Dr. John Seo is co-founder and a managing director. John has over 26 years of fixed income, FX options, and interest-rate-derivatives structuring and trading experience. Prior to forming Fermat Capital with his brother Nelson in 2001, John was head insurance-risk trader at Lehman Brothers, an officer of Lehman Re Limited and a state-appointed advisor to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. John’s work in catastrophe bonds was featured in a Michael Lewis’ cover article for the New York Times Magazine (“In Nature’s Casino”, 26 Aug 2007). John has testified as an expert witness on alternative risk-transfer markets before the U.S. Congress and in 2015 was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Risk-Sharing Mechanisms (ACRSM) by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. John received a Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard University (1991) and a B.S. in physics from M.I.T. (1988).
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Can or have provided a current signed Qualified Accountant’s Certificate declaring that you have
net assets of at least $2,500,000; or
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controls at least $10 million (including any amount held by an associate or under a trust that the person manages) for the purpose of investment in securities
is a licensed or exempt dealer and is acting as principal
is a regulated superannuation fund, an approved deposit fund, a pooled superannuation trust, or a public sector superannuation scheme within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 if the fund, trust or scheme has net assets of at least $10 million
is a person who is regulated by APRA (other than a trustee of a superannuation fund, an approved deposit fund, a pooled superannuation trust or a public sector superannuation scheme); or
is a person who is a body registered under the Financial Corporations Act 1974; or
is a listed entity or a related body corporate of a listed entity; or
is an exempt public authority; or
is a person who is a body corporate or an unincorporated body that carries on a business of investment in financial products, interests in land or other investments, and for those purposes invests funds received following an offer or invitation to the public where the terms of the offer provided for the funds subscribed to be invested for those purposes; or
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Before reviewing the information regarding any funds on this website, please confirm that you qualify as a Wholesale Client as outlined below, and have read the Important Notices.
Information is provided only for use by ‘Wholesale Clients’ (as defined under the Corporations Act) ordinarily resident or viewing this website in Australia. To apply for interests in a fund, you must qualify as a ‘Wholesale Client’ and by proceeding to review any material on this website, you are representing to Brookvine that you meet one or more of the ‘Wholesale Client’ tests (summarised below) and you:
Have available investable funds and your potential investment in the fund is at least $500,000; or
Can or have provided a current signed Qualified Accountant’s Certificate declaring that you have
net assets of at least $2,500,000; or
a gross income for each of the last 2 financial years of at least $250,000 per year; or
Can certify that you are a ‘professional investor’ (which is a permitted subcategory of Wholesale Client), which includes any person who:
controls at least $10 million (including any amount held by an associate or under a trust that the person manages) for the purpose of investment in securities
is a licensed or exempt dealer and is acting as principal
is a regulated superannuation fund, an approved deposit fund, a pooled superannuation trust, or a public sector superannuation scheme within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 if the fund, trust or scheme has net assets of at least $10 million
is a person who is regulated by APRA (other than a trustee of a superannuation fund, an approved deposit fund, a pooled superannuation trust or a public sector superannuation scheme); or
is a person who is a body registered under the Financial Corporations Act 1974; or
is a listed entity or a related body corporate of a listed entity; or
is an exempt public authority; or
is a person who is a body corporate or an unincorporated body that carries on a business of investment in financial products, interests in land or other investments, and for those purposes invests funds received following an offer or invitation to the public where the terms of the offer provided for the funds subscribed to be invested for those purposes; or
is a foreign entity that, if established or incorporated in Australia, would be covered by one of the preceding paragraphs.