 -246 398Last 15 years 734 243 899Since Inception(2) 1468 797 657
IP-Brazilian Equities
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
4
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
The change in market prices of IP-Brazilian Equitiesrsquo
holdings resulted in a 32 (27 in BRL) variation in
the NAV per share during the fourth quarter of 2015
and -347 (-21 in BRL) for the full year During
the same periods IP-Participaccedilotildeesrsquo NAV per share
changed by 43 (38 in BRL) and -247 (128 in
BRL) respectively Over the past five years IP Brazilian
Equities has accumulated a return of -493 in dollars
(211 in BRL) compared to -282 (715 in BRL) by
IP-Participaccedilotildees and -733 (-363 in BRL) by the
Ibovespa These figures are net of all fees
RemindeRs
Before we begin wersquod like to recap some key points
about IP funds given the political and economic
uncertainty as well as the widespread anxiety
in Brazil
The IP-Participaccedilotildees fund is not solely focused on
Brazilian companies Although it originated as such
in 2008 we began to gradually invest outside of
Brazil The backdrop for this was simple the fund
should mirror what we would like to do with our own
assets And in this spirit geographic restrictions on
our investments were out of the question We would
rather restrict ourselves to good business models
with talented honest and committed executives
Influenced by IP-Globalrsquos pioneering experience since
2001 the process was natural With the maturity that
only comes with time and a good deal of curiosity we
intensified our research and accumulated knowledge
about excellent businesses abroad At the same
time the deterioration of the Brazilian business
environment the creation of Brazilian Depositary
Receipts (BDRs) and the gradual easing of restrictions
on domestic funds investing abroad were additionally
attractive incentives
Currently we only have a limited portion of IP-
Participaccedilotildees invested in Brazilian companies They
are solid profitable and well-priced companies
(Itauacutesa is one of the most relevant) We have a fair
amount of cash in the fund with a significant portion
invested in NTN-Bs (inflation linked bonds similar
to American TIPS) with relatively short maturities to
protect from inflation Outside of Brazil we invest in
great companies at prices we consider attractive The
fund also has a reasonable exposure to the US dollar
which we believe is prudent given the current context
of Brazil
Finally it should be noted that the investment team
managing IP-Participaccedilotildees has worked independently
from the IP-Global team for the past five years The
investment philosophies of both teams follow the
same guidelines but their resulting evaluations and
opinions do not always coincide Thus the content
of the reports as well as the fund investments are of
exclusive responsibility of each team
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
5
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
PRoductive FRiction
ldquoThe humility required for good judgment is not self-
doubt ndash the sense that you are untalented unintelligent
or unworthy It is intellectual humility It is a recognition
that reality is profoundly complex that seeing things
clearly is a constant struggle when it can be done at all
and that human judgment must therefore be riddled
with mistakesrdquo ndash Charlie Munger
When looking at IP-Participaccedilotildeesrsquo performance over
the last five years we are content that ndash at least in
local currency terms ndash we have protected our clientsrsquo
assets (and our own) from the serious problems in
Brazil We were often on target but of course we also
made some mistakes
No one enjoys making mistakes but dealing with them
properly is crucial to improve At IP team discussions
are central to our process of preventing diagnosing
and rectifying mistakes This can only be achieved in
an appropriate environment and amidst a culture that
values a clash of ideas
To strengthen this culture and preserve this
environment we pay special attention to three key
points (i) the profound trust between members of the
investment team (ii) the constant search for the truth
and (iii) full transparency
Without trust it is impossible to establish a culture
based on the productive clash of ideas This requires
an environment where even the deepest criticism
should not be taken personally
This quest for truth of which we speak is not
fundamentally philosophical Itrsquos practical and applied
to everyday life In investment theses itrsquos not possible
to reach absolute truths What we have is a spectrum
of probabilities linked to possible outcomes and our
best judgment
The more we discuss research and reflect the more
we can refine these probabilities and identify potential
risks and opportunities Through this process we
come to a better understanding closer to the ldquotruthrdquo
We see these discussions as a means to improve our
results over time A small well-prepared group is able
to bring together different experiences eliminate
certain biases and point out flaws or risks that were
not initially considered
A key issue however is ensuring the proper size of the
group If itrsquos too large the energy spent to synchronize
knowledge and absorb the different points of view
leads to long stressful and inefficient meetings
Wersquove already been through this and certainly will not
repeat the same mistake
Another challenge is to prevent the instinct for
ldquopolitenessrdquo from interfering with the need to
torpedo our own investment theses to arrive at the
valuable survivors
6
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
This is where the third point comes in there must be
total transparency We must be brutally honest and
express exactly what wersquore thinking Trust us this is
much harder to implement than it seems When we
instituted this ldquorulerdquo our discussions became very
heated With time we learned the proper tone for
disagreement how to depersonalize discussions and
keep the focus entirely on ideas And given human
nature perhaps the hardest part of all to accept that
someone elsersquos argument is better and to change
onersquos mind
Steve Jobs once shared an interesting story One
day an 80-year-old man who lived near his house
called Jobs over to his garage He wanted to show
him a curious object It was a rotating metal drum
connected to a motor by a belt They went out to
the yard collected some coarse ugly stones placed
them inside the barrel and closed the lid The old
man added water and started the engine causing the
drum to rotate He then asked Jobs still a young man
to return the next day When they opened the barrel
inside were beautiful stones The coarse stones
after clashing against each other for some time
creating friction and noise came out as beautiful
polished stones
The analogy is inevitable Persistent people willing to
argue their points of view generate a lot of noise but
also test and refine their ideas In the end we leave
the barrel (in our case a meeting room) with better
hypotheses and conclusions Today our discussions
remain ldquolivelyrdquo but the dynamic is pleasant and
effective There is an order that turns the heat into
productivity At this point we all know each other well
and those who designed this process for the team are
still with IP while new and talented people are being
prepared and are eventually added to the group
PRosPects
Dilma Rousseffrsquos government has lost the ability to
disguise its real intentions It took less than a week
for the new finance minister to state that the country
needs ldquomore State and less marketrdquo It is difficult to
expect anything positive from a government so intent
on harming the economy
In a world of interest rates still close to zero the
