Spire Branford Castle US Private Equity Fund II (AUD)

Vintage Year
2020
Asset Class
Global Private Equities
Sub Class
Buyout - Small Cap
Fund facts
Investment Fund Type
Wholesale investors only
APIR
SPI0659AU
Fund Manager & Trustee
Spire Capital Limited
Investment Manager
Branford Castle Partners L.P.
Underlying Fund(s)
Branford Castle Partners Fund II, L.P.
Currency Hedging Status
Unhedged
Distribution frequency
Annually as at 30 June
Liquidity / Redemptions
N/A - The Fund is closed ended
Applications
Closed to new investment
Fund overview

Spire Branford Castle US Private Equity Fund II (USD) (the “Fund”) is a unit class of the Spire Capital Master Fund and feeder into the Branford Castle Partners Fund II, L.P. (‘Underlying Fund’). The Fund seeks to deliver steady returns and strong asset growth from US Private Equity. The Investment Manager for the Underlying Fund is Branford Castle Partners, L.P., (“Branford”). Branford is launching the Underlying Fund to build upon the Firm’s track record of making controlled investments in strong, privately held “Small-Cap” businesses primarily based in North America. For over three decades, Branford’s professionals have been buying solid Small-Cap businesses, at reasonable prices, then adding value, in the pursuit of generating superior risk-adjusted returns.

Performance
Performance as at 31 October 2025Net Returns*
1 month0.28%
3 months-2.15%
6 months2.53%
1 year12.20%
Performance Since Inception **13.06%
Unit price $1.3629

 

*Past performance is not an indicator of future performance.

**Performance Since Inception – Inception date (26 November 2021) occurred from the commencement of NAV based unit pricing, following the completion of capital raising in November 2021. Please note however that each investor’s performance numbers are calculated on an individual basis from their time of application and may differ from the above. “Performance since inception” is measured as the is the Internal Rate of Return since inception. The IRR is the annualised rate of return that equates the amount and timing of irregular cashflows since inception with the period end value. For the purposes of the monthly report, the IRR replaces the time weighted return since inception effective 30 June 2023.

Distribution history
PeriodDistribution Amount (cents per unit)EX Price
31 August 202458.6375 CPU Cash; Nil CPU FITOs1.1902
30 June 20245.5695 CPU Cash; Nil CPU FITOs1.8049Download File
30 June 20232.4926 CPU Cash; Nil CPU FITOs 1.5909
30 June 2022Nil CPU Cash; 0.8416 CPU FITOs1.4875
Fund Documents
Off Market Transfer FormDownload File
Change of Address & Communication Election FormDownload File
Letter of Authority FormDownload File
Change of Advisor FormDownload File
Spire Capital Master Fund Financial Report 2024Download File

How to invest

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