market should be invited to compensate for the
collapse of governmentrsquos capacity for investment But
how A pragmatic solution to the fiscal crisis seems
even further away than it was a year ago Government
revenue and the Brazilian economy are in free fall Debt
interest and inflation are at even higher levels Given
his history the new finance minister Nelson Barbosa
would need to be even stricter than his predecessor
to convince markets and entrepreneurs to invest An
unlikely scenario especially given the entangled web
in which politics finds itself Unemployment is rapidly
deteriorating How can difficult and unpopular
reforms be carried out in this environment
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
7
Without major reforms the de-indexation of the
economy and control over spending it will be difficult
to attract investments in sufficient volume to change
this trajectory Foreigners have not yet given up
hope They still fill investment conferences and dream
of a Brazilian ldquoturning pointrdquo There is also still a
persistent flow of direct investment Until when The
government must not abuse this goodwill or it may
end for good
In a recent interview Nelson Jobim1 said that if politics
is unable to fix the crisis the crisis will fix politics The
question is what level of recession unemployment
and inflation the country will have to endure to finally
resolve its political crisis It seems likely therefore that
in order to improve we must first deteriorate further
We will eventually get past this Our mission is to
survive until Jobimrsquos prophecy materializes and at the
same time not fail to take advantage of opportunities
in Brazilian companies that we admire which in some
cases may come out of the crisis even stronger
The prices for good Brazilian companies are finally
correcting to levels more consistent with reality On
the other hand the risks for many businesses have
also increased
Ultimately crises are good for our fund In the short
term they may be negative but they allow us to
ldquoplant the seedsrdquo for excellent future returns which
more than compensate the initial losses However
given that the current crisis may extend further we
have made it our mantra to ldquoenjoy responsiblyrdquo
Some say that the US market is expensive Following
several years of strong advances there is naturally an
increased vulnerability to crises and external shocks
And when we ponder on what can go wrong with the
world the list is quite extensive On the other hand
our view is that by being very selective and careful
there are great business available at prices that can
provide good returns over the medium term
In our experience exceptional businesses managed by
competent and committed people create value over
time If you can acquire them at sensible valuations
they provide good returns over the mediumlong
term - with or without crises That said an all-in
strategy doesnrsquot make sense We know that sooner or
later the next crisis will come The opportunities that
may arise on such occasions are extraordinary and
usually do not last long Hence another component
of our approach is to carry a healthy dose of cash and
prepare ourselves to take advantage of such moments
of stress
With the usual caveat that we look at larger windows
than a single year to evaluate the results of our
funds the year 2015 left us satisfied Not because
we believe our returns were stellar but because
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
1 Nelson Jobim served as a judge on the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court from 1997 to 2006 was president of the Supreme Federal Court from 2004 to 2006 and most recently was minister of defense from 2007 to 2011
8
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
they were obtained even after the decline in prices
of certain assets in Brazil and abroad - which we see
as temporary Put differently today the ldquospringrdquo is
more tightly compressed and the funds have greater
potential returns in the coming years than a year ago
The rapid decline in market prices at the start of the
year only reinforced this perception
Happy 2016
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
9
MISCELLANEOUS
ldquoThe first principle is that you must not fool yourself ndash and you are the easiest person to foolrdquo mdash Richard Feynman
ldquoThe most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop diggingrdquo mdash Warren Buffett
ldquoGreat teams do not hold back with one another They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry They admit their mistakes their weaknesses and their concerns without fear of reprisalrdquo mdash Patrick Lencioni
ldquoI once had a ski instructor who had taught Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time how to ski He explained that Jordan enjoyed his mistakes and got the most out of them At the start of high school Jordan was an unimpressive basketball player he became a champion because he loved using his mistakes to improve Yet despite Jordanrsquos example and of countless other successful people it is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learningrdquo mdash Ray Dalio
ldquoPeople try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that canrsquot live within its incomerdquo mdash Robert Half
ldquoSnap back to reality Oh there goes gravityrdquo mdash Eminem
Miscellaneous
PERFORMANCE
11
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Brazilian Equities Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Brazilian Equities Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in Brazilian companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
PERFORMANCE IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)(1)PERFORMANCE
2102
IP-
Braz
ilian E
quiti
es
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
Since February 26th 1993(1)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)(1)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)(1)
(1) For the period before IP-Brazilian Equities inception on April 2010 for reference we show (a) the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms from February 1993 to December 1995 and (b) theoffshore vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees Class) results from December 1995 to April 2010 The returns up to April 2010 are net of all fees and after that gross of performance fee(2) Inception of IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 53Next 5 17Other 7Cash 21
portfolioSmall Caps (smaller than US$ 1bi) 26Mid Caps (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi) 16Large Caps (larger than US$ 5bi) 36
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -135 -526 -217November 15 179 -142 -389October 15 278 480 714September 15 -793 -1129 -297August 15 -1338 -1469 -901July 15 -974 -1240 -687June 15 131 308 -252May 15 -893 -1164 -399April 15 847 1780 772March 15 -818 -1103 -140February 15 -097 172 311January 15 -335 -641 06112 months -3466 -4103 -1460
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -3466 -4103 -14602014 -1123 -1437 -1822013 -1644 -2629 -2272012 1550 -142 18632011 -941 -2726 -18172010 2764 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -1273 -2326 -448Last 10 years 357 -246 398Last 15 years 734 243 899Since Inception(2) 1468 797 657
IP-Brazilian Equities
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
5
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
PRoductive FRiction
ldquoThe humility required for good judgment is not self-
doubt ndash the sense that you are untalented unintelligent
or unworthy It is intellectual humility It is a recognition
that reality is profoundly complex that seeing things
clearly is a constant struggle when it can be done at all
and that human judgment must therefore be riddled
with mistakesrdquo ndash Charlie Munger
When looking at IP-Participaccedilotildeesrsquo performance over
the last five years we are content that ndash at least in
local currency terms ndash we have protected our clientsrsquo
assets (and our own) from the serious problems in
Brazil We were often on target but of course we also
made some mistakes
No one enjoys making mistakes but dealing with them
properly is crucial to improve At IP team discussions
are central to our process of preventing diagnosing
and rectifying mistakes This can only be achieved in
an appropriate environment and amidst a culture that
values a clash of ideas
To strengthen this culture and preserve this
environment we pay special attention to three key
points (i) the profound trust between members of the
investment team (ii) the constant search for the truth
and (iii) full transparency
Without trust it is impossible to establish a culture
based on the productive clash of ideas This requires
an environment where even the deepest criticism
should not be taken personally
This quest for truth of which we speak is not
fundamentally philosophical Itrsquos practical and applied
to everyday life In investment theses itrsquos not possible
to reach absolute truths What we have is a spectrum
of probabilities linked to possible outcomes and our
best judgment
The more we discuss research and reflect the more
we can refine these probabilities and identify potential
risks and opportunities Through this process we
come to a better understanding closer to the ldquotruthrdquo
We see these discussions as a means to improve our
results over time A small well-prepared group is able
to bring together different experiences eliminate
certain biases and point out flaws or risks that were
not initially considered
A key issue however is ensuring the proper size of the
group If itrsquos too large the energy spent to synchronize
knowledge and absorb the different points of view
leads to long stressful and inefficient meetings
Wersquove already been through this and certainly will not
repeat the same mistake
Another challenge is to prevent the instinct for
ldquopolitenessrdquo from interfering with the need to
torpedo our own investment theses to arrive at the
valuable survivors
6
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
This is where the third point comes in there must be
total transparency We must be brutally honest and
express exactly what wersquore thinking Trust us this is
much harder to implement than it seems When we
instituted this ldquorulerdquo our discussions became very
heated With time we learned the proper tone for
disagreement how to depersonalize discussions and
keep the focus entirely on ideas And given human
nature perhaps the hardest part of all to accept that
someone elsersquos argument is better and to change
onersquos mind
Steve Jobs once shared an interesting story One
day an 80-year-old man who lived near his house
called Jobs over to his garage He wanted to show
him a curious object It was a rotating metal drum
connected to a motor by a belt They went out to
the yard collected some coarse ugly stones placed
them inside the barrel and closed the lid The old
man added water and started the engine causing the
drum to rotate He then asked Jobs still a young man
to return the next day When they opened the barrel
inside were beautiful stones The coarse stones
after clashing against each other for some time
creating friction and noise came out as beautiful
polished stones
The analogy is inevitable Persistent people willing to
argue their points of view generate a lot of noise but
also test and refine their ideas In the end we leave
the barrel (in our case a meeting room) with better
hypotheses and conclusions Today our discussions
remain ldquolivelyrdquo but the dynamic is pleasant and
effective There is an order that turns the heat into
productivity At this point we all know each other well
and those who designed this process for the team are
still with IP while new and talented people are being
prepared and are eventually added to the group
PRosPects
Dilma Rousseffrsquos government has lost the ability to
disguise its real intentions It took less than a week
for the new finance minister to state that the country
needs ldquomore State and less marketrdquo It is difficult to
expect anything positive from a government so intent
on harming the economy
In a world of interest rates still close to zero the
market should be invited to compensate for the
collapse of governmentrsquos capacity for investment But
how A pragmatic solution to the fiscal crisis seems
even further away than it was a year ago Government
revenue and the Brazilian economy are in free fall Debt
interest and inflation are at even higher levels Given
his history the new finance minister Nelson Barbosa
would need to be even stricter than his predecessor
to convince markets and entrepreneurs to invest An
unlikely scenario especially given the entangled web
in which politics finds itself Unemployment is rapidly
deteriorating How can difficult and unpopular
reforms be carried out in this environment
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
7
Without major reforms the de-indexation of the
economy and control over spending it will be difficult
to attract investments in sufficient volume to change
this trajectory Foreigners have not yet given up
hope They still fill investment conferences and dream
of a Brazilian ldquoturning pointrdquo There is also still a
persistent flow of direct investment Until when The
government must not abuse this goodwill or it may
end for good
In a recent interview Nelson Jobim1 said that if politics
is unable to fix the crisis the crisis will fix politics The
question is what level of recession unemployment
and inflation the country will have to endure to finally
resolve its political crisis It seems likely therefore that
in order to improve we must first deteriorate further
We will eventually get past this Our mission is to
survive until Jobimrsquos prophecy materializes and at the
same time not fail to take advantage of opportunities
in Brazilian companies that we admire which in some
cases may come out of the crisis even stronger
The prices for good Brazilian companies are finally
correcting to levels more consistent with reality On
the other hand the risks for many businesses have
also increased
Ultimately crises are good for our fund In the short
term they may be negative but they allow us to
ldquoplant the seedsrdquo for excellent future returns which
more than compensate the initial losses However
given that the current crisis may extend further we
have made it our mantra to ldquoenjoy responsiblyrdquo
Some say that the US market is expensive Following
several years of strong advances there is naturally an
increased vulnerability to crises and external shocks
And when we ponder on what can go wrong with the
world the list is quite extensive On the other hand
our view is that by being very selective and careful
there are great business available at prices that can
provide good returns over the medium term
In our experience exceptional businesses managed by
competent and committed people create value over
time If you can acquire them at sensible valuations
they provide good returns over the mediumlong
term - with or without crises That said an all-in
strategy doesnrsquot make sense We know that sooner or
later the next crisis will come The opportunities that
may arise on such occasions are extraordinary and
usually do not last long Hence another component
of our approach is to carry a healthy dose of cash and
prepare ourselves to take advantage of such moments
of stress
With the usual caveat that we look at larger windows
than a single year to evaluate the results of our
funds the year 2015 left us satisfied Not because
we believe our returns were stellar but because
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
1 Nelson Jobim served as a judge on the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court from 1997 to 2006 was president of the Supreme Federal Court from 2004 to 2006 and most recently was minister of defense from 2007 to 2011
8
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
they were obtained even after the decline in prices
of certain assets in Brazil and abroad - which we see
as temporary Put differently today the ldquospringrdquo is
more tightly compressed and the funds have greater
potential returns in the coming years than a year ago
The rapid decline in market prices at the start of the
year only reinforced this perception
Happy 2016
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
9
MISCELLANEOUS
ldquoThe first principle is that you must not fool yourself ndash and you are the easiest person to foolrdquo mdash Richard Feynman
ldquoThe most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop diggingrdquo mdash Warren Buffett
ldquoGreat teams do not hold back with one another They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry They admit their mistakes their weaknesses and their concerns without fear of reprisalrdquo mdash Patrick Lencioni
ldquoI once had a ski instructor who had taught Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time how to ski He explained that Jordan enjoyed his mistakes and got the most out of them At the start of high school Jordan was an unimpressive basketball player he became a champion because he loved using his mistakes to improve Yet despite Jordanrsquos example and of countless other successful people it is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learningrdquo mdash Ray Dalio
ldquoPeople try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that canrsquot live within its incomerdquo mdash Robert Half
ldquoSnap back to reality Oh there goes gravityrdquo mdash Eminem
Miscellaneous
PERFORMANCE
11
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Brazilian Equities Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Brazilian Equities Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in Brazilian companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
PERFORMANCE IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)(1)PERFORMANCE
2102
IP-
Braz
ilian E
quiti
es
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
Since February 26th 1993(1)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)(1)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)(1)
(1) For the period before IP-Brazilian Equities inception on April 2010 for reference we show (a) the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms from February 1993 to December 1995 and (b) theoffshore vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees Class) results from December 1995 to April 2010 The returns up to April 2010 are net of all fees and after that gross of performance fee(2) Inception of IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 53Next 5 17Other 7Cash 21
portfolioSmall Caps (smaller than US$ 1bi) 26Mid Caps (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi) 16Large Caps (larger than US$ 5bi) 36
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -135 -526 -217November 15 179 -142 -389October 15 278 480 714September 15 -793 -1129 -297August 15 -1338 -1469 -901July 15 -974 -1240 -687June 15 131 308 -252May 15 -893 -1164 -399April 15 847 1780 772March 15 -818 -1103 -140February 15 -097 172 311January 15 -335 -641 06112 months -3466 -4103 -1460
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -3466 -4103 -14602014 -1123 -1437 -1822013 -1644 -2629 -2272012 1550 -142 18632011 -941 -2726 -18172010 2764 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -1273 -2326 -448Last 10 years 357 -246 398Last 15 years 734 243 899Since Inception(2) 1468 797 657
IP-Brazilian Equities
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
6
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
This is where the third point comes in there must be
total transparency We must be brutally honest and
express exactly what wersquore thinking Trust us this is
much harder to implement than it seems When we
instituted this ldquorulerdquo our discussions became very
heated With time we learned the proper tone for
disagreement how to depersonalize discussions and
keep the focus entirely on ideas And given human
nature perhaps the hardest part of all to accept that
someone elsersquos argument is better and to change
onersquos mind
Steve Jobs once shared an interesting story One
day an 80-year-old man who lived near his house
called Jobs over to his garage He wanted to show
him a curious object It was a rotating metal drum
connected to a motor by a belt They went out to
the yard collected some coarse ugly stones placed
them inside the barrel and closed the lid The old
man added water and started the engine causing the
drum to rotate He then asked Jobs still a young man
to return the next day When they opened the barrel
inside were beautiful stones The coarse stones
after clashing against each other for some time
creating friction and noise came out as beautiful
polished stones
The analogy is inevitable Persistent people willing to
argue their points of view generate a lot of noise but
also test and refine their ideas In the end we leave
the barrel (in our case a meeting room) with better
hypotheses and conclusions Today our discussions
remain ldquolivelyrdquo but the dynamic is pleasant and
effective There is an order that turns the heat into
productivity At this point we all know each other well
and those who designed this process for the team are
still with IP while new and talented people are being
prepared and are eventually added to the group
PRosPects
Dilma Rousseffrsquos government has lost the ability to
disguise its real intentions It took less than a week
for the new finance minister to state that the country
needs ldquomore State and less marketrdquo It is difficult to
expect anything positive from a government so intent
on harming the economy
In a world of interest rates still close to zero the
market should be invited to compensate for the
collapse of governmentrsquos capacity for investment But
how A pragmatic solution to the fiscal crisis seems
even further away than it was a year ago Government
revenue and the Brazilian economy are in free fall Debt
interest and inflation are at even higher levels Given
his history the new finance minister Nelson Barbosa
would need to be even stricter than his predecessor
to convince markets and entrepreneurs to invest An
unlikely scenario especially given the entangled web
in which politics finds itself Unemployment is rapidly
deteriorating How can difficult and unpopular
reforms be carried out in this environment
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
7
Without major reforms the de-indexation of the
economy and control over spending it will be difficult
to attract investments in sufficient volume to change
this trajectory Foreigners have not yet given up
hope They still fill investment conferences and dream
of a Brazilian ldquoturning pointrdquo There is also still a
persistent flow of direct investment Until when The
government must not abuse this goodwill or it may
end for good
In a recent interview Nelson Jobim1 said that if politics
is unable to fix the crisis the crisis will fix politics The
question is what level of recession unemployment
and inflation the country will have to endure to finally
resolve its political crisis It seems likely therefore that
in order to improve we must first deteriorate further
We will eventually get past this Our mission is to
survive until Jobimrsquos prophecy materializes and at the
same time not fail to take advantage of opportunities
in Brazilian companies that we admire which in some
cases may come out of the crisis even stronger
The prices for good Brazilian companies are finally
correcting to levels more consistent with reality On
the other hand the risks for many businesses have
also increased
Ultimately crises are good for our fund In the short
term they may be negative but they allow us to
ldquoplant the seedsrdquo for excellent future returns which
more than compensate the initial losses However
given that the current crisis may extend further we
have made it our mantra to ldquoenjoy responsiblyrdquo
Some say that the US market is expensive Following
several years of strong advances there is naturally an
increased vulnerability to crises and external shocks
And when we ponder on what can go wrong with the
world the list is quite extensive On the other hand
our view is that by being very selective and careful
there are great business available at prices that can
provide good returns over the medium term
In our experience exceptional businesses managed by
competent and committed people create value over
time If you can acquire them at sensible valuations
they provide good returns over the mediumlong
term - with or without crises That said an all-in
strategy doesnrsquot make sense We know that sooner or
later the next crisis will come The opportunities that
may arise on such occasions are extraordinary and
usually do not last long Hence another component
of our approach is to carry a healthy dose of cash and
prepare ourselves to take advantage of such moments
of stress
With the usual caveat that we look at larger windows
than a single year to evaluate the results of our
funds the year 2015 left us satisfied Not because
we believe our returns were stellar but because
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
1 Nelson Jobim served as a judge on the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court from 1997 to 2006 was president of the Supreme Federal Court from 2004 to 2006 and most recently was minister of defense from 2007 to 2011
8
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
they were obtained even after the decline in prices
of certain assets in Brazil and abroad - which we see
as temporary Put differently today the ldquospringrdquo is
more tightly compressed and the funds have greater
potential returns in the coming years than a year ago
The rapid decline in market prices at the start of the
year only reinforced this perception
Happy 2016
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
9
MISCELLANEOUS
ldquoThe first principle is that you must not fool yourself ndash and you are the easiest person to foolrdquo mdash Richard Feynman
ldquoThe most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop diggingrdquo mdash Warren Buffett
ldquoGreat teams do not hold back with one another They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry They admit their mistakes their weaknesses and their concerns without fear of reprisalrdquo mdash Patrick Lencioni
ldquoI once had a ski instructor who had taught Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time how to ski He explained that Jordan enjoyed his mistakes and got the most out of them At the start of high school Jordan was an unimpressive basketball player he became a champion because he loved using his mistakes to improve Yet despite Jordanrsquos example and of countless other successful people it is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learningrdquo mdash Ray Dalio
ldquoPeople try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that canrsquot live within its incomerdquo mdash Robert Half
ldquoSnap back to reality Oh there goes gravityrdquo mdash Eminem
Miscellaneous
PERFORMANCE
11
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Brazilian Equities Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Brazilian Equities Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in Brazilian companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
PERFORMANCE IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)(1)PERFORMANCE
2102
IP-
Braz
ilian E
quiti
es
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
Since February 26th 1993(1)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)(1)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)(1)
(1) For the period before IP-Brazilian Equities inception on April 2010 for reference we show (a) the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms from February 1993 to December 1995 and (b) theoffshore vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees Class) results from December 1995 to April 2010 The returns up to April 2010 are net of all fees and after that gross of performance fee(2) Inception of IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 53Next 5 17Other 7Cash 21
portfolioSmall Caps (smaller than US$ 1bi) 26Mid Caps (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi) 16Large Caps (larger than US$ 5bi) 36
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -135 -526 -217November 15 179 -142 -389October 15 278 480 714September 15 -793 -1129 -297August 15 -1338 -1469 -901July 15 -974 -1240 -687June 15 131 308 -252May 15 -893 -1164 -399April 15 847 1780 772March 15 -818 -1103 -140February 15 -097 172 311January 15 -335 -641 06112 months -3466 -4103 -1460
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -3466 -4103 -14602014 -1123 -1437 -1822013 -1644 -2629 -2272012 1550 -142 18632011 -941 -2726 -18172010 2764 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -1273 -2326 -448Last 10 years 357 -246 398Last 15 years 734 243 899Since Inception(2) 1468 797 657
IP-Brazilian Equities
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
7
Without major reforms the de-indexation of the
economy and control over spending it will be difficult
to attract investments in sufficient volume to change
this trajectory Foreigners have not yet given up
hope They still fill investment conferences and dream
of a Brazilian ldquoturning pointrdquo There is also still a
persistent flow of direct investment Until when The
government must not abuse this goodwill or it may
end for good
In a recent interview Nelson Jobim1 said that if politics
is unable to fix the crisis the crisis will fix politics The
question is what level of recession unemployment
and inflation the country will have to endure to finally
resolve its political crisis It seems likely therefore that
in order to improve we must first deteriorate further
We will eventually get past this Our mission is to
survive until Jobimrsquos prophecy materializes and at the
same time not fail to take advantage of opportunities
in Brazilian companies that we admire which in some
cases may come out of the crisis even stronger
The prices for good Brazilian companies are finally
correcting to levels more consistent with reality On
the other hand the risks for many businesses have
also increased
Ultimately crises are good for our fund In the short
term they may be negative but they allow us to
ldquoplant the seedsrdquo for excellent future returns which
more than compensate the initial losses However
given that the current crisis may extend further we
have made it our mantra to ldquoenjoy responsiblyrdquo
Some say that the US market is expensive Following
several years of strong advances there is naturally an
increased vulnerability to crises and external shocks
And when we ponder on what can go wrong with the
world the list is quite extensive On the other hand
our view is that by being very selective and careful
there are great business available at prices that can
provide good returns over the medium term
In our experience exceptional businesses managed by
competent and committed people create value over
time If you can acquire them at sensible valuations
they provide good returns over the mediumlong
term - with or without crises That said an all-in
strategy doesnrsquot make sense We know that sooner or
later the next crisis will come The opportunities that
may arise on such occasions are extraordinary and
usually do not last long Hence another component
of our approach is to carry a healthy dose of cash and
prepare ourselves to take advantage of such moments
of stress
With the usual caveat that we look at larger windows
than a single year to evaluate the results of our
funds the year 2015 left us satisfied Not because
we believe our returns were stellar but because
IP-Brazilian Equities IP-Participaccedilotildees
1 Nelson Jobim served as a judge on the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court from 1997 to 2006 was president of the Supreme Federal Court from 2004 to 2006 and most recently was minister of defense from 2007 to 2011
8
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
they were obtained even after the decline in prices
of certain assets in Brazil and abroad - which we see
as temporary Put differently today the ldquospringrdquo is
more tightly compressed and the funds have greater
potential returns in the coming years than a year ago
The rapid decline in market prices at the start of the
year only reinforced this perception
Happy 2016
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
9
MISCELLANEOUS
ldquoThe first principle is that you must not fool yourself ndash and you are the easiest person to foolrdquo mdash Richard Feynman
ldquoThe most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop diggingrdquo mdash Warren Buffett
ldquoGreat teams do not hold back with one another They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry They admit their mistakes their weaknesses and their concerns without fear of reprisalrdquo mdash Patrick Lencioni
ldquoI once had a ski instructor who had taught Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time how to ski He explained that Jordan enjoyed his mistakes and got the most out of them At the start of high school Jordan was an unimpressive basketball player he became a champion because he loved using his mistakes to improve Yet despite Jordanrsquos example and of countless other successful people it is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learningrdquo mdash Ray Dalio
ldquoPeople try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that canrsquot live within its incomerdquo mdash Robert Half
ldquoSnap back to reality Oh there goes gravityrdquo mdash Eminem
Miscellaneous
PERFORMANCE
11
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Brazilian Equities Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Brazilian Equities Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in Brazilian companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
PERFORMANCE IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)(1)PERFORMANCE
2102
IP-
Braz
ilian E
quiti
es
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
Since February 26th 1993(1)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)(1)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)(1)
(1) For the period before IP-Brazilian Equities inception on April 2010 for reference we show (a) the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms from February 1993 to December 1995 and (b) theoffshore vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees Class) results from December 1995 to April 2010 The returns up to April 2010 are net of all fees and after that gross of performance fee(2) Inception of IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 53Next 5 17Other 7Cash 21
portfolioSmall Caps (smaller than US$ 1bi) 26Mid Caps (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi) 16Large Caps (larger than US$ 5bi) 36
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -135 -526 -217November 15 179 -142 -389October 15 278 480 714September 15 -793 -1129 -297August 15 -1338 -1469 -901July 15 -974 -1240 -687June 15 131 308 -252May 15 -893 -1164 -399April 15 847 1780 772March 15 -818 -1103 -140February 15 -097 172 311January 15 -335 -641 06112 months -3466 -4103 -1460
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -3466 -4103 -14602014 -1123 -1437 -1822013 -1644 -2629 -2272012 1550 -142 18632011 -941 -2726 -18172010 2764 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -1273 -2326 -448Last 10 years 357 -246 398Last 15 years 734 243 899Since Inception(2) 1468 797 657
IP-Brazilian Equities
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
8
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
they were obtained even after the decline in prices
of certain assets in Brazil and abroad - which we see
as temporary Put differently today the ldquospringrdquo is
more tightly compressed and the funds have greater
potential returns in the coming years than a year ago
The rapid decline in market prices at the start of the
year only reinforced this perception
Happy 2016
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES
9
MISCELLANEOUS
ldquoThe first principle is that you must not fool yourself ndash and you are the easiest person to foolrdquo mdash Richard Feynman
ldquoThe most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop diggingrdquo mdash Warren Buffett
ldquoGreat teams do not hold back with one another They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry They admit their mistakes their weaknesses and their concerns without fear of reprisalrdquo mdash Patrick Lencioni
ldquoI once had a ski instructor who had taught Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time how to ski He explained that Jordan enjoyed his mistakes and got the most out of them At the start of high school Jordan was an unimpressive basketball player he became a champion because he loved using his mistakes to improve Yet despite Jordanrsquos example and of countless other successful people it is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learningrdquo mdash Ray Dalio
ldquoPeople try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that canrsquot live within its incomerdquo mdash Robert Half
ldquoSnap back to reality Oh there goes gravityrdquo mdash Eminem
Miscellaneous
PERFORMANCE
11
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Brazilian Equities Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Brazilian Equities Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in Brazilian companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
PERFORMANCE IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)(1)PERFORMANCE
2102
IP-
Braz
ilian E
quiti
es
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
Since February 26th 1993(1)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)(1)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)(1)
(1) For the period before IP-Brazilian Equities inception on April 2010 for reference we show (a) the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms from February 1993 to December 1995 and (b) theoffshore vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees Class) results from December 1995 to April 2010 The returns up to April 2010 are net of all fees and after that gross of performance fee(2) Inception of IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 53Next 5 17Other 7Cash 21
portfolioSmall Caps (smaller than US$ 1bi) 26Mid Caps (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi) 16Large Caps (larger than US$ 5bi) 36
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -135 -526 -217November 15 179 -142 -389October 15 278 480 714September 15 -793 -1129 -297August 15 -1338 -1469 -901July 15 -974 -1240 -687June 15 131 308 -252May 15 -893 -1164 -399April 15 847 1780 772March 15 -818 -1103 -140February 15 -097 172 311January 15 -335 -641 06112 months -3466 -4103 -1460
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -3466 -4103 -14602014 -1123 -1437 -1822013 -1644 -2629 -2272012 1550 -142 18632011 -941 -2726 -18172010 2764 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -1273 -2326 -448Last 10 years 357 -246 398Last 15 years 734 243 899Since Inception(2) 1468 797 657
IP-Brazilian Equities
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
9
MISCELLANEOUS
ldquoThe first principle is that you must not fool yourself ndash and you are the easiest person to foolrdquo mdash Richard Feynman
ldquoThe most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop diggingrdquo mdash Warren Buffett
ldquoGreat teams do not hold back with one another They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry They admit their mistakes their weaknesses and their concerns without fear of reprisalrdquo mdash Patrick Lencioni
ldquoI once had a ski instructor who had taught Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player of all time how to ski He explained that Jordan enjoyed his mistakes and got the most out of them At the start of high school Jordan was an unimpressive basketball player he became a champion because he loved using his mistakes to improve Yet despite Jordanrsquos example and of countless other successful people it is far more common for people to allow ego to stand in the way of learningrdquo mdash Ray Dalio
ldquoPeople try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that canrsquot live within its incomerdquo mdash Robert Half
ldquoSnap back to reality Oh there goes gravityrdquo mdash Eminem
Miscellaneous
PERFORMANCE
11
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Brazilian Equities Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Brazilian Equities Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in Brazilian companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
PERFORMANCE IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)(1)PERFORMANCE
2102
IP-
Braz
ilian E
quiti
es
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
Since February 26th 1993(1)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)(1)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)(1)
(1) For the period before IP-Brazilian Equities inception on April 2010 for reference we show (a) the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms from February 1993 to December 1995 and (b) theoffshore vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees Class) results from December 1995 to April 2010 The returns up to April 2010 are net of all fees and after that gross of performance fee(2) Inception of IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 53Next 5 17Other 7Cash 21
portfolioSmall Caps (smaller than US$ 1bi) 26Mid Caps (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi) 16Large Caps (larger than US$ 5bi) 36
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -135 -526 -217November 15 179 -142 -389October 15 278 480 714September 15 -793 -1129 -297August 15 -1338 -1469 -901July 15 -974 -1240 -687June 15 131 308 -252May 15 -893 -1164 -399April 15 847 1780 772March 15 -818 -1103 -140February 15 -097 172 311January 15 -335 -641 06112 months -3466 -4103 -1460
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -3466 -4103 -14602014 -1123 -1437 -1822013 -1644 -2629 -2272012 1550 -142 18632011 -941 -2726 -18172010 2764 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -1273 -2326 -448Last 10 years 357 -246 398Last 15 years 734 243 899Since Inception(2) 1468 797 657
IP-Brazilian Equities
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
PERFORMANCE
11
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Brazilian Equities Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Brazilian Equities Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in Brazilian companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
PERFORMANCE IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)(1)PERFORMANCE
2102
IP-
Braz
ilian E
quiti
es
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
Since February 26th 1993(1)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)(1)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)(1)
(1) For the period before IP-Brazilian Equities inception on April 2010 for reference we show (a) the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms from February 1993 to December 1995 and (b) theoffshore vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees Class) results from December 1995 to April 2010 The returns up to April 2010 are net of all fees and after that gross of performance fee(2) Inception of IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 53Next 5 17Other 7Cash 21
portfolioSmall Caps (smaller than US$ 1bi) 26Mid Caps (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi) 16Large Caps (larger than US$ 5bi) 36
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -135 -526 -217November 15 179 -142 -389October 15 278 480 714September 15 -793 -1129 -297August 15 -1338 -1469 -901July 15 -974 -1240 -687June 15 131 308 -252May 15 -893 -1164 -399April 15 847 1780 772March 15 -818 -1103 -140February 15 -097 172 311January 15 -335 -641 06112 months -3466 -4103 -1460
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -3466 -4103 -14602014 -1123 -1437 -1822013 -1644 -2629 -2272012 1550 -142 18632011 -941 -2726 -18172010 2764 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -1273 -2326 -448Last 10 years 357 -246 398Last 15 years 734 243 899Since Inception(2) 1468 797 657
IP-Brazilian Equities
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
11
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Brazilian Equities Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Brazilian Equities Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in Brazilian companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
PERFORMANCE IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)(1)PERFORMANCE
2102
IP-
Braz
ilian E
quiti
es
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
Since February 26th 1993(1)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)(1)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)(1)
(1) For the period before IP-Brazilian Equities inception on April 2010 for reference we show (a) the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms from February 1993 to December 1995 and (b) theoffshore vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees Class) results from December 1995 to April 2010 The returns up to April 2010 are net of all fees and after that gross of performance fee(2) Inception of IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 53Next 5 17Other 7Cash 21
portfolioSmall Caps (smaller than US$ 1bi) 26Mid Caps (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi) 16Large Caps (larger than US$ 5bi) 36
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -135 -526 -217November 15 179 -142 -389October 15 278 480 714September 15 -793 -1129 -297August 15 -1338 -1469 -901July 15 -974 -1240 -687June 15 131 308 -252May 15 -893 -1164 -399April 15 847 1780 772March 15 -818 -1103 -140February 15 -097 172 311January 15 -335 -641 06112 months -3466 -4103 -1460
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -3466 -4103 -14602014 -1123 -1437 -1822013 -1644 -2629 -2272012 1550 -142 18632011 -941 -2726 -18172010 2764 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-BR Equities () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -1273 -2326 -448Last 10 years 357 -246 398Last 15 years 734 243 899Since Inception(2) 1468 797 657
IP-Brazilian Equities
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
12
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGY
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class is a class of the IP Fund SPC VBF Segregated Portfolio which is an exempted company registered as a segregated portfolio company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Law of August 3rd 2006 of the Cayman Islands
IP-Participaccedilotildees Class aims to provide absolute returns through long positions in both Brazilian and foreign companies that exhibit interesting combinations of criteria such as (i) excellent business models (ii) a competent and ethical management team (iii) an alignment of interests between management and minority shareholders and (iv) prices that provide a good margin of safety and allow for substantial absolute return over a minimum 5-year investment horizon
3308
IP-
Part
Clas
s
465
Ibove
spa
321
MSCI
Emerg
ing M
arket
s
PERFORMANCE IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
LAST 12 MONTHS RETURNS (US$)PERFORMANCE
Since February 26th 1993(2)
ANNUAL RETURNS (US$)
EQUITY HOLDING CHARACTERISTICS
CONCENTRATION
ANNUALIZED RETURNS (US$)
(1) Only Brazilian companies were taken into account in the market capitalization breakdown(2) For the period before IP-Participaccedilotildees Class inception on December 1995 for reference we show the Brazilian investment vehicle (IP-Participaccedilotildees) results in dollar terms The returns are net of all fees(3) Inception of the Brazilian investment vehicle IP-Participaccedilotildees 02261993
portfolioTop 5 47Next 5 17Other 11Cash 27
portfolioInternational Assets 45Small Cap (smaller than US$ 1bi)(1) 15Mid Cap (between US$ 1bi and US$ 5bi)(1) 0Large Cap (larger than US$ 5bi)(1) 11
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()December 15 -069 -526 -217November 15 064 -142 -389October 15 438 480 714September 15 -873 -1129 -297August 15 -910 -1469 -901July 15 -527 -1240 -687June 15 115 308 -252May 15 -447 -1164 -399April 15 689 1780 772March 15 -879 -1103 -140February 15 023 172 311January 15 -269 -641 061Last 12 months -2467 -4103 -1460
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()2015 -2467 -4103 -14602014 -405 -1437 -1822013 -616 -2629 -2272012 1823 -142 18632011 -1047 -2726 -18172010 3952 559 19202009 12767 14516 79022008 -5706 -5547 -53182007 5410 7343 39822006 4532 4641 32552005 2313 4409 34542004 2811 2816 25952003 8765 14104 56282002 -2636 -4601 -6002001 -758 -2398 -2372000 -099 -1808 -30611999 13673 6955 66411998 -2564 -3844 -25341997 -1153 3447 -11191996 3257 5323 5551995 334 -1377 -5211994 14254 5897 -7321993 5054 6395 6565
IP-Part Class(2) () Ibovespa () MSCI EM ()Last 5 years -643 -2326 -448Last 10 years 823 -246 398Last 15 years 1055 243 899Since Inception(3) 1692 797 657
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
13
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Minimum Initial
Management fee
Minimum Balance Left
Minimum Additional
Performance fee
Redemption
Subscription
US$ 10000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 10000000
US$ 10000000
bull 15 of the increase of the Net Asset Value per Sharebull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The redemption day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
US$ 100000000
bull 2 pa of the Net Asset Valuebull Accrued daily and paid monthly
US$ 100000000
US$ 10000000
bull 20 computed on returns in excess of Libor + 6bull Accrued daily and paid semi-annualyor on redemption subjetct to highwater mark
The Redemption Day shall be the lastbusiness day of the second subsequentmonth following receipt by the RTAof the redemption form Payment ofredemption proceeds shall generally bemade within 10 business days followingthe redemption day
Daily
Terms and Conditions
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
14
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
IP-BRAZILIAN EQUITIES IP-PARTICIPACcedilOtildeES CLASS
Net Asset ValueCalculator
Auditor
Bank
Brazilian Custodian
Inception date
Registrar and TransferAgent
Investment Manager
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
BNY Mellon Serviccedilos Financeiros DTVM SAPhone +55 21 39744600wwwbnymelloncombrsf
KPMG
UBS AG Stamford Branch CT (USA)
Banco BNY Mellon SA
April 1st 2010
UBS Fund Services (Cayman) LtdMain Officer Sherie DawkinsEmail ol-cayman-rtagroup3ubscomPhone +345 914 6164
Investidor Profissional Gestatildeo de Recursos LtdaPhone +55 21 21040506wwwip-capitalpartnerscomcontactusip-capitalpartnerscom
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
15
In 2015 PIPA held its seventh edition
Twenty-six contemporary art experts
nominated 66 artists to compete for a
total of R$182000 (in cash prizes and
artist residencies) in four categories
In June four of these artists were
declared finalists and their works
were exhibited at the Museum
of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
(MAM-RJ) between September
and November
The art critic and independent
curator Luisa Duarte commented in
an article entitled ldquoThe current state
of artrdquo (O Globo) that PIPA - mainly
due to its role as a ldquobarometer of the
value of recent [contemporary art]
productionrdquo - should be followed
by anyone who is interested in the
past and future of contemporary art
in Brazil
The four finalists Cristiano Lenhardt
(Itaara RS 1975) Leticia Ramos
(Santo Antocircnio da Patrulha RS 1976)
Marina Rheingantz (Araraquara SP
1983) and Virginia de Medeiros (Feira
de Santana BA 1973) competed
in two categories PiPA the main
category in which the winner is
chosen by the Awards Jury (with a
prize of R$130000 a portion of which
is used to finance a participation in
the residency program at Residency
Unlimited New York) and the PiPA
Popular vote exhibition in which
the public at the exhibition chooses
a winner (with a prize of R$24000)
Following in the footsteps of Tatiana
Blass and Alice Miceli (winners in 2011
and 2014 respectively) the jury and
the public selected the same artist
for the third time since PIPA was
created in 2010 There were 1374
votes cast by the public and a five
jury who members selected Virginia
Medeiros as the winner The Awards
Jury was composed of Cauecirc Alves
Gilberto Chateaubriand Luiz Camillo
Osorio Pablo Leon de la Barra and
Rosacircngela Rennoacute
De Medeiros became known in the
Brazilian art scene in 2006 when one
of her works was selected for the 27th
Satildeo Paulo Biennial Since then she has
been nominated for two editions of
PIPA awarded by the Funarte National
Visual Arts Network (Rede Nacional
Funarte de Artes Visuais) and the
Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival
(Festival de Arte Contemporacircnea
Videobrasil) She has also attended
artistic residency programs in New
York and Quebec and exhibited at
major museums and galleries
PIPA 2015
Virginia de Medeiros is the winner of PIPA 2015
Virginia de MedeirosldquoManilas bar - casa da Marinalvardquo from series ldquoEm torno dos meus mariacutetimosrdquo 2014 digital photograph
on cotton paper 50x70 cm Collection of the Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR
PIPA
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
16
Quarterly Report | Fourth Quarter 2015
PREcircMIOIP CAPITAL PARTNERSDE ARTE
PIPA
In 2016 De Medeiros will spend three months in New
York She will participate in the Residency Unlimited (RU)
artist residency program Based in a church in Brooklyn
RU promotes the interaction of resident artists and
curators among themselves and with the contemporary
art scene offering visits to studios lectures monthly
lunches as well as technical support for their research
and work
De Medeirosrsquo time at the residency can be followed in
three special videos made exclusively for PIPA They will
be released throughout 2016 on the websites pipaorgbr
and pipaprizecom
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032
IP-CAPITAL PARTNERSCOM
AV ATAULFO DE PAIVA 2559ordm ANDAR LEBLONRIO DE JANEIRO RJ - BRASILCEP 22440